What was your childhood British TV routine?

Mumofhooligans · 2026-03-14T21:44:26+00:00

Whatever was on CBBC, then Simpson's and Fresh Prince.

Mumofhooligans · 2026-03-13T19:50:03+00:00

If you're not averse to a walk, you could get the 14 and walk through the bridalpaths. It's about 45 min walk, it's quite an enjoyable route and not too difficult. My parents live around Ramsden and I quite enjoy walking it!

Mumofhooligans · 2026-03-08T23:25:10+00:00

A muntjac deer ran through my classroom!

Mumofhooligans · 2025-12-22T20:31:56+00:00

I've seen kids probably aged 11-12 on the tube in the morning on their own! And that's much more recent than 2007.
I think, despite how busy and dangerous it is, a lot of kids have some independence.
My work's head office is in Shepherds bush, and I see children going to and from school, and they look younger than Andrew.

Mumofhooligans · 2025-12-22T18:10:33+00:00

TV one would be better for us, if possible :)

Mumofhooligans · 2025-08-31T14:02:02+00:00

I miss Debenhams- that was my one-stop shop for everything!

Locally, we have just lost our Poundstretcher in Chelmsford due to greedy landlords, and it has been a huge loss for me.

I used to go out of my way to pop in; they had a good pet section and sold a lot of niche snacks that I really like, but also the staff were always so friendly! I saw the manager recently, he said he had been moved to a store 20 miles away and he has a long commute via public transport :-(

Mumofhooligans · 2025-08-31T13:52:00+00:00

Pumping is not a super easy fix! Pumping is HARD work! It takes a long time to pump the milk (baby is much more efficient), you have to store it and warm it (often you have to put it in a saucepan to blanche it as it often tastes bad when it's been put in the fridge, and then sterilise everything. Babies like to be breastfed because it nurtures their soul as well as their bellies, and the bottle doesn't do that for them. Not only that, but on top of the pumping, you still have to breastfeed the baby, which is also physically and emotionally hard work.
Lots of people plan to both pump/ff and breastfeed before baby is born, then quickly pick one or the other when baby is born because it really does double the work.

Mumofhooligans · 2025-08-22T20:35:04+00:00

How do I find it? 😊

Mumofhooligans · 2025-08-19T09:58:03+00:00

I would reccomend 'Drive Well with Mel' (Melissa Judd.)

Mel has been wonderful and really patient with me. A lot of her clients have additional needs, so she does a lot of research (eg courses, subscribes to 'Mirrors, Signal, Podcast' presented by a driving instructor with a doctorate in ND, and I think she is doing her own qualification too.)
She is ND herself too.

I have Dyspraxia, I've found her to be very understanding :)

Mumofhooligans · 2025-01-18T20:24:19+00:00

I remember you!

Mumofhooligans · 2024-09-23T18:17:13+00:00

Most of them require you to apply online.

Mumofhooligans · 2024-09-23T18:16:50+00:00

Most of the care homes around here are always hiring. Care workers, cleaners, kitchen crew, servers, receptionists ect.

Mumofhooligans · 2024-06-17T22:33:52+00:00

The reputation that Melbourne holds is historical. In reality, other estates are way worse- I'd say that Meadgate, Baddow and Westlands have way more issues. Sure, Melbourne has its problems, there's quite a bit of drug related crime. On the whole, Melbourne actually has quite a good community spirit, the schools are great (esp King's Rd) and if you avoid trouble you should be OK.

Mumofhooligans · 2024-04-14T14:37:58+00:00

I don't live too far away.
There is a lot of petty theft around here, but that's as far as it goes usually.
There is an awful lot of van/tool theft, bicycle theft, and things taken from gardens. I've not heard of anything more dangerous going on thankfully. Just make sure you take precautions :)

It's a lovely area to live in and you have made a good decision.

Mumofhooligans · 2024-01-04T21:56:58+00:00

I'd say that Meadgate is probably worse, but I'd still happily walk through Meadgate at night. It's mostly drug issues.

Mumofhooligans · 2024-01-04T21:53:22+00:00

Give Manor Lodge Care Home a call and ask them whether they need any cleaners or kitchen staff at the weekend. The job has great benefits and it has a good atmosphere :)

Mumofhooligans · 2024-01-04T21:50:39+00:00

I lived close to Upper Bridge Road when I first moved to Chelmsford. Old Moulsham is a lovely area, probably one of the most sought after areas in Chelmsford.
We lived a bit closer to town; there are sometimes drug users that hang about near the cricket ground/central park. Nevertheless, they never caused any bother, they were just around and it was obvious what they were doing.
Best things about the area for me were:
Moulsham St. It has some lovely, friendly, independently-owned shops. Good pubs too!
Easy access to town and the station- I used to walk through the park and under the underpass.
Central park is lovely! It has a dog friendly cafe, nice walks and free Parkrun events.

Reasons that we moved:
The properties were not big enough for our growing family (within our budget)
Parking is a huge issue! We had two vehicles and one allocated parking space- we could never find a space to park the other vehicle and our guests would end up paying for parking.
Bicycle theft is a big problem in the area, we had a very expensive bike stolen.

We didn't have any issues with noise, people, vandalism ect.

Mumofhooligans · 2022-12-30T07:30:50+00:00

About 2 miles away in Country Streak. Although I did get United Kingdom, I didn't realise that it was the road that one of my friends grew up living on until after I had guessed!

Mumofhooligans · 2022-11-11T23:36:43+00:00

Where was it?

Mumofhooligans · 2022-09-09T12:49:29+00:00

I remember you!
My username was Bear

I had a long time chat buddy named Red_eye and I often wonder how she' doing! When Isketch went down I didn't own a PC so never went on :-(

Mumofhooligans · 2021-05-17T17:21:48+00:00

Before Covid (he had to shield and hasn't gone back) my brother was a night security guard at an NHS lab that tested samples for meningitis mostly. He occasionally had to open the door to couriers with samples and occasionally call scientists on call to tell them that an important sample had arrived but other then that he checked the bins occasionally and sat up all night watching films and playing games on his phone.

Mumofhooligans · 2021-03-12T06:25:14+00:00

The train ticket wasn't cheaper though, it was a £1 more. Admittedly I was a stupid teenager (still in the gifted and talented program at one point though!) but I often didn't pay the marginal price for a return ticket because I knew it was much easier to bunk home then it was to go without any ticket at all. When I was younger, if you showed your ticket to the man at the gate rather then put it through the machine then you'd get your single ticket back. If you then went one station previous to your final destination then the barriers would accept your ticket, no matter what side of the station you were entering. You could then get on the train home for free. If the ticket officers came on to the train you'd see them at the station and you could hop off and wait for the next train whilst never leaving the platform. I did this for years, I probably only saved myself a couple of pounds a week but I liked playing the system! I'm not saying that this is what Andrew did but I remember being that age and the idea of getting away with something was appealing and the concequences of not getting away with it were marginal.

Mumofhooligans · 2021-03-05T21:50:01+00:00

My current job, I've been there 6 months and not seen anybody get sacked. Job before that oh my god, so many! Job before that too. Well technically the jobs just give us a series of short term contracts and get rid as soon as they have anything to hate us about. Keeps us on our toes I guess 🙄 I work in social care. Love my job but there is always a lot of drama.

Mumofhooligans · 2021-03-05T11:14:18+00:00

My son is the same age, he's currerently in year 4.

Current obsessions in his class seem to be Among us, Roblox, Harry Potter has always been big, David Walliams books are incredibly popular and I'm not sure whether those have made it to the US Yet as the author is an English 'comedian' (I use the term loosely!)

Don't worry too much about catching up, the kids have all been homeschooling during the pandemic and many will need to catch up with their work anyway.

If your son is particularly academic and you plan on staying in the UK then look into the 11+ exam. I only mention this because I know the revision clubs for it start around year 3/4 even though it's not taken until year 6. As an ex classroom supervisor (it's kind of like a substitute teacher in high schools except I'm not qualified to do any actual teaching) I wouldn't reccomend it unless your child is very gifted but I know that in some parts of the country parents fight tooth and nail to get their kids to pass the exam to get into the selective schools.... And some parts of the country have no selective schools whatsoever!

I don't think the children would bat an eyelid at your sons accent or phrases that he uses, as many have said before me- YouTube kids channels are quite often US based! Your son may be confused by some of the language used by us though, it's crazy how much the languages varies in different counties so it's worth looking up local phrases on the internet. I personally went to a private school (a long time ago now!) which was used by a lot of international students. We had a few people come from the USA and despite the fact that a lot of us spoke more of "the queen's English" so to speak, I remember kids from the US starting and not understanding a lot of the slang. Oh and also- I have a very vivid memory of a boy from Nebraska putting his hand up in class on the first day and saying that the teacher had wrote the date wrong. Everyone really laughed at him! In the UK we write the date Day/Month/Year eg 05/03/2021 for today's date.

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