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Old July 10th 03, 02:50 PM
SA
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Hi there everyone, just new to the group having stumbled upon it
recently. I am mother to a gorgeous 11-year-old girl and we live in
Ireland, where is everyone here from?
I thought you might be interested to hear about a fantastic place I
was at recently when on holiday in Liverpool, England, (where I have
to say, they are more child-friendly than Ireland). It was a kind of
fun warehouse place where parents can bring their kids to play, there
was lots of mats, toy cookers, slides, wendy houses, things to climb
on, all sorts of fun stuff. But amazingly, it cost only £2.50 an hour
for the child to play or £4 for the day. The parents can sit and watch
their children, have coffee/tea (for only 60p) and most importantly
talk to other parents. When my daughter was younger and I was really,
really broke (as opposed to just being broke, lol) I would have loved
somewhere like this.
I just remember the isolation when my child was small and a place like
that would have been a life saver. Perhaps more remarkable was the
price, which really was for nothing, but they are obviously making
enough profit. So even if you could only manage to go once a week, its
still a fantastic support mechanism for both parents and child.
Anyway there you go, just thought maybe you would be interested in
hearing about the play place. If I had the money, I would open one
here in Dublin but you probably couldnt afford the insurance.
Bye for now
SA
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Old July 10th 03, 06:28 PM
Dennis Here
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SA wrote in message

Hi there everyone, just new to the group having stumbled upon it
recently. I am mother to a gorgeous 11-year-old girl and we live in
Ireland, where is everyone here from?


Ireland!

I thought you might be interested to hear about a fantastic place I
was at recently when on holiday in Liverpool, England, (where I have
to say, they are more child-friendly than Ireland).


I totally disagree and I have brought up children in both couties

It was a kind of
fun warehouse place where parents can bring their kids to play, there
was lots of mats, toy cookers, slides, wendy houses, things to climb
on, all sorts of fun stuff. But amazingly, it cost only £2.50 an hour
for the child to play or £4 for the day. The parents can sit and watch
their children, have coffee/tea (for only 60p) and most importantly
talk to other parents.


Fun Factory in Kilkenny and Crackerjack in Carlow.
Welcome to assp

Dennis, three boys.


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Old July 10th 03, 06:29 PM
dolores
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"SA" wrote in message
om...
Hi there everyone, just new to the group having stumbled upon it
recently. I am mother to a gorgeous 11-year-old girl and we live in
Ireland, where is everyone here from?


Hi SA, nice to see another Irish person here. I live the other side of the
country to you, north west. I've two boys 11 and 13. We've just moved back
from UK and they are loving the life here, particularly having so many
lovely beaches within easy reach. They were raised in the city and wouldn't
go back for all the tea in China.

I thought you might be interested to hear about a fantastic place I
was at recently when on holiday in Liverpool, England, (where I have
to say, they are more child-friendly than Ireland).


Ooh I dont know about child friendly, but I never really went to L'Pool. UK
has to have so many facilities cos it just isn't safe to allow yer kids to
roam around, probably the same in Dublin.

It was a kind of
fun warehouse place where parents can bring their kids to play,


Sounds like Whacky Warehouse. Yeah, the kids love it, mine have kinda
outgrown it.


there
was lots of mats, toy cookers, slides, wendy houses, things to climb
on, all sorts of fun stuff. But amazingly, it cost only £2.50 an hour
for the child to play or £4 for the day. The parents can sit and watch
their children, have coffee/tea (for only 60p) and most importantly
talk to other parents.


LOL....That's if ya can hear what they're saying, these places are inclinded
to be very noisey...

When my daughter was younger and I was really,
really broke (as opposed to just being broke, lol) I would have loved
somewhere like this.
I just remember the isolation when my child was small and a place like
that would have been a life saver. Perhaps more remarkable was the
price, which really was for nothing, but they are obviously making
enough profit. So even if you could only manage to go once a week, its
still a fantastic support mechanism for both parents and child.
Anyway there you go, just thought maybe you would be interested in
hearing about the play place. If I had the money, I would open one
here in Dublin but you probably couldnt afford the insurance.



I'm surprised there aren't any in Dublin, how about a park? When my lads
were little the park was a life saver, gave me breathing space and used up
their boundless energy.

Bye for now


Anyway, stick around it's nice to see the Irish contingent increased by 50%.
))

Dolores



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Old July 10th 03, 10:15 PM
dolores
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"Steve" wrote in message
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I had an American friend visit the UK last year and he thought we are very
child UN friendly......but I tried to explain that children are welcome in
most places in the UK as long as they are moderatly well
behaved......unfortunatly he seemed to think that letting his kid run

around
a pub like a ninnie after boosting her caffeen supply with coke was
moderatly well behaved....and then wondered why he kept attracting cross
glanses and mutterings of "bloody Americans"


Thanks for the reminder why I am so glad to get my kids out of the UK....A
country where it is acceptable to let dogs **** everywhere that kids are
playing and where people tut tut at parents whos' kids are a bit
boisterous.

Dolores


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Old July 11th 03, 04:56 AM
CME
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"SA" wrote in message
om...
Hi there everyone, just new to the group having stumbled upon it
recently. I am mother to a gorgeous 11-year-old girl and we live in
Ireland, where is everyone here from?
I thought you might be interested to hear about a fantastic place I
was at recently when on holiday in Liverpool, England, (where I have
to say, they are more child-friendly than Ireland). It was a kind of
fun warehouse place where parents can bring their kids to play, there
was lots of mats, toy cookers, slides, wendy houses, things to climb
on, all sorts of fun stuff. But amazingly, it cost only £2.50 an hour
for the child to play or £4 for the day. The parents can sit and watch
their children, have coffee/tea (for only 60p) and most importantly
talk to other parents. When my daughter was younger and I was really,
really broke (as opposed to just being broke, lol) I would have loved
somewhere like this.
I just remember the isolation when my child was small and a place like
that would have been a life saver. Perhaps more remarkable was the
price, which really was for nothing, but they are obviously making
enough profit. So even if you could only manage to go once a week, its
still a fantastic support mechanism for both parents and child.
Anyway there you go, just thought maybe you would be interested in
hearing about the play place. If I had the money, I would open one
here in Dublin but you probably couldnt afford the insurance.
Bye for now
SA


Welcome to the group, I'm from Alberta, Canada. Yeah, I really enjoy those
indoor playgrounds, boy, they sure some in handy during the winter and since
my children's b-day is in January I usually hold their birthday there as
well.

Christine
(Mom to 7 year old twin boys)


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Old July 12th 03, 11:05 PM
İkatİ
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"SA" wrote in message
om...
Hi there everyone, just new to the group having stumbled upon it
recently. I am mother to a gorgeous 11-year-old girl and we live in
Ireland, where is everyone here from?
I thought you might be interested to hear about a fantastic place I
was at recently when on holiday in Liverpool, England, (where I have
to say, they are more child-friendly than Ireland). It was a kind of
fun warehouse place where parents can bring their kids to play, there
was lots of mats, toy cookers, slides, wendy houses, things to climb
on, all sorts of fun stuff. But amazingly, it cost only £2.50 an hour
for the child to play or £4 for the day. The parents can sit and watch
their children, have coffee/tea (for only 60p) and most importantly
talk to other parents. When my daughter was younger and I was really,
really broke (as opposed to just being broke, lol) I would have loved
somewhere like this.
I just remember the isolation when my child was small and a place like
that would have been a life saver. Perhaps more remarkable was the
price, which really was for nothing, but they are obviously making
enough profit. So even if you could only manage to go once a week, its
still a fantastic support mechanism for both parents and child.
Anyway there you go, just thought maybe you would be interested in
hearing about the play place. If I had the money, I would open one
here in Dublin but you probably couldnt afford the insurance.
Bye for now
SA



Welcome, from Canadian resident #3 and Alberta resident #2.
I'm Kat. Single mom - and no longer a single "teen" mom!!! (Yay)
Brandon is my boy, he's 2 and a half, and Zachary is 3 and a half.


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Old July 12th 03, 11:38 PM
dolores
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"Steve" wrote in message
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"dolores"

Sheeshhhhh you have issues baby.


Huh?

Dolores




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Old July 13th 03, 12:03 AM
Joelle
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"dolores"

Sheeshhhhh you have issues baby.


Huh?


Don't worry Delores, Steve is just jealous that everyone likes you better than
him.

Joelle
  #10  
Old July 13th 03, 12:55 AM
dolores
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"Joelle" wrote in message
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"dolores"

Sheeshhhhh you have issues baby.


Huh?


Don't worry Delores, Steve is just jealous that everyone likes you better

than
him.

Joelle


Hi Joelle, Actually, I think he's got the hots fer me!...Whadda reckon?
.......

Dolores


 




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