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Category Archives: Reviews
Great Little Trading Company – Cavendish Kitchen: A Review
At some point around the time that your child turns 2 or 3 you will find yourself shopping for a toy kitchen. The draw of play kitchens is not to be underestimated and both my children have spent many a … Continue reading
Victorian Festival of Christmas: A Review
Last weekend, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard transformed its streets into a Victorian town complete with Fagin’s Tavern and street urchins. This year’s event was bigger than ever before with the addition of an outdoor cinema and screenings of Frozen with live performers as characters from … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna, artisan, Carousel, Cast, characters, chimney sweeps, christmas market, Cinderella, cirucs, Elsa, father christmas, ferris wheel, Festival, Frozen, Groundlings Theatre, helter skelter, HMS Victory, HMS Warrior, indoor market, Mary Poppins, miniature steam train, National Museum of the Royal Navy, outdoor cinema, paupers, performers, Portsmouth, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Reindeer, Sensory Play, snow, Snowman, Solidiers, Step in Time, Stilts, Suffragettes, The Cabin Room, track, urchins, victorian, Victorian Festival of Christmas, Victorian School, Victorian town
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Review: Muchachos Singing Spanish and C’est Chouette Singing French
I was recently invited to a taster session with Muchachos Singing Spanish. Set up by Debbie Garrick in 2010, she also runs C’est Chouette Singing French sessions throughout Portsmouth and at various other venues throughout Hampshire. Having worked in a pre-school … Continue reading
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Tagged baby spanish, C'est Chouette, Chichester, Children, Church of the Holy Spirit, Debbie Garrick, Deborah Garrick, drayton, Drayton Centre, English as a foreign language, Fawcett Road, French, Hedge End, Muchachos, Petersfield, Portsmouth, pre-schoolers, Singing French, Singing Spanish, Southsea, Spanish, taster session, taster sessions
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Charming Parties of Portsmouth
Last week I was invited along to a party where the soft play items had been provided by Charming Parties. For those of you who haven’t yet come across them, Charming Parties started up earlier this year and hire out … Continue reading
Glorious Victorious Festival
Our woman from Hackney, Annika Eade stepped into the breach last month when she attended the Victorious Festival on my behalf and here is what she had to say about it… A good weather forecast for a bank holiday … Continue reading
We review 101 Things For Kids To Do Outside
What better time to review a book like 101 Things for Kids To Do Outside, than the summer holidays? Arriving a week into the break, when I was running out of ideas for less expensive entertainments, it was a very … Continue reading
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Tagged 101 Things For Kids To Do Outside, activites, climbing trees, Dawn Isaac, gardening projects, half term, horticulture, matchbox challenge, Mr Bloom's Nursery, mumsnet, Mumsnet Academy, nature activities, nature rubbing, nature signs, outdoors, pooter, queen elizabeth country park, RHS, school holidays, summer holidays, things to do, toddlers, young children
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Fishbourne Roman Palace
Today we visited Fishbourne Roman Palace, just on the outskirts of Chichester, an easy drive from Portsmouth. Here you will find the largest collection of in-situ mosaic floors in Britain, laid around AD75-80, making them some of the oldest in … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, breastfeeding friendly, Britannia, Celts, Chichester, Children, Collections Discovery Centre, fishbourne, fishbourne roman palace, formal gardens, gardens, mosaic, mosaic floors, mosaics, Portsmouth, pushchair friendly, Re-enactment, Roman baths, Roman garden, Romans, The Novium
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Defend the Fort! A visit to Fort Nelson
Having spent so long listing Easter events and activities on the main Mumsnet Local Portsmouth and Hampshire sites, I thought it was about time I ventured out into the fresh air and actually went to see what was happening out … Continue reading
Sleeping Beauty, Kings Theatre, Southsea
The Kings Theatre delivers a wonderful pantomime every year, and so I was delighted to be given the opportunity to review it this year. The story is that of Sleeping Beauty, one which we all know and love starring Helen … Continue reading
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Tagged Abba, Christmas show, Christopher Marlowe, Daniella Westbrook, Elton John, Family Show, Helen Kent, Kings, Kings Portsmouth, Kings Southsea, Kings Theatre, Lynne McGranger, Matt Dallen, One Direction, Panto, pantomime, Pantomime Dame, Portsmouth, sleeping beauty, Southsea, The Kings, The Kings Theatre, Tony Adams
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Moby’s Kids Play & Party Venue
Last Sunday it was my son’s first birthday. Having asked for recommendations for somewhere age appropriate to take him, someone suggested Moby’s which is a soft play centre in Fareham. I was told that they had an area for the under … Continue reading
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Tagged Annabel Karmel, Fareham, Kids Play, Moby's, Moby's Kids Play & Party Venue, Mobys soft play, Party, Party Venue, Portsmouth, Soft Play, Starbucks
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