July, 2007

LittleLegends Stuff — 2 Comments
31
Jul 07

And the winner is …

Piers and I have put our heads together and after much deliberation we have chosen Mother at Large and Browny as joint winners. That means they will each receive £50 :) Congratulations!

Mother at Large wrote a very helpful comment on Pentlands Hills Regional Park:

The Flotterstone Inn on the A702 is a good place to start a gentle walk in the hills, with good public parking nearby. Well-marked and properly-maintained paths give youngsters the chance to enjoy the countryside. We’ve enjoyed taking our daughter here at different times of the year, so she can see the changing seasons. Walking up from Flotterstone to the Glencorse Reservoir and back, with daughter on her father’s back, is a good, easy walk, lasting an hour and a half, with several picnic tables to stop at for a breather or some tea from the thermos. A drink at the Flotterstone Inn is something to look forwards to at the end of the walk. The inn is child-friendly, with a large garden. The A702 is a busy road. Many cars choose to ignore the speed restrictions!

and Browny did an informative review ofSpringwood Heath Primary School:

The first school in Liverpool purpose-built to accommodate mainstream and disabled children. Springwood Heath primary is the result of a merger between Springwood primary and Harold Magnay special school in Woolton. The school was officially opened just last week (June 2007) and is stunning.

The classrooms are double the size of the old ones and have toilets in each classroom. There is a physiotherapy suite and even a pool. The outside play facilities are marvellous, there are two separate playgrounds for the nursery and junior children. There is even an enclosed outside football area too! The staff are lovely and the children all love their new school!

I will be contacting you directly to arrange for you to be sent your winnings.

There were 41 entries in total, and I would like to give a special mention to the following runners-up:

Chell‘s comment on this Wacky Warehouse

Littlesheep‘s comment on the National Sea Life Centre

Blush‘s comment on the Blue Reef Aquarium

Well done everyone and many thanks for taking part.

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31
Jul 07

UK Parents: Calling all Pushy Mums!

Join in the short family walks taking place across the UK to give children orphaned by AIDS a better future. There is a small entry fee of £5 and all proceeds go to Save the Children.

The next walk is happening in Battersea Park on Sunday 19th August (10.30am start). You are given a goody bag and there is a chance to meet Children’s TV Characters.

To register and to get more information about the walks go to Pushy Mums

Go ahead and help push for change :)

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30
Jul 07

LittleLegends: Keeping things out in the open

I’ve just been told that the proprietor of one of our listings has been prosecuted and sentenced. The owner

“falsely described two holiday rental properties near Ross on Wye namely Brynheulog as having a ‘Tourist Board 4*’ rating and the ‘Old Limekilns / Old Kiln’ as having an ‘AA 4* rating’, which she knew to be false. Numerous complaints were also made about her attitude and behaviour to guests.”

Rosa, who was kind enough to let us know the situation, said that

“I do not think it is in anybody’s interests to promote this person to the public.”

I very much agree, and as I see it there are two ways for us to deal with this.

The first is simply to delete the entry. This way nobody looking at Little Legends finds the place, and so nobody gets harmed.

That’s fine, just as long as people’s only way of finding out about either of the two “holiday homes” is through us. Pretty much everyone I know, though, uses one or more points of reference when looking things up online.

The second way is to keep the listing, but add comments and ratings to warn people of the situation. And this is what we’ve opted for.

This way, hopefully, the information is out in the open, echoing the Herefordshire site’s news about the holiday homes. And this way, hopefully, people stand a slightly better chance of avoiding disappointment and worse on their holidays.

There may well be better ways of dealing with this, though, or I may have chosen the wrong option. Do please let us know what you think, though. At root, we’re trying to help parents and families, and so if you think what we’ve done is misguided, then please help us steer on to the right track.

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Kids Durham / Kids East Midlands / Kids Essex / Kids Leicestershire / Kids London / Kids Merseyside / Kids Tyne and Wear / Kids Wales / Kids West Midlands — No Comments
19
Jul 07

Free Family Days Out

There was a great article in The Times recently listing free days out for the family this summer across the UK. These include:
1. Spitalfields City Farm, London
2. World Museum, Liverpool, Merseyside
3. Transport Museum, Coventry, West Midlands
4. East Midlands Aeropark, Castle Donington, Leicestershire
5. Pickfords House, Derby, East Midlands
6. Baltic Centre, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
7. High Force Waterfall, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Durham
8. Pudsey Park, Leeds, Yorkshire
9. Pitt River Museum, Oxford, Oxfordshire
10. Natural History Museum, Tring, Hertfordshire
11. National Museum, Cardiff, Wales
12. Victorian Pier, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex

If you have been to any of them, let others know whether or not they are worth visiting :)

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3
Jul 07

Family Days Out in Oxford

Source: wit@flickr

This month, I will be concentrating on looking for child-related places in Oxford. If you know anywhere that hasn’t already been listed on Little Legends, please let me know. If you are looking for Days Out in Oxford, then the following places are great places to go with the family:

* Pitt Rivers Museum
* Cutteslowe Park
* Blenheim Palace

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