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Can we have separate board for London

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antimatter · 26/02/2016 11:56

Is there possibility to give us that?

I would like to be able to share my findings like a nice coffee shop I visited today and ask others to share their favourite finds.

Talk about local plays (musical theater or theater) or places and walks to visit not necessarily as a tourist but a Londoner.

To talk about history on London and various activities available for grown ups.

I've seen posts like that in chat and other boards in the past but they are hard to search for and obviously some disappear after a certain time.

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SilverBirchWithout · 01/04/2016 00:53

Do they not have Trip Advisor in that there Lundun?

Seriously it seems odd that there's not a separate place for Londoners to go and angst about their very special property and school problems and worry about the specific beans in their coffee and chat about sewing on the pearly buttons.

It would give the rest of us more space to talk about our whippets, cream teas , quaint rural crafts and London commuters forcing up our property prices so there is no place for local people to live

CaurnieBred · 01/04/2016 00:24

I would like a London board too.

DonkeyOaty · 01/04/2016 00:01

It's a Yes PLEASE from moi.

I am occasionally to be found pounding the streets of London (not pounding more like stumping along with my withered leg, ah well) in the course of my work and much as I adore the yoghurt and fig jam on the breakfast menu at Comptoir Lebanais (sp) I would love to peep into local recs. Iyswim.

Anyhoo.

Jermajesty · 31/03/2016 23:56

www.214-bermondsey.co.uk/
Oh and this is a rather marvellous gin / cocktail bar!

Jermajesty · 31/03/2016 23:54

I also think this is a great idea.

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antimatter · 31/03/2016 23:37

thecatfromjapan - I shall go there tomorrow!
I was looking for a nice bag this week

thanks!!!!

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antimatter · 31/03/2016 23:35

You need to book for gin tasting in this place but I recommend it, it's 5 min walk Tottenham Court Rd station
thelondonginclub.com/

not far from there is a bar which is also perfect for trying different gins
www.graphicbar.com/

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thecatfromjapan · 31/03/2016 21:04

That, for me, proves conclusively that a London Board would be a Good Thing. Smile

BIWI · 31/03/2016 20:58
Grin

Sadly I only have one recommendation - Charlotte's Bistro in Chiswick, where they do gin school every Monday

thecatfromjapan · 31/03/2016 20:54

Come on, BIWI, post your recommendations for top gin haunts in the capital. Grin

thecatfromjapan · 31/03/2016 20:47
Smile ... and in the spirit of LondonNet, may I tell you about a teeny place in Tooting I've found? You know how Morrican-style bags are (still) fashionable? Well, there's a dry-cleaners in Tooting (go out of Tooting Briadway station, walk along the road towards Tooting Bec, past TK Maxx, turn left into the road Kahal Tandoori is on and it's there,) that brings in Moroccan artefacts.

A lot of the bags are reasonably priced. Although they are definitely artisanal (some are not lined; often no pocket for mobile phone), many are lovely - I bought one and it looks like something I'd have bought from Plumo.

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antimatter · 31/03/2016 20:34

Thanks for all the support.

I am also waiting for the decision!

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thecatfromjapan · 31/03/2016 20:27

By the way, we have a lovely and long-standing on-line parenting board in our bit of London, which probably explains why the mumsnet local board is so empty here. We also have a community network thing in our very, very local neighbourhood.
I think a mumsnet London board would offer something that isn't available yet and be quite successful.

thecatfromjapan · 31/03/2016 20:24

I love the idea of a London board.

Great idea, antimatter.

The local boards don't really work for me, for all the reasons stated above.

I also think it would stop the tedious London-hating comments, which would be great.

SquirmOfEels · 29/03/2016 18:08

I was just wondering if the promised thinking on this had reached any conclusions.

What reminded me is the number of 'what can we do on a visit to London?' in the run up to this school hols (and another new one today)

AnotherNewt · 27/02/2016 08:53

I post quite a lot on schools threads, and of those about specific schools quite a lot are about London schools.

The MN local system by borough doesn't work for London schools.

I think a London topic might sop up some of the metropolitan school reviews threads, but it might need MNHQ to move a few threads pour encourager les autres.

DrSeussRevived · 26/02/2016 19:54

Chip Ot Lay.

I vote for this board!

EdithWeston · 26/02/2016 19:45

I think MN should keep the existing MN local boards by borough.

And add a London topic, for all residents, ex-residents (those who miss it and those who don't) visitors, commuters etc

musicinspring1 · 26/02/2016 19:34

I would be interested in a London board. I live in a London Borough but my local board is very slow moving and I frequent more than one borough anyway...

SchnitzelVonKrumm · 26/02/2016 19:33

I would like a London board and all the haters could ignore it. They won't, of course.

SchnitzelVonKrumm · 26/02/2016 19:31

Oh my good lord just buy a copy of time out FFS Time Out has been a free sheet (and rubbish) since 2012 Grin

UndercoverinSE22 · 26/02/2016 19:27

Would love to be able to belong to local board AND a London-wide one.

Gowgirl · 26/02/2016 19:26

Any borough is cooler than everywhere else never everGrin
Flameproof vest on......and ready steady post!

NeverEverAnythingEver · 26/02/2016 19:24

Just HOW do you pronounce "chipotle"?? (Have I outed myself as living in one of the less cool boroughs?)

Didn't know that about banana loaves.

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DawnMumsnet · 26/02/2016 19:20

@Owllady

Banana loaves make your poo weird, wherever you live

Too true.