anyone fancy a coffee in Stokey

[janx]

Hi
My name is Jan and I have a 5 month old dd - just extended my maternity leave for another 3 months (hurray!) - anyone fancy meeting for a coffee in Stoke Newington one afternoon?

hello all, still got flu that i've had on and off for one and a half weeks so no jaunts for me! yes it is controlled parking by london fields, but i guess maybe you'll do something different? have a lovely afternoon and see you soon, xxxxx

Poor you - flu sounds grim - hope your little man doesn't catch it! Hope you feel better soon
What state is everyone else in?

good morning - have a few bits to get done today and was hoping to make it for a swim at sunstone 2ish. but... will try to make it if you are meeting locally this aft.

Get well soon gossifer!
I'm still free if anyone wants to meet later. I'll check here again in a bit.
Does anyone know what's happened to the sun?...

thanks zammo

hi all im always in stokey im relatively new to mn would love to meet not free until next week though and would have to be in school hours.

hello & welcome to the stokey gang bumptobabies, look forward to meeting you soon! how old are your little ones? my ds leon is 16 weeks

welcome to stokey bumptobabies - hope we meet you soon. Zammo and outtolunch - do you fancy springfield or clissold? Come over after swim if you fancy outtolunch and we could meet you Zammo

janx - Clissold would be good. I'm not entirely sure how to get to springfield by bus I've only ever walked by the river - would you know if that's the easiest way?
Hello and welcome to bumptobabies!

Hi Zammo
I think you can get a 253/4 along upper clapton road and walk up springfield road or you could park (I think), but if Clissold is better -give me a call

afternoon ladies - not sure if i have missed you but I am up for clissold if you are meeting there.

janx - great to see you and frisky Frida. I didn't thank you for the tea! The next ones on me.
It was great to finally meet Arabica, outtolunch and wonderful ds' - hope to meet up again soon...
gossifer - a glass of wine in london fields awaits for when you're better...

Nice to see everyone today - Hope Ethan's teething doesn't keep you up Zammo. Frisky Frida and me hope to see you all soon!!

thanks for the warm welcome,ds is 20mts and dd is 10yrs.

ooh im feeling the glass of wine in london fields thats one of my fav pubs.
do you go to city farm in hackney?

So glad I caught up with you all yesterday! Hope to see you soon!

Still haven't been to city farm which is bad considering we live so close - would you recommend it bumptobabies?

zammo, i've not been either, lets go??? i've been to the one in kentish town & its great, xx ps still fluey but ignoring it, how's the teeth?

The farm is nice and has a great cafe - sometimes the bf group meets there on a friday. Hope you are feeling better gossifer

Hi girls,

Hope you don't mind me joining this thread to ask you about Stokey. We currently live in Islington but need to move to a bigger place and I just wonderd if Stoke Newington is a good place for families (we have one ds 14 months and I am 3 months pregnant again). Would really like to hear your opinion! Thx

dear booklover, where to begin? stokey is well known as being a place where people with families move to to buy a house because its slightly more affordable than other areas - the reason is transport - no tube, that is the only downside (if you see that as a downside) there are good buses/trains into central london and the city and highbury & islington tube; stokey is very child orientated with some good schools, a fantastic park (clissold) for people of all ages, a growing farmers market, ridley road market (15min walk) for good cheap fruit and veg and a feel of the caribbean; a lot of stokey is afro-caribbean/turkish so along with the myriad of other eateries there is wonderful cheap places to go out and eat; loads of child friendly cafes and pubs with gardens; theres are yoga centres which incorporate pre-natal yoga and things like baby massage and rucksack music abound; lots of ofsted rated nurseries of all persuasions; i tend to walk pretty much everywhere and absolutely love it! please ask any questions you want, or come and meet us at the cafe in clissold park for a coffee?

janx, thanks! lets arrange a meet at the farm then, i don't even know where it is?

Think janx summed up Stoke Newington brilliantly!. I would just add that it has a great cinema, the Rio, which has babies and parents screenings on tuesdays and thursdays...
gossifer - the teething still continues on and off, hopefully it will ease up soon.
Hope you are feeling better. The farm is on Hackney road - if I don't make the next meetup I'd love to go there at some point. I hope they have pigs - pigs are great!

Sorry - think 'gossifer' summed up Stokey brilliantly...
I am unable to read properly today!

i want to live in stoky its not fair,dh is about to enbark on 7yrs of study to do architecture so will be poor for a while longer,even though i live in tottenham i used to go to the bf group at the back of city farm so i may recognise some of you.i really like cf the food is fab lets go next week for lunch.