The shop’s cute, red-benched cafe offers a tranquil spot to peruse its well-presented, expertly chosen literary offer over a hot chocolate.
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Maddy Carrick is the Director of Dreamcatcher. She lives in Brockley with her fiancé Nick.
Sculptural works are displayed on the floor behind foot-high cordons that may as well be labelled ‘baby limbo contest this way’.
The cute cafe is the perfect place to relax with a coffee while you listen to French cafe music and people-watch out the window.
The Corner House is less a play cafe and more a small, well-planned city in which to play, eat, drink, meet and learn.
What?: I’ve taken Bab to the V&A a few times, with mixed results. There was the time we went for an aimless wander and she got absolutely covered in museum-floor filth, kept trying to prod the priceless artefacts and pissed off a waitress by recarpeting the cafe floor with Petit Filous
What?: Seven-acre inner-city playground occupying the site of the former London Foundling Hospital. If you’ve ever been to the Foundling Museum you’ll already know the story of Captain Thomas Coram, the philanthropist who founded the hospital in 1739 to house and care for the countless abandoned children living on the capital’s streets
Fount is the parental utopia you’ve always dreamed of but never believed could exist because life just isn’t that kind
The cute play area sits adjacent to the cafe so adults can enjoy their coffee in peace while keeping an eye on the little ones
Older kids can be left under the watchful eye of the playroom supervisor while their parents do their thing
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