Comments for CoffeeCurls - A Family and Lifestyle Blog http://coffeecurls.wordpress.com Filled with family life, coffee, cakes, cats, customer service, books reviews and much more! Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:36:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on The School Appeal Hearing by CoffeeCurls http://coffeecurls.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/the-school-appeal-hearing/#comment-3883 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:36:51 +0000 http://coffeecurls.wordpress.com/?p=3077#comment-3883 Hi there, we did lots of research on useful questions from the books I mentioned within the blog post and then emailed the admissions people with as many questions as we could think of. Plus, on the day you get to ask the person representing the school questions too. In our appeals the person had a map of the schools and we asked him which rooms were currently not used for teaching – for whatever reason, ie some were used for storage, some for staff, some as a temporary music room… this enabled us to demonstrate that the school had allocated rooms to non-teaching purposes thus indicating that they weren’t actually full.

Anytime the guy couldn’t answer one of our questions or tried to avoid answering, it seemed to go in our favour too.

Research is key, as is staying calm! The books were a real help and I’ll be putting them on ebay this evening!

Best of luck.

]]> Comment on The School Appeal Hearing by S.begum http://coffeecurls.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/the-school-appeal-hearing/#comment-3882 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:10:08 +0000 http://coffeecurls.wordpress.com/?p=3077#comment-3882 Hi just wondering where did you get the info on classes etc.who do i need to contact.Thanks as I am going to appeal for my sons yr 7 place.Thanks again

]]> Comment on The Great Black Squirrel Hunt by lynne radcliffe http://coffeecurls.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/the-great-black-squirrel-hunt/#comment-3881 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 15:11:26 +0000 http://coffeecurls.wordpress.com/?p=3221#comment-3881 We have a very large grey squirrel with red ears. Also, a grey squirrel with a red tail.

]]> Comment on Inside the House In The Clouds by John Jansson http://coffeecurls.wordpress.com/2011/01/16/inside-the-house-in-the-clouds/#comment-3879 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:08:38 +0000 http://mrsljhall.wordpress.com/?p=1373#comment-3879 We were really looking forward to our weekend away to the House in the Clouds to celebrate my mother’s 80th birthday. It is not cheap at £525 per night in January but we thought it would be a wonderful treat for such a special occasion. How wrong we were. Although striking from the outside, the inside is a disappointment, claustrophobic and rather tatty. The dining table in the draughty kitchen is very cramped, with uncomfortable pews providing the seating. The multiple flights of stairs, described by the owners as “easy” are, in fact, steep and inadvisable for the elderly or the very young. And once you have mounted the 68 steps to the striking games room at the top of the house, you are met with an Arctic experience as it is woefully under-supplied with heating (one small radiator and an inadequate gas fire), making it usable on only the warmest of days. And warmth is a real issue: the ageing boiler failed on numerous occasions during our stay, forcing us to alter our plans in order to contact and await visits by a local handyman and a British Gas engineer. Yet despite the discomfort of a day without heating (on a freezing, snowy January weekend), the owners (disgracefully) did not feel that this was worthy of any refund whatsoever. Not recommended.

]]> Comment on M&S Breaching Sale of Goods Act? by Miss T J Holt http://coffeecurls.wordpress.com/2012/03/31/ms-breaching-sale-of-goods-act/#comment-3873 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 19:30:59 +0000 http://coffeecurls.wordpress.com/?p=3471#comment-3873 I bought a pair of pyjamas reduced in final reductions. From £19.50 to £9. Yet the decor states it is on selected items. Paid for them at the food tills and wasn’t told i couldn’t return them. Then i found a pair of jeans from £32.50 to £21 to £14. I went to pay for them at the textile till and the guy who served me told me they were non returnable. He did point out the fitting rooms but i didn’t have time to try them on. So i told him to forget it and left the store. So i wasn’t happy at getting two different messages.

]]> Comment on And it’s goodbye from me – a fond farewell? by Nneerraakk http://coffeecurls.wordpress.com/2012/12/10/and-its-goodbye-from-me-a-fond-farewell/#comment-3871 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:58:06 +0000 http://coffeecurls.wordpress.com/?p=4605#comment-3871 the very best wishes with whatever you decide to do from now on. I see this blog as a success story with positive posts for everyone and have enjoyed it. Sorry to see it go

]]> Comment on Why Have They Ruined Trollied and Mount Pleasant? by Laura http://coffeecurls.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/why-have-they-ruined-trollied-and-mount-pleasant/#comment-3869 Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:15:54 +0000 http://coffeecurls.wordpress.com/?p=4359#comment-3869 Couldn’t agree more about Trollied. Everything you said my husband and I have said about series 2. Such a shame, although it seems to have picked a little (and less gross interactions between Colin and Lisa).

]]> Comment on And it’s goodbye from me – a fond farewell? by Rosanne Berry (@Rosa_Lingerie) http://coffeecurls.wordpress.com/2012/12/10/and-its-goodbye-from-me-a-fond-farewell/#comment-3868 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:41:12 +0000 http://coffeecurls.wordpress.com/?p=4605#comment-3868 Oh Lisa, I will be so sorry to see you go and not have your wonderful blogs to read. As I have said before you were one of the first people i met on twitter and the first blog I ever read!! I am very happy for you and wish you all the best in the future. Rosanne x

]]> Comment on And it’s goodbye from me – a fond farewell? by Mrs TeePot (@TeePotTweets) http://coffeecurls.wordpress.com/2012/12/10/and-its-goodbye-from-me-a-fond-farewell/#comment-3861 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 14:44:39 +0000 http://coffeecurls.wordpress.com/?p=4605#comment-3861 Sorry to see you go but glad it’s for good reasons

]]> Comment on And it’s goodbye from me – a fond farewell? by Notmyyearoff http://coffeecurls.wordpress.com/2012/12/10/and-its-goodbye-from-me-a-fond-farewell/#comment-3855 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:34:28 +0000 http://coffeecurls.wordpress.com/?p=4605#comment-3855 Sad to see you go but you have to do what’s right for you. I hope you return to blogging one day :)

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