Almost 30 years ago, my chatty daughter started attending the local playgroup and told the leader that I was a Keep Fit teacher. Before I knew it, I was doing regular exercise classes there, then working every Monday, and eventually every day!
The playgroup thrived under an inspiring leader and wonderful staff team. There was a full register and long waiting list. The children started aged three and stayed until they were five - a whole two years.
We covered so much with them in that time. In the summer, they played in the little garden and in warm weather splashed in the paddling pools, with passers-by leaning over the fence to watch the fun - unthinkable nowadays, given all the concerns about health and safety and child protection.
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