we won 'best parent activity' at bablands 2020 awards!
It is with great excitement that we can announce we recently won 'Best Parent Activity' at the 2020 Awards organised by 'Bablands', the website and for 'tiny Londoners and their adults'. Thank you if you cast your vote! You can visit the brilliant 'Bablands' by clicking below, and find your next London fix!
'CALL THE MIDWIFE'S POPLAR & BLACKWALL' VIRTUAL TOUR
More than a year went into writing this walk using the books, TV series and local history research! While socially distancing is in place I have created a Google Virtual Tours version of the 'in-real-life' walk. You are taken to dozens of locations from the books & TV series, with anecdotes and superimposed photos.
HOST YOUR OWN PUB-STYLE QUIZZES AT HOME
General, Movie, Music and Sports quizzes are now in my shop so people can host a quiz at home themselves. You can run quizzes with teams from other households if you set up e.g. Zoom. Each has a set of questions and answers, questions only, picture round & playlists for music rounds (even the Sports quiz has one!).
'STOKE NEWINGTON HIGH STREET TO DALSTON' VIRTUAL TOUR
This is an adaptation of my 'Bring Your Baby' Guided London Walk, but on this occasion, anyone can take the tour!
Over 50 Stoke Newington locations are brought to you on screen via Google Virtual Tours. I have added historical details to each scene, anecdotes and overlaid historical photographs.
'NURSERY RHYMES LONDON' VIRTUAL WALKING TOUR
This is an adaptation of my 'Bring Your Baby' Guided Walk, but on this occasion, anyone can take the tour!
Learn the origin of over 10 nursery rhymes while visiting 45 London scenes via Google Virtual Tours! I have added historical details to each scene, anecdotes and overlaid historical photographs.
birthday? anniversary? team meet-UP? book me TO HOST A QUIZ!
- I can write and host a super-fun quiz for up to 100 households for your celebration or team meet-up.
- Rounds could include picture, music, general knowledge, connection, themed and more!
- Households play via Zoom so people can team up to have fun even if they are socially distancing!
welcome to a completely different way of mat leave!
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about 'bring your baby' guided london walks
‘Bring Your Baby Pub Quizzes’ are for parents who want a boost of fun brain stimulation while at the same time caring for their little ones!
From the creator of ‘Bring Your Baby Guided London Walks’, Lucy Madison hosts daytime quizzes all over London for babies’ and young children’s families who love pub quizzes.
Quizzes take a slower pace than traditional ones. Lucy is mum to 2 year-old Evan, and understands juggling a ‘baby brain’ with baby distractions! We take more breaks than the standard quiz and questions are always repeated.
Whether you want to do the quiz on your own, join another team or bring a team, it’s up to you!
Every venue has baby change facilities and high chairs, and I provide a play area with soft flooring and sanitised toys and books for babies.
Full food and drink menus are available at all venues, many inclding kids' options.
Top draw prizes such as Prosecco, wine, beauty boxes and luxury chocolate boxes plus complimentary bags of sweets are provided at every quiz for each table to enjoy!
Current locations:
Acton, Angel, Borough, Camden, East Dulwich, Muswell Hill, Streatham Common, Victoria Park, Whetstone
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about 'bring your baby' guided london walks
'Bring Your Baby Guided London Walks' are sensitively devised to suit parents and carers of even the tiniest babies to enjoy London’s history.
Because every participant brings their baby, patience and baby’s needs are at the forefront of each walk.
Every participant is free to stop whenever they like to feed and change - without the stress of feeling you are holding up the group. We also have a planned pit stop at a suitable venue with baby change for feeding, changing and refreshment during every walk.
Babies and toddlers will love looking up at buildings, so this is also a great sensory experience.
Your trained walking guide, Lucy Madison, is also mum to 2 year-old Evan.
Walks coming up, or to be added soon:
- Nursery Rhymes: Tudor's Trials & Torture
- Nursery Rhymes: Royals, Rebellion & Writers
- Call the Midwife's Poplar & Blackwall
- Dickensian Alleyways of the Old City
- Oliver Twist's Clerkenwell
- Fleet Street & the Temple Inns of Court
- Suffragette East London Walk
- Local history walks in Lower Clapton & Stoke Newington
latest news: BRING YOUR BABY GUIDED LONDON WALKS
latest news: BRING YOUR BABY GUIDED LONDON WALKS
latest news: BRING YOUR BABY GUIDED LONDON WALKS
Calling "CALL THE MIDWIFE" fans! After 8 months of research, watching, recces and reading I have finally finished writing my Bring Your Baby 'Call the Midwife's Poplar & Blackwall' walk.
The first walk takes place on Tuesday 28th April and has limited places.
Stops include real-life locations mentioned and shown in the books and TV series, such as:
- The ACTUAL 'Nonnatus House', where Jennifer Worth, the nuns & nurses lived... and the parish hall used for antenatal classes, both still standing in Poplar.
- The streets where Chummy learned to ride a bike & met her policeman husband.
- Chrisp St Market, where the twins with the same husband, Meg & Maeve, had a stall.
- All Saint's Church, where Tom the Rector works & the Boy Scouts group takes place.
- A surviving section of Poplar Workhouse which treated many characters so badly.
- 'Stinkhouse Bridge', where poor Mary met Zakir, and fell into prostitution.
- 1930s "walk-up" blocks of flats, such as those lived in by Len and Conchita Warren and their 25 children!
- The dock where Sister Evangelina clambered with her bike from boat to boat to cross the water rather than ride for miles around it.
- The site of the 'Canada Buildings' - the infamous decaying blocks of flats such as those the man with the leg sores lived in.
- The remains of East India Docks.
- The Mission to Seamen's Institute, where everyone holes up during the big freeze.
And so much more...
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My ever-popular 'Nursery Rhymes: Tudors, Trials & Torture' walk runs for the first time this year on Tuesday 17th March!
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CURRENT ‘BRING YOUR BABY’ PUB QUIZ LISTINGS FOR 2020!
@ The Aeronaut, a circus-themed pub!
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@ The Joker of Penton Street
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@ The Roebuck
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@ The Royal Albert
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EAST FINCHLEY / MUSWELL HILL
@ The Clissold Arms
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EAST DULWICH
@ The Great Exhibition
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@ The Railway
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@ The People’s Park Tavern
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WHETSTONE / TOTTERIDGE / BARNET
@ The Griffin
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TESTIMONIALS: BRING YOUR BABY GUIDED LONDON WALKS
TESTIMONIALS: BRING YOUR BABY GUIDED LONDON WALKS
All testimonials taken from, and can be verified at Hoop.
"Such a fun thing to do with babes and friends! Quiz get the cogs turning and all at a pace for babies to be kept happy. I took my little one along when he was 5 weeks old and then again at 4 months and he and me have a very good time. Looking forward to the next one!"
Anon, ‘Bring Your Baby’ Pub Quiz - Muswell Hill & East Finchley, 25/01/20
"We always enjoy this quiz and it’s great for doing with friends or for making new ones. Quiz questions are meticulously thought out and the whole thing is delivered with warmth and fun. Perfect selection of toys provided in the middle of the room which always keeps my little one well occupied."
Ally, ‘Bring Your Baby’ Pub Quiz - Borough, 18/01/20
"Really fun and engaging activity - great way to keep your brain ticking while on maternity leave!"
Menna, ‘Bring Your Baby’ Pub Quiz - Victoria Park, 20/01/20
"Always love this event,great fun and baby and toddler friendly."
Sharon, ‘Bring Your Baby’ Pub Quiz - Victoria Park, 09/01/20
"Had the BEST time at this quiz. Lucy, the host had thought of everything with extra touches thrown in (choccies on table!). She constantly checked that babies and adults were happy with sound levels and breaks were plotted in to help the afternoon be stress free. We came last in the quiz and I still loved it- so that speaks volumes for how good it was. For those of us who miss doing the more grown up stuff!"
Anon, ‘Bring Your Baby’ Pub Quiz - Borough, 15/10/19
"We had a great time at the quiz - it was nice to have chance to do something we used to enjoy before becoming parents, without getting judged for taking your baby to the pub! A great idea, we will definitely go again!"
Jennifer, ‘Bring Your Baby’ Pub Quiz - Muswell Hill & East Finchley, 11/10/19
TESTIMONIALS: BRING YOUR BABY GUIDED LONDON WALKS
TESTIMONIALS: BRING YOUR BABY GUIDED LONDON WALKS
TESTIMONIALS: BRING YOUR BABY GUIDED LONDON WALKS
All testimonials taken from, and can be verified at Hoop.
"What a fun, informative trip. Lucy was great! Will definitely do again."
Claire, 'Bring Your Baby' Guided Walk - Nursery Rhymes London Part 2, 30/09/19
"Really interesting and fun activity which you can do at your own pace. Good stops for babies to eat / change/ crawl around."
Elizabeth, 'Bring Your Baby' Guided Walk - Nursery Rhymes London Part 1, 23/09/19
"I really enjoyed this and Lucy was clearly knowledgable. She’s shown me part of London I have never seen before and she certainly factored in time for the babies. Would definitely do again."
Anon, 'Bring Your Baby' Guided Walk - Fleet Street, Temple & the Ancient Inns of Court, 04/09/19
"Lucy was very welcoming and attentive. She has put a lot of effort in gathering the information for the tour. We enjoyed it a lot and will definitely go again. Highly recommend it!"
Fatima, 'Bring Your Baby' Guided Walk - Fleet Street, Temple & the Ancient Inns of Court, 02/09/19
"Fantastic afternoon! Loads of information, really interesting. Great atmosphere, friendly and accommodating. Plenty of opportunities to feed and change baby. We all had a wonderful time. Can’t wait for the next one :)"
Ella, 'Bring Your Baby' Guided Walk - Lower Clapton, 22/07/19
"Incredibly interesting and unique way to spend a few hours and to learn more about the local area. Welcoming, kind and attentive to baby's needs. Intellectually stimulating too."
Martha, 'Bring Your Baby' Guided Walk - Lower Clapton, 10/07/19
"Loved the guided walk. Lucy had clearly put a lot of effort into the tour content and it was very informative. I did the Stoke Newington one and will be booking her other tours too. Definitely recommend."
Dora, 'Bring Your Baby' Guided Walk - Stoke Newington, 05/07/19