Yes, I noticed they all seem to have amazing gardens up there Gem. I found a gorgeous one in Bengeo today - a big townhouse, but it's over budget! Boooo!
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Gem, I love Bengeo and even looked at the unmortgagable Airey house on Glebe Road recently. A lot smaller than the pictures but the garden was amazing!
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Aww, I wonder if my son will ever try rugby. Right now he does gymnastics and is the shortest in his year, including the girls!So said many a scrawny inner city kid before a posh rugby player knocked em bandy in a West End bar .
He wants to be a free runner when he's older so at the very least he'd be able to jump across buildings to escape the rugby player. 
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So said many a scrawny inner city kid before a posh rugby player knocked em bandy in a West End bar .
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In his opinion they wouldn't last five minutes on the streets of Enfield, with their posh accents, good manners and clean cut looks, let alone when it came to trying to defend themselves in a fight..
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Just to add to all this about the lovely Hertford community being a great place to bring up the kids. A friend of mine moved here from Enfield when he started his family. He said that it makes him laugh that some of the Hertford kids think they're tough. In his opinion they wouldn't last five minutes on the streets of Enfield, with their posh accents, good manners and clean cut looks, let alone when it came to trying to defend themselves in a fight. Essentially, you're getting a different set of values from this community and not fighting a lone battle as a parent to keep your children on the straight and narrow.
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Just to add to all this about the lovely Hertford community being a great place to bring up the kids. A friend of mine moved here from Enfield when he started his family. He said that it makes him laugh that some of the Hertford kids think they're tough. In his opinion they wouldn't last five minutes on the streets of Enfield, with their posh accents, good manners and clean cut looks, let alone when it came to trying to defend themselves in a fight. Essentially, you're getting a different set of values from this community and not fighting a lone battle as a parent to keep your children on the straight and narrow.
That's great to hear Paul. Thank you. I am reasonably near Enfield myself (and in the borough of) but I tend to avoid it which is fairly easy as it's not on any of the local bus routes. Gem, I love Bengeo and even looked at the unmortgagable Airey house on Glebe Road recently. A lot smaller than the pictures but the garden was amazing!
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Thanks everyone. I can't wait! And yay at the castle too. Here we have a Flavas Chicken & Chips. 
And indeed I have been looking in Bengeo. And just about everywhere in Hertford as well. My bathroom is literally being ripped out today so I can get maximum equity out of this... 'ramshackle' (to put it nicely) house.
You'll all be coming to my housewarming, right? Gem, Kate?
And indeed I have been looking in Bengeo. And just about everywhere in Hertford as well. My bathroom is literally being ripped out today so I can get maximum equity out of this... 'ramshackle' (to put it nicely) house.
You'll all be coming to my housewarming, right? Gem, Kate?
Especially if you are in Bengeo, we could be very close. I don't get out much
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And indeed I have been looking in Bengeo. And just about everywhere in Hertford as well. My bathroom is literally being ripped out today so I can get maximum equity out of this... 'ramshackle' (to put it nicely) house.
You'll all be coming to my housewarming, right? Gem, Kate?
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I think we can summarise the thread by:
Schools in Hertford (and Ware) are fantastic
Choose based on the individual child, splitting schools are not an issue, lots of people do it.
There are drugs in Hertford but not a real problem when you compare to other places.
The teenagers basically get on and the only real school rivalry is confined to the sports pitch (then the blood is up).
We have access to some amazing sports and leisure amenities.
Hertford is a lovely place to live.
And we have a Castle.
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Neither do they appear to have been lastingly affected by the reportedly "rife" drug culture(s) described above.
If you end up in Bengeo (to be recommended) there is hardly any difference in the logistics (walking distance) to 3 of the 4 schools previously mentioned (don't know about catchments though). For reasons also mentioned earlier there really does not appear to be any of the animosities between pupils at the different schools that I recall as typical "in our day" (not that I was in posh Hertford then).
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Lets not beat around the bush , we all know what you mean , unfortunately it seems Cocaine has become socially acceptable these days , there seems to be no stigma involved like there was in the past and has become somehow 'glamorous' .
If this is your sole reason for leaving London I fear you could be moving every couple of years as this is a UK wide problem and not just a London thing .
Also MDMA and ketamine, which honestly worry me even more than cocaine. Cocaine has been popular in London for years and years, as have all the other drugs, but I've never known them to be quite so popular among 13-14 year olds before. In addition, the number of raves that are letting young teens in is deeply concerning. A friend's son recently watched a fellow 14 year old die in front of him. He's still going to them though. If this is your sole reason for leaving London I fear you could be moving every couple of years as this is a UK wide problem and not just a London thing .
It's definitely not my sole reason though. It is a driving factor, yes, but mainly I just feel that London has deteriorated hugely over the last few years. I'm very fortunate as I live in a lovely community, but this is becoming increasingly rare in London (it always was, but it's just gone beyond that now it seems) but even in my lovely neighbourhood there has been a huge increase in broken glass on the green, litter, undesirables hanging around at the end of streets, vomit and human faeces in the alleys. London just isn't an enjoyable place to live any more unless you have the money to enjoy it, and it seems that the rise in the cost of living means that the majority of people here don't.
I'm continuing my property search!
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