Felix loved it there and enjoyed charging around trying to get on anything. He roped a number of the other Mums into climbing up various things with him and generally doing his bidding. Gina and Nicky got to appear on the local news, which also had a hilarious shot of Lea throwing herself down the slide. Claire, I'm surprised they didn't show any of your antics too...
Partyman World itself was fantastic too, and the owner 'Jimbo' came to chat to me about ways he thought they might be able to work with the site. He's only 24 (I think) and is a millionaire, all from his Partyman business which he apparently started out from his Nan's living room. He's also keen on getting involved with and giving back to the community so he sounds like a really good bloke to work with. He suggested that they might be able to take over the ownership of the site from freeforums, so that I would have more control over it, would have an IT department there to run it etc.
He also said he's been thinking of setting up a magazine for local parents and basically asked me if I'd be interested in running it in conjunction with the site. We've got to discuss details but he pretty much said that all they wanted to do was fund it and advertise in it, the rest would be up to me - he seemed impressed with what I'd done with the site - the idea behind it, how well it had taken off etc., the fact that I did it despite making nothing from it, and the way I had got in touch with the local media etc to promote it. Lots to discuss and still early days, particularly as it was so busy so it was just chat, nothing formal, so I'm not really expecting anything to come of it but very exciting stuff nonetheless!
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That is so cool, Louise! You should be proud of yourself.
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It was a great day and really heart warming to see so many genuine friendships. I know we talked about working on a mag etc in the past, so I would still be well and truly up for helping you out with that.
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