A report in 2001 by the Countryside Agency, "The Pub is the Hub", recounted encouraging stories from near and far: of the Beauchamp Arms in Gloucestershire which now hosts a playgroup; of the Miners Arms in Derbyshire which offers computer training classes in a room upstairs; of the White Hart Inn in Suffolk, which takes in dry-cleaning and prescriptions.
Those of us who got hold of games early are now in an advanced playgroup and are hungry.
She and Noël adored high-minded gossip; though when he was made a life peer, with mock scorn she referred to the House of Lords as "Noël's playgroup".
It's Friday morning at Dads and Littl'uns, the bi-weekly playgroup in Wimbledon, set up and run by dads.
Konnie Huq, 36, TV presenter "My first Valentine was Ben, who lived opposite our playgroup in a big house with a wrought-iron gate.
In England, every three and four-year-old is eligible for at least 15 hours per week with a registered childcare provider, whether it's a playgroup, nursery or childminder.
We made Valentine cards at playgroup, but I gave mine to my mum – I guess I was shy and I'm sure it would have been unreciprocated.
On their return to England, she became a carer in a playgroup for children with special needs.
Even before a child could walk, it was turned over for care to the other children of the household, who generally associated in a kind of amorphous playgroup with children of other families.
The church complex includes twenty-three forts for indigent elderly people, a medical clinic, a playgroup and nursery, and a center for adults with learning disabilities.
Then I started hearing it in conversation constantly: "I was saying to one of the other moms yesterday…" and "The moms in the playgroup are…" and "I'm doing a few mommy-and-me classes with Fifi".
