Unfortunately I was one of many parents affected by the closure of Happy Times in Battersea. My son attended the nursery and had just moved up into the one- to two-years-old group.
My son and I returned from vacation on 2 December to a message left on my mobile by a staff member informing me of the closure. I was utterly devastated, as my son had just settled into a new group and now I needed to settle him into a whole new nursery. It was chaos trying to find a new nursery, as every one I visited was bombarded with ex-Happy Times attendees who had found out about the closure earlier. I had to take emergency leave from work.
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