Toddlers can play to their hearts' content on £5,000-worth of soft-play toys bought for a Westcliff mothers and toddlers group.

Peek-a-boo - Ruby Foxall, 2, tries out Tiddlers' new soft-play equipment Picture: STEVE O'CONNELL

Tiddlers, which meets every Wednesday morning at St Andrew's Church Hall, in Southview Drive, held a party to celebrate the arrival of the PVC-covered foam shapes.

Organiser Gill Kimber explained: "The children play in them, on them and pull them apart. They can be stuck together with Velcro or separated.

"They are a lot of fun to play with and educational without the children knowing it."

The soft-play equipment was paid for with a government grant.

Published Thursday June 10, 2004

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