I'm involved in a Discussion on the Palace BBS, re kids in pubs etc, over that incident in leicester where the toddler was banned from the pub for having a england top on.

On my last visit to the uk, I found it very difficult to find a pub where kids were really welcomed, and I found none with the types of playground areas that we have commonly in lots of pubs around Aussie.


My question is are there pubs with big kids playgrounds in the UK ?

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http://www.wackywarehouse.co.uk/flash_index.html

nope they are not as welcome as in the usa or aussie....we tend to leave the pubs for adults to escape

Brewster pubs or brewer fayre both are child friendly pubs
Mandy
www.brewersfayre.co.uk

Thanks Mandy and Steve O, I should have asked you before my visit last year dammit.

Yea, the Brewers Fayre ones are alright - in fact we had our Cotswolds/Glos meet in one last month. They have soft play areas which seem to be fairly well managed with properly qualified staff and sign in/out for kids. Poxy food and crappy beer for the grown-ups though.

Yeah, and I think its probably fair to say that the play area is more of a token gesture than a genuinely enjoyed experience for the children. I get the impression that children are recognised more as individual human beings in Aus (and much of Europe for that matter!) than they are here.

It's probably the old english "children should be seen and not heard" mentality

Completely true Wendy! Particularly in Pubs and also in Supermarkets, I find!

i prefer the Dave Spikey mentality

NO KIDS IN F**KIN PUBS

I have to say


I AGREE

Although, my MIL owns a pub so it's OK for mine to go in there Plus I do make sure they sit good and behave themselves, or we go home.

had one little bastard i mean darling on saturday evening
we all go over the pub after training in the pool ( scuba club )
one of the students brought this little dear with him ( about five or six )
in the pub he proceeded to jump from person to person

great pint in one hand and some one elses brat jumping up and down on my lap and his dad constantly saying
now be good
no dont do that
no dont do this

after about 15 mins we were all well pissed off
but as usual nobody said owt

untill his dad said
come on now max be a good boy

to whit i replied

o his names max
i thought his name was
little bastard

funnyly enough he got the hint and f**ked off with his little treasure
carnt for the life of me understand why

Well yes. There's only a few public houses I'd want to take my children into too. I tend to be drawn there for the good food rather than the alcohol and smoky atmosphere though.

I hate that. My kids know that they are not allowed to behave like that when we are out. They sit still and play or they go home, simple as.

Don't get me wrong I don't make them sit in the corner quietly, but there is no running about and if they look like they are annoying anyone then I will tell them to behave. Two chances, if they still carry on then we go home and they go to bed.

dont get me wrong wends i dont hate kids
i just think pubs are wholly inappropriate places for chidlers

smoking, swearing, alcohol
need i say more
( thats just the kids )

anyway this has gone from promoting which pubs you should take your little dears to the complete opposite

so i`ll shut up

night