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over a year ago
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I remember sitting in the car as kids with a bottle of with those annoying bloody paper straws and a packet of salt n vinegar 
No kids in pubs - we were all in the car park!! |
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Pub dynamics have changed a lot in recent years. Financial pressures mean they've had to change or they'd go under.
Gone is the old fashioned boozer filled with men in dirty work clothes having a pint before going home for tea. Now they're more welcoming to ladies and families. More emphasis is placed on food rather than wet sales.
Some like it, others don't |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We don't mind kids in pubs as long as their parents keep them under control, and only through the day.
No kids in pubs after 7pm we say"
What about if they are there to eat? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I remember sitting in the car as kids with a bottle of with those annoying bloody paper straws and a packet of salt n vinegar
No kids in pubs - we were all in the car park!!"
 I used to have Vimto |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Wetherspoons are kid friendly. And as a parent of now adult children it is a bit annoying if kids are running around with no control A bar I go to is kid friendly, has board games and colouring sheets and crayons for them. it's a nice place to go  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"remember when you could go for a pint after work Friday with ye mates without tons of kids running around the place. "
I bet the landlord really looked forward to this every Friday custom from yourself and friends Lol
Did they close the doors when you went home and sit about awaiting your return.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"maybe fit a special cage in the pub for the kids "
Good thinking. Means i dont have to bother keeping an eye on them then 
Its no kids in the bar after 9pm here
Can stay later in restaurant or lounge if having food |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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We have a pub in our village, doesn't do food except crisps etc and has a no children rule after 6pm. It's packed most evenings with people who want to have a pint in their local and not have to contend with "diners" as well as noisy kids. Like stepping back in time, and the best thing? It's five minutes walk from where I live |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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No issue with kids in pubs here. We are parents though. I think it's great. We often meet friends for a quick post work pint on a Friday, the collective children of our social group live it to, they get to catch up with their friends.
There are a couple of very family friendly ones near me that do great beer too.
There are a couple, less so friendly to families. Vote with your feet.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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only taken my child in one at lunch time to eat,
sadly i see a lot of people just using it so the parents can get pissed and let their new born babies in prams just sleep or toddler run around in a beer garden
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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We only ever took ours to family pubs that had play areas for children,what child wants to sit in a pub? When mine were younger smoking was still allowed and that wasn't an atmosphere I wanted them to spend time in
Theres something for everyone though,nowadays I avoid places that are overun with children |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I don't mind, but recently I saw a woman in a club with a baby. It was a private party upstairs they all arrived at about 11 and there was just one woman with a baby over her shoulder while the music was blasting. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We don't mind kids in pubs as long as their parents keep them under control, and only through the day.
No kids in pubs after 7pm we say
What about if they are there to eat? "
I don't want to eat 1 I prefer a kebab after a few pints |
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By *xpresMan
over a year ago
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I been divorced 2 year seperated for 3 before that i have taken my kids to the pub once & that was a "fun pub" with slides n stuff for a meal with my boys. I think its very lazy parenting same parents think McDonalds n KFC are a great idea for feeding their offspring |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I don't mind as long as they are good.
We took ours on Sunday afternoon. I just wish adults would be more aware. I had to distract my 7 year old so she would my hear all the swearing and filth from the guy next to me when we getting a drink. The pub doesn't belong to anyone and if children are allowed in there, then they have as much right to be there as any adult. If I am being courteous making sure they behave so as not to annoy other people, then the other adults should behave in a similar fashion so as not to annoy us.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I take my daughters to the pub but only for lunch (I never drink alcohol while I'm with them) with friends. Also may take them in the evening for family meals but they aren't allowed to leave the table. I think children should be welcomed to pubs as long as the parents watch their children and they aren't causing trouble |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Pub dynamics have changed a lot in recent years. Financial pressures mean they've had to change or they'd go under.
Gone is the old fashioned boozer filled with men in dirty work clothes having a pint before going home for tea. Now they're more welcoming to ladies and families. More emphasis is placed on food rather than wet sales.
Some like it, others don't"
You can still find good old fashioned pubs even in the trendy areas of the city centers. The "Penny Farthing" in Lime street Liverpool is like going back into the '60's ( unintentionally) lol  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"All children should be banned. Not just from pubs, just banned "
Lol
I think it's ok to bring them for a couple of hours when it's early. But I can't stand parents who bring them and then just get pissed with their mates. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Most pubs in my area have closed down through lack of business. Nowadays men like to go home to their families after work. Single men are probably at home playing Xbox or Playstation. It's cheaper |
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By (user no longer on site)
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The problem is as someone said, families bring in more money, though realistically with all the deals, it’s not a great profit however it does do more than those who sit around and drink all day. The problem is that whilst I have no objection to clearing up after little weeny ones, I do have a problem with children who should know better and indeed my pub boss has had to tell one family if they don’t keep their children under control, they won’t be allowed back in. The other issue unfortunately, especially during the summer holidays, is that an awful lot of parents come in, sit drinking all day and expect someone else to child mind their children and when you are taking hot piping food to a table on a red hot skillet, it’s not much fun when children are running around. We do provide colouring sheets and crayons for them but that really isn't childminding lol
When I first started there, children under 9 had to leave by 7pm and those up to 16 by 9pm unless they had food, now children are allowed in until 9 pm. We also had set areas where children were allowed to sit, that has increased from one area to three.
As to the regulars who cause the most issues with drinking and swearing, they are told in no uncertain terms to mind their language. Unfortunately they do think they own the pub and make it plainly obvious if they are watching a football/rugby match on the tv, that no-one is welcome in that area 
Yes it would be nice to go into a pub and not find it full of noisy children and parents but realistically in this day and age, they bring in the money not the drinkers |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The pubs in my area have a rule that no children are allowed in after 7pm. But i must admit i have lost it on a Sunday lunchtime while practicing darts and parents are sitting outside and the kids are inside causing mayhem. Sometimes because they hang around you and the parents think YOU are looking out for them... Bloody unacceptable....
The thing that also gets my back up is dogs being allowed to roam around unleashed |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The problem is as someone said, families bring in more money, though realistically with all the deals, it’s not a great profit however it does do more than those who sit around and drink all day. The problem is that whilst I have no objection to clearing up after little weeny ones, I do have a problem with children who should know better and indeed my pub boss has had to tell one family if they don’t keep their children under control, they won’t be allowed back in. The other issue unfortunately, especially during the summer holidays, is that an awful lot of parents come in, sit drinking all day and expect someone else to child mind their children and when you are taking hot piping food to a table on a red hot skillet, it’s not much fun when children are running around. We do provide colouring sheets and crayons for them but that really isn't childminding lol
When I first started there, children under 9 had to leave by 7pm and those up to 16 by 9pm unless they had food, now children are allowed in until 9 pm. We also had set areas where children were allowed to sit, that has increased from one area to three.
As to the regulars who cause the most issues with drinking and swearing, they are told in no uncertain terms to mind their language. Unfortunately they do think they own the pub and make it plainly obvious if they are watching a football/rugby match on the tv, that no-one is welcome in that area
Yes it would be nice to go into a pub and not find it full of noisy children and parents but realistically in this day and age, they bring in the money not the drinkers"
All money is made on soft drinks and crisps etc, Sometimes all i drink is soda water and this can range from being free to £1 per 1/2 pint.  ruby |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The problem is as someone said, families bring in more money, though realistically with all the deals, it’s not a great profit however it does do more than those who sit around and drink all day. The problem is that whilst I have no objection to clearing up after little weeny ones, I do have a problem with children who should know better and indeed my pub boss has had to tell one family if they don’t keep their children under control, they won’t be allowed back in. The other issue unfortunately, especially during the summer holidays, is that an awful lot of parents come in, sit drinking all day and expect someone else to child mind their children and when you are taking hot piping food to a table on a red hot skillet, it’s not much fun when children are running around. We do provide colouring sheets and crayons for them but that really isn't childminding lol
When I first started there, children under 9 had to leave by 7pm and those up to 16 by 9pm unless they had food, now children are allowed in until 9 pm. We also had set areas where children were allowed to sit, that has increased from one area to three.
As to the regulars who cause the most issues with drinking and swearing, they are told in no uncertain terms to mind their language. Unfortunately they do think they own the pub and make it plainly obvious if they are watching a football/rugby match on the tv, that no-one is welcome in that area
Yes it would be nice to go into a pub and not find it full of noisy children and parents but realistically in this day and age, they bring in the money not the drinkers
All money is made on soft drinks and crisps etc, Sometimes all i drink is soda water and this can range from being free to £1 per 1/2 pint. ruby"
Our soda is free, as is water and you are right about the crisps, 95p per bag but I pay (on special offer in Tesco's) 99p, £1.25 (I think) for a cup of tea/coffee however to stay afloat, some pubs shut early or don't open at all on some days I found after arranging meets at them |
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By *ugby 123Couple
over a year ago
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"maybe fit a special cage in the pub for the kids
Stuff the pub where can I get 1 of these for my house!!!!! "
The cupboard under the stairs is just as affective, in fact more so as you don't have to look at them either |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"We don't mind kids in pubs as long as their parents keep them under control, and only through the day.
No kids in pubs after 7pm we say
Agree totally. "
ditto |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I remember sitting in the car as kids with a bottle of with those annoying bloody paper straws and a packet of salt n vinegar
No kids in pubs - we were all in the car park!!"
Same here |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I remember sitting in the car as kids with a bottle of with those annoying bloody paper straws and a packet of salt n vinegar
No kids in pubs - we were all in the car park!!
Same here "
Yes we did this too, banging on the window then we had run out.
and i always remember that pubs always seemed to back onto church yards, which we found very spooky as youngsters  Ruby |
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By (user no longer on site)
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There are five pubs/bars in my local high street and children are only allowed into one of them, and that is only if they are eating.
If children in pubs upset you find a pub that is child free. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"maybe fit a special cage in the pub for the kids "
They do, it's called a Wacky Warehouse / soft okay area.
To be honest if you abound the pubs clearly aimed at the families then I've never noticed a problem, especially on a Friday evening.
I do agree that pubs should be kid free zones after 8pm though. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I run and manage 3 pubs and all of them are children friendly kids are the future of this world so treat them equally if they arnt causing mayhem then what is the problem I never have problems in my pubs everyone knows the score!! If customers don't like it then they can find another pub to drink in I say!!!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"maybe fit a special cage in the pub for the kids
Stuff the pub where can I get 1 of these for my house!!!!!
The cupboard under the stairs is just as affective, in fact more so as you don't have to look at them either "
No stairs we live in a bungalow lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Nope. Shouldn't be in pubs unless it's split in two so there's a side kids aren't allowed.
But I rarely go drinking in the day anyways. And if I do, I stay away from places that have a kids area. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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When I was young there used to be a dedicated children's room we had those table arcade game things and pacman used to be great fun and we were left on our own x |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"When I was young there used to be a dedicated children's room we had those table arcade game things and pacman used to be great fun and we were left on our own x"
Hey yeah some pubs were great for that |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Kids in pubs is one of the main reasons we don't go to them any more. Add to that the pissed idiots, the smell of stale booze and cleaning products, over-priced drinks - the list goes on. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"In the sort of pubs I take my tranny ass to I don't see any kids.
There is the answer, go to Gay pubs and be prepared to go mental when the DJ starts playing Tainted Love "
I'll drink to that! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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So we have family friendly pubs plenty of choice down the coast, restaurants/pubs if we have adult only drinking pubs then why cant we smoke in them then there would be a choice for everyone x |
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By (user no longer on site)
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We have 3 pubs in our village,I don't mind kids in there at lunch or early evening but not after about 8.It definitely puts some people off going to pubs especially those that work with kids all week and just want to have a relaxing drink on a Friday night with adult friends. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"So we have family friendly pubs plenty of choice down the coast, restaurants/pubs if we have adult only drinking pubs then why cant we smoke in them then there would be a choice for everyone x"
Lots of adults don't like smoking on pubs. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"So we have family friendly pubs plenty of choice down the coast, restaurants/pubs if we have adult only drinking pubs then why cant we smoke in them then there would be a choice for everyone x
Lots of adults don't like smoking on pubs. "
I think you can smoke on them as long as you are wearing a hard hat,its smoking in pubs that some don't like |
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"So we have family friendly pubs plenty of choice down the coast, restaurants/pubs if we have adult only drinking pubs then why cant we smoke in them then there would be a choice for everyone x"
Because you'd have to also have smoking/non-smoking pubs. x |
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"So we have family friendly pubs plenty of choice down the coast, restaurants/pubs if we have adult only drinking pubs then why cant we smoke in them then there would be a choice for everyone x
Because you'd have to also have smoking/non-smoking pubs. x"
I thought all pubs were a smoke free zone, however working mens clubs/associations etc may have different rules as they are not deemed pubs |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"remember when you could go for a pint after work Friday with ye mates without tons of kids running around the place. "
Option 1 : go out on Thursdays instead
Option 2 : stop drinking in The Wacky Warehouse
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By (user no longer on site)
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"So we have family friendly pubs plenty of choice down the coast, restaurants/pubs if we have adult only drinking pubs then why cant we smoke in them then there would be a choice for everyone x
Because you'd have to also have smoking/non-smoking pubs. x
I thought all pubs were a smoke free zone, however working mens clubs/associations etc may have different rules as they are not deemed pubs"
But working men's clubs are a place if work so are still smoke free zones. |
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