Remember once seeing a pub sign which announced 'No children. Not even nice ones'!

It would be a whole lot easier if folk could make it clear who they are quoting. You know you can add =NAME to the quote function. Or just say who it is.

Who said that..............

Ok Courtney will exit stage left :(

Damn! Should told you who I... Hang on!

Children in pubs
 

So let me get this straight. The older members of this forum and those without children believe that kids should not be allowed into pubs (or even out of the house in some cases). Funny that. I wonder what the parents of younger children think about the matter?
I have three young kids and we eat out a lot. They behave well because we look after them, we don't ignore them and we always bring a colouring book!
We would not take them to the bar because it's not a place for young kids. I wouldn't want other peoples kids there if I was drinking.
In this day and age businesses can't be too picky with their clientele. Families are going to spend money and you'd be foolish to turn them away. They're probably going to spend more than the old gimmer with his pint of best as well.
As an aside it's not just Britain than keeps kids out of bars. In Canada (Alberta) many establishments aren't licensed for kids. This does limit your choices somewhat in smaller towns!
I do agree that there are some crap parents out there though.
BV

My mother always said that, 'children should be seen but not heard'. I belive that they should be neither 'seen or heard' in pubs. Maybe apart from 16 yr old girls with big 'personalitites :E

Businesses forget that when they says "no kids" they pretty much are giving a very negative message that comes back to bite them.
When a business does that I deliberately avoid going there anytime, especially when we are meeting up with friends for an everning out.

Parents who happy to bring their kids to a pub for a meal tend to have a little bit more money to spend, after all why bother doing it when McDs (other burger/chicken/pizza establishment) is pretty much within 20 minutes.

I'm sorry to say my son is having a 'children not invited' wedding. Bizarre. He has had the benefit of my opinion. Harrumph.

Me to son-in-law: Please, can you get the grandkids to stop running everywhere and irritating the other diners?

Him: What's the problem?

DOH!!

Managers do things right, leaders do the right things, sons-in-law do SFA. (Cf. OCTU thread.)

I think that it depends what sort of pub it is. A lot of 'pubs' these days are just chain restaurants with a sort of pubby look. I have no problems with children in these, in fact I take my (well behaved) nine year old grandson to one of our local ones which he regards as a great treat.

However I wouldn't for a second think of taking him into a real pub such as the Victoria in Lincoln, nor would I want to see other children in there. What is wrong with adults wanting their own space anyhow? There are stacks of pubs that are appropriate for children, please leave the few proper pubs for the sole occupation of grown ups.

Having had some subjects removed from PPRUNE without explanation, why is this one still here. Most kids in pubs dont fly aeroplanes.

You haven't been to many Lincoln pubs then...

Aah, shame. I really think he should let you have an invite.

@4Greens

Would you be happier if we discussed children in aeroplanes? Or maybe aeroplanes in pubs? (Bit of an undershoot there, Hoskins.)

@ ShyTorque

He has, that's the problem! It's at some designer concept pseudo-Zen joint in Glos. And I've pitched in a fair old amount. Taxation without representation I call it.

I dare say there'll be aircraft flogging around to keep 4Greens happy. We haven't booked the Reds, though.

So let me get this straight. The older members of this forum and those without children believe that kids should not be allowed into pubs (or even out of the house in some cases). Funny that. I wonder what the parents of younger children think about the matter?

Ageism Bob!:E:E:E:E

I'm sure there are many with kids who would not take them into certain pubs! They know the score.

I have never liked kids in pubs, it is not an appropriate venue. I also like hotels where the little people have their own pool and facilities whilst I have child free environment and a nice pool bar! Why should I be criticised?:ugh:

Back in the day, a school friend of mine reached his 18th Birthday. His father (who did not frequent pubs very much) decided that this was a special occasion, bought my friend a tankard and took him to the nearby inn to christen it. He was taken aback however when the landlord turned to my friend and asked him "Usual, Dave?"

I think that was a TV advert from a few years ago....

4Greens Fair point, but I have in fact apologised twice for accidentally posting this thread on here by accident. It was meant for Jet Blast and I subsequently put a duplicate on there and invited mods to close this one and merge it if they wanted.

In fact this one has been more popular than the one on JB - maybe military aircrew are just very interested in pubs!