JimmyMc1311

Oh dear...what have I started? Look guys, my comments were made because I have had so many nice afternoons and evenings spoiled by screaming children. If my partner and I are out in Lordship Lane, enjoying a couple of bottles of wine and a nice meal, is it too much to ask that we can enjoy this without toddlers running up to us, or kids screaming in our ears? If I wanted to be in a place where there were screaming children, I'd have gone to a fast food outlet, TGI's or Planet Hollywood. My post was nothing against Mums and Dad's being in pubs. It was simply to ask them to hire a baby sitter if they are going out on the lash. Do children and alcohol mix? Does anyone really think it's acceptable seeing a parent having a few glasses of wine then watch them steer their buggy out of the pub giggling and tripping because they've had a few? I know that this post has caused a bit of controversy, but I feel so much better now that I've said my bit! Cheers (Hic)

Some pubs do it well and actually hide the kids at the back. It's great. Almost like that wonderful city in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.I would however politely disagree with Chantelle when she says that children are'welcomed' in the majority of pubs. Maybe the bigwigs at the top of the brewery chain might welcome kids, but the rolling eyes of the barstaff, and those of the other adults who up until then were having a good time would disagree when the peace and calm is shattered by screams and cries.

I saw Julia "Miss World 2011 is...." Morley in Sainsbury's a couple of weeks ago. But then, she does live in Dulwich. I've never seen her in Morrison's Peckham though....

Nunhead

Are any other adults getting a bit sick of pubs being filled to capacity with yummy mummies and their darling little offspring? I always grew up thinking that pubs were places where adults socialised but last Saturday afternoon in LL, 3 separate pubs (and also the lovely Rye!) were like an advertisement for Mothercare. Prams and buggies everywhere and toddlers running about as if they were in the playpark. So my message to the yummy mummies...if you are going to spend an afternoon in LL with your girlfriends drinking the pub out of chardonnay, please please please hire a babysitter!

Agreed.....I boarded the number 12 at Whitehall for the first time ever last week (and it was only 7.30pm on a Tuesday night) and it was madness. 2 different kick offs and a proper fisty cuff fight all between Elephant and Castle and Lordship Lane. I'll never to it again. Thank heavens for trains.

I've always found that on the whole, the staff who work in Lordship Lane are really nice and friendly. Special mention to the girls in White Stuff who are always smiling. But then again I always come out of that shop about a hundred quid poorer which is why I'm probably greeted with big, white, shiny molars.

I have never noticed the advertising on the wall, but then again, I only ever sit outside at the fab Palmerston when the weather is nice and hot. I'll be coming in this weekend so will let you know my thoughts (for what they're worth) on Monday.