Just a wish...(there was a baby/pram/child free pub in ED)

[bermygirl]

I know I will probably get slated by some people for saying this....but does anyone else sometimes wish there was a baby/pram/child free pub in ED?!! Lol

[DominickHide]

Oh yes please. Absolutely.

[Andrew1011]

Most pubs are baby/pram/child free in the evenings after 8.30pm.

[aquarius moon]

You won't get slated by me!

I think it would be heaven on earth. And not just ED. At least one in every postcode.

[brezzo]

Over here in Herne Hill, I am wishing there was just an actual pub. One with football and no "gastro".

[KidKruger]

I got asked by a Mummy and Daddy not to swear whilst having a conversation with a mate in a pub recently, it wasn't gratuitous sweating, more for fecking emphasis IYKWIM.

I apologised, but then started thinking hey what just happened there - it's a pub for fucks sake !

Not a fan of creshes selling alcohol basically.

[bermygirl]

Hahahaha! Glad to know I am not alone. Yeah I know they are after 8:30, but on the weekend when I go for a lovely glass of vino in the afternoon, pram dodging and shrieking kids kind of ruins it. Sorry....I do love kids but not all the time!

[bermygirl]

Yeah kidkruger. I had a mum ask me not to spoke on the back patio of a pub. I told her that since smokers can't go inside that space is used by smokers and so I had no intention of not smoking. Same with sweating. A place that sells alcohol is an adult establishment. So I won't curb adult behaviour. If I was in a playground it would have been a different story.

[Loz]

I've always thought that airlines that advertised flights that only allowed adults (well, say, 15 years old and over) would be extraordinarily popular. Especially long-haul overnight flights.

[aquarius moon]

The thing is that threads like this make people think that posters are anti-kids, when that's not the case at all.

If I had young children I'd love the fact that I could take them to the pub. And I did take mine to the pub!

However, there should be child free pubs for adults who don't want to be surrounded by children (me!), who like kids but would prefer to drink in a peaceful adult environment.

So that everybody has the choice and everyone is happy.

[Galileo]

Perhaps if there was one pub that was really family friendly - toys or a soft play section (not sure how feasible that would be tho) then the families would migrate there leaving the less family friendly ones less populated by families. A pub with a playroom like the Florence in Herne Hill would be brilliant. As a mum, but still an adult, I'd love somewhere I could go with the kids and friends with kids without feeling like we were upsetting others.

[KidKruger]

Alcohol is a drug.

You go to the pub for the drug.

You get friends to go (who drink) so you don't feel bad taking the drug just yourself.

Why involve children in that set-up.

To train them to take the drug too ?

[Mustard]

A creche for the parents of ED and their friend to go to so they can be drunk and not in charge of their children.

[bermygirl]

Hahahaha! Love that I said spoke instead of smoke and sweating instead of swearing! Hiccup!! Lol

[Otta]

Problem is that most pubs are very food orientated these days, so people go for lunch and take the kids. Whereas it used to be that you'd go to the pub to drink and watch football or just talk shit to your mates for a while, so people didn't tend to take kids in very often.

I adore my two kids, but I HATE taking them to pubs, it just ruins the experience of being in the pub for me.

With the exception of whe4n my 6 year old comes for a pint (me not her) after a Dulwich Hamlet match, because the crowd I go with always dote on her so I can sneak off for a fag and know she's in safe hands.

[Jakido]

The Cherry Tree?

[DominickHide]

Like most things that get ruined it is by selfish people. In this case parents, and in ED so called parents are the most selfish twats going.

[SteveUK1978]

"so called parents"...

Seriously?

Went to the re-incarnation of the Patch / Mag / whatever it used to be called last night. There was not a soul in there on a sunny, Friday evening. Suggest you go there for a quiet pint without the bother of other people.

I am the proud father of an 18 month old and love the pub, love watching football, love watching football in a pub. I am very happy to take my son to The Actress at midday on a Sunday (family friendly). Love it. Great family atmosphere. Our future. Our Legacy.

Would never take him near a pub when he should be in bed / having time at home. This generally comes after 6pm. If you can wait till 6pm, you can gnerally have a child free experience. If you can't. Oh well, take your chances I guess.

[KidKruger]

6pm home time, or in fact any specific time, is not what many parents with kids run by.

[Earl Aelfheah]

bermygirl Wrote:

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> I know I will probably get slated by some people

> for saying this....but does anyone else sometimes

> wish there was a baby/pram/child free pub in ED?!!

> Lol

The Castle

[Earl Aelfheah]

Andrew1011 Wrote:

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> Most pubs are baby/pram/child free in the evenings

> after 8.30pm.

This.

[KidKruger]

Castle not a child free pub by any stretch.

8.30pm - is that what it's come to ?

[SteveUK1978]

I was in a few pubs last night, hence the 1.24am post, and I didn't see any children.

[Jeremy]

Most pubs during the day are family friendly, which I think is a good thing. Although agree that it might be nice to have one or two which are kid free... it would be a bold step for a business to make.

[KidKruger]

I wonder whether legally it's be possible - could be regarded as ageist.

I've held a couple of post-christening lunches at the plough so I'm probably a hypocrite anyway.