How often did your parents go to the pub?

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Wondering if it more common in years gone by for parents, especially dad's to go to the pub. I have this image from TV of dad's going to the pub for a couple almost every night.

Not really at all as a regular thing. When my elder sibling was small my Dad and the other ex RAF used to play darts at the pub once a week but by the time I arrived that post service camaraderie amongst young dads had moved on. Our neighbour sometimes went for a pre Sunday lunch drink. The pub was 5 mins walk away and he’d take the car.

As a family we’d sometimes have a weekend trip out for a pub lunch or on hols. Generally, though, pubs were smoky and neither of my parents liked that.

I think pub life is a working class thing. I worked in a pub and so many tradesmen would pop in every day and sink a few pints then go home.

I thought this to begin with, and we're working class, but our village pub in the 70s and 80s was quite mixed, as well as manual trades there were definitely middle class people; an airline pilot, teachers and university lecturers. Perhaps the frequency of their visits differed.

I grew up in the 90’s, Dad went loads (huge football fan), Mum only ever went on works nights out. I don’t remember them ever going together really!

Only on special occasions like christenings, weddings, anniversaries etc. More recently they go to a pub a good 20 minutes drive away because they like the food. They would only have 1 or 2 drinks when I was a kid (80s/90s). Now my Dad has a low alcohol beer because of the medication he takes and Mum will have 1 G+T.

Never, Dad did join the working men's club after we all grew up, we weren't happy that we missed out on all the club trips, that our friends went on.

My DF would often take me and DS with him too. On a weekend we’d often go to a pub with game machines and somewhere to play outside, and as a treat we’d have chips and egg or gammon. And I guess he’d have a couple of pints while we were playing.

We’d often go to the social club for a weekend day and stuff like bonfire night too, and when we were a bit older (tweens / early teens) for NYE and disco nights.

My mum was never into any of it and never came with.

We’d very occasionally go to a pub for a meal as a family, although this was rare and mostly on holiday or on our way somewhere.

DH doesn’t drink much now, we sometimes go for a drink together but the idea of him going off ‘to the pub’ by himself in an evening seems really old fashioned!

Rarely. There was no pub close by (lived rurally) and it was money we didn't have. Neither of my parents were really drinkers.

My Mum and Dad together once a week every Sunday my Dad would also go on Fridays and Saturdays and occasionally after work.

Virtually every Sunday. Until I was about 13 / 14 we had to go with them. No books or toys allowed and complained at if I didn't want a drink every 'round'. There is only so much lemonade you can drink.

Oh and Xmas day.

Pretty much every Sunday and once in the week I think. Dad was alcoholic. Still is. Since they retired they spent more time in pubs, restaurants and round at friends houses drinking. Then covid got them out of the habit. They might go for a walk and get a pint now. My mum drinks coffee.

Child of the 70s and 80s. We'd go as a family after a country walk sometimes.
Otherwise it was expensive. Dad brewed wine and beer at home so there was always alcohol.

Pre kids dh and I went to the pub most nights. Post kids their experience is like mine. It's a rare treat - often after a walk, sometimes because it's a sunny evening. Probably half a dozen times a year.

Although dh has started picking DD up from an activity and slopes into the pub for a pint whilst waiting for her. It's a gastropub and dd is hoping to get known and get a job there when a waiting/washing up job comes up.

Never that I know of. Both born near to the end of IWW if that helps. No attitude against alcohol at all. When the children left home, my dad made his own Baileys. Sherry at Christmas when children were grown up.

Never.

Never. I can honestly say I can't remember my parents ever going for a drink. They would go for meals ocassionally but never for a drink

My dad went most days. He always had some reason to pop in to have a chat with a mate/have a ping after football/check if he’d won the meat raffle.

My mum joined him every week as we stayed with grandparents.

We’d sometimes go along as kids - I have lots of memories of sitting outside with a bottle of pop and some crisps. The pub also used to lay on trips for kids twice a year - we’d go to Blackpool in the end of summer for the illuminations and everything was paid for, including a little money bag for each child, free bingo on the coach and snacks. On NYD we’d go to the theatre in the local city for the pantomime. Again, all paid for.

I am early 50s and from a working class area and family. My Dad went to the pub every night, except nights my mum went to bingo. My dad worked at home so going to the pub was his social contact and ‘getting out of the house’.

There were lock ins after closing time for the regulars and some mums brought their poor junior school and young senior school age kids to the pub most/ every night. Poor kids looked bored and tired when I saw them.

I was a child of the 70s/80s. My parents never went to the pub without us/in the evening - on the rare occasions they went out it was usually to a dinner party at someone's house. We did go to pubs as a family sometimes on a weekend during the day -we would play in the garden or the family room, and mum and dad would chat to friends, or there was often a band. We'd have Coke and Frazzles, mum would have a Martini and lemonade and Dad would have a pint.

My dad went every day and we'd sometimes even have to go and get him on Sunday because lunch was ready. Mum hardly ever went out, usually once over Xmas and New Year while our Nan was stopping with us and would babysit. The wonderful days of 'traditional roles' within a marriage, put up and shut up.

Never unless we all went to a garden in sumner for scampi in a basket - this was before gastro pubs etc

Never. It wasn’t something they did.

In the UK, in years past, yes, I think it was relatively normal. My parents, no, never went anywhere except out to dinner with me. They didn't really get on, and I never saw them have a 'date' anywhere alone and my dad was not particularly social (I cannot remember a single friend). My mum had friends but would more go over to their houses for a coffee. Dh's parents, yes, all the time, though his dad was an alcoholic and died from alcoholism, so that's probably not the yardstick to measure by!

Dad daily
Mum never

My parents were landlords so pub/club life featured highly in my childhood. We lived above the pub. My parents often went to other pubs or clubs on their night off. We always had regulars some of whom had their own seat and special glass! I have a low tolerance for listening to old men rambling on about the same rubbish everyday but it never seemed to bother my parents. I also went on lots of trips to Blackpool and Southport with the pub outings. Wasn't a great life for a kid to be honest but my school mates were all jealous. I am totally tee total and have never drank any alcohol.

80s/90s really often, a couple of times a week and my Dad even more, They still go much more often that we do even now!

My parents had pubs and like previous poster we lived above them all through the 80's and into the 90's, they even went to casinos after the pub closed. When we moved into a house they both went out every night. Darts and pool during the week and then out out at weekend. My dad then had a working man's club and rarely had a night off.

My brother hates pubs and has never really gone out and I don't go unless I want to be with my friends on a night out etc. I'd never choose it for myself.

Horrible childhood.