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AIBU?

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AIBU to take kids to the pub

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Onecurrantbun · 09/04/2015 16:26

Don't get me wrong we go to the pub loads. Considering taking them for a drink tonight in a lovely little pub with a beer garden. It is around 19'c at themoment. Its only April though so feels way to early in the year for loafing in beer gardens!

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ThatBloodyWoman · 09/04/2015 18:00

Why wouldn't you?

Weathers great and its beer o clock.

Aridane · 09/04/2015 19:11

Eh? What's this 6pm thing / no kids? Doesn't apply in my neck of the woods? ''Twas always the highlight for my godchildren - made the, feel very adult!

Pandsala · 09/04/2015 19:20

Geeky, it depends on the pubs licence and the owners choice.

OP yanbu, have a lovely evening.

AwfulBeryl · 09/04/2015 19:26

I have seen the 18:00 rule in lots of chain pubs, not so much in family run local type pubs.
I am at a lovely big beer garden, we have nothing like that round here.
Yanbu op, go for it. Have a lovely time.

ZombieHunter · 09/04/2015 19:36

I went to Weatherspoon's the other day and they told me DS was fine to stay until 10pm.

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Onecurrantbun · 09/04/2015 21:00

Oh yes as I said I do not have an issue at all about taking them to a pub - more that my friend commented it was strange to take kids out so late and it's not even summer It was a lovely evening and I even tried some fruity cider - 3 yo thoroughly enjoyed it and 1 yo did too

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Mumbehavingbadly · 09/04/2015 21:21

Gosh I never knew about the 6pm thing. I must have gaffed loads of times.

SolidGoldBrass · 09/04/2015 21:32

Pubs vary a lot in their cut-off times for children. Some won't allow children at all, others will insist on them keeping to designated areas, and some want them gone by 7, 8 or 9 pm.
As a Morris dancer, I have taken DS to loads of pubs, quite often in the evenings, but then it's almost always a lot more about being outside the pub than in it. Only recall one pub being really tiresome about it: not only would they not let DS cross the threshold but they refused to serve me, tried to refuse to serve other adults in the group and insisted that DS and I stayed on the other side of the road and didn't come within 50 feet of the door.

MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels · 09/04/2015 21:43

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Ludways · 10/04/2015 00:32

There are grey areas re the law on children in pubs, but basically, if they only serve alcohol then no children are allowed at all, if it's a pub which serves food they are allowed but not between hours of midnight to 5am. It depends on several things, licence type and whether child is accompanied or not. No mention anywhere re 6pm, that must be management rule.

I take my kids for meals in pubs and to sit in beer gardens fairly often and no one has ever batted an eye lid.

justbatteringon · 10/04/2015 00:43

I was at a wetherspoons and they wouldn't let us sit in the beer garden with friends dd. We had to go inside and they're the only place nearby with a beer garden. This was at lunch time as well.

Scouseatheart · 10/04/2015 00:46

Worked in a pub pre-DD, FIL also owns a pub, 90% sure its up to the owner? I know I was told kids had to be out by 7 on a Sunday, no mention of the rest of the week.

Hope you enjoyed your evening OP!

leccybill · 10/04/2015 00:51

We went tonight too. About 5.30pm til about 7pm. Ate outside, had a pint of shandy and DD had a play on the climbing frames. Brill. We all turned our jeans up a bit as it was warm. Brill. Can't wait for more!

RedToothBrush · 10/04/2015 08:18

I looked this up on .gov.uk a couple of weeks ago.

The law is that premises have to have a special licenced area for children, so not all pubs are allowed to have children. Children are only allowed in certain areas and not allowed at the bar itself.

They are allowed up to 9pm. Individual pubs often set their own curfew earlier than that but it is discretionary.

However I can't for the life of me find the bloody link I found it on.

Aridane · 10/04/2015 09:12

ah, RedToothBrush - that sort of makes sense! My local pub my godchildren love going to because it makes them feel so adult does have a notice saying 'no children at bar'. Also it serves food - which aybe makes a difference?

magichandles · 10/04/2015 09:16

Totally do it. You've now got me checking the weather and emailing DH to see if he fancies meeting me at our local child friendly pub with beer garden to give them dinner there and have a drink straight from work.

DixieNormas · 10/04/2015 09:17

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Hulababy · 10/04/2015 09:21

FrenchJunebug Thu 09-Apr-15 17:05:13
YANBU I infuriates me that in Britain you cannot take kids to pub after 6pm.

Where is this rule? It certainly isn't the case in any of the pubs we go to, and definitely not a our local pub.

We have a lovely little local where everyone is friendly, the woman in charge knows everyone and always comes over for a chat. They serve decent, home made food which is tasty and not expensive. There is a huge field outside so you can sit out in the sun and the kids can run around the field not in anyone's way or even near the tables. It's a nice short walk. They have no rules over when children cn and can't be there - DD has always been welcome from being 3 to now at 13.

ChaiseLounger · 10/04/2015 09:33

I am puzzled and saddened that OP even needed to ask.

Lavenderice · 10/04/2015 10:07

Personally I don't like the idea of children in pubs. I don't think children should be in an environment where adults could be drinking to excess, but I'm probably basing that on past experiences, I actually tend to avoid pub which encourage families just for that reason. However if they are allowed in, they're not going to bother anyone and not be exposed to anything they shouldn't I think you should go.

RedToothBrush · 10/04/2015 11:07

I don't think pubs are just for drinking to get drunk in a lot of places. Its British culture rather than alcohol that promotes this idea and its very different on the continent in attitude. 'The attitude is that drinking in moderation is normal but drinking to excess is frowned on, and that exposing children to that and seing adults drink responsibly encourages them to do so too. And I think a lot of pubs are becoming more like this in order to survive and I think drinking culture is finally beginning to change.

Hulababy · 10/04/2015 11:11

Our local pub isn't really like that Lavender. It's more of a social place. You really don't see people drinking to excess or getting drunk there; well not at the times we are there. We've usually left by 9ish and often earlier. We tend to go for dinner mainly though on a warm summers evening/afternoon will call in for a couple of cold drinks.

Lavenderice · 10/04/2015 11:39

I think I probably worded that wrongly. I don't go to the pub with the sole intent of getting drunk, but I do want to go and share a bottle of wine with my mates and have conversations (such as how I'd love like to lick Chris Hemsworth's biceps) with out having to worry about what the child on the table next to me was hearing.

RedToothBrush · 10/04/2015 12:04

Children go to school and hear all sorts. I'd rather they heard it whilst I was around and asked questions than hear it in a setting I didn't have any control over.

You can go shopping or walk just about anywhere crowded and over hear conversations so I don't really understand why the pub is so much more dangerous.

Lavenderice · 10/04/2015 12:39

Yes, but I'm not comfortable discussing such things with children near and when I'm relaxing to, y'know relax. Oh, and the exams of the above is the tamest our conversations are likely to be.

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