Hackney pub’s child‑free rule sparks debate online

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• toebert@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It seems once again parents who don’t supervise their kids ruin it for all other families.

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• Flyberius@hexbear.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I really don’t think it should be controversial for a drinking establishment to choose to be cold free. Often they aren’t suitable for kids anyway.

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  • okwithmydecay@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think it depends on the context, if it was the only pub in a small village, you’d want it to be inclusive as possible. However, in a big city like London, there are lots of pubs, and if one isn’t child-friendly, there’s plenty of others that are, and vice versa.

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• givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Lol

  The pub has also decided to ban dogs after 18:00 on Fridays and Saturdays - a move staff say has prompted more pushback than the child‑free policy.

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  • Codpiece@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, more of this please. They don’t need to be everywhere.

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• Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m 43. When I was a kid not being allowed in a pub was the norm. We would be tucked away in the family room or sent to play outside with a panda-pop and a bowl of chips whilst the adults had a beer. I don’t see the issue with it, they don’t serve food, its a place to drink alcohol.

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  • okwithmydecay@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A lot of pubs in the UK do serve food, and often they have provisions for families including changing tables and high chairs.

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    • Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes. I know.

      I didn’t say they didn’t. What I said was when I was a kid, so over 30 years ago, children were not generally permitted in pubs except for family areas. If there was no family area then the kids had to play outside.

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  • Cherry@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It kinda did us good, we got some freedom too. The field at the end of the beer garden (after a coke that you drank like it was Bacardi & Coke) was where adventure lay. The last thing you wanted was an adult and a gourmet dinner.

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    • Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh yeah. Our local pub had a pinball machine and pool table in a separate annex where all the kids had to hang out. Made lots of friends there

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• tinned_tomatoes@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This happens every year. Pub announces the rule, people complain, shitrag makes an article about it.

  It’s just marketing at this point.

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• tal@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Heh. Meanwhile, over here:

  calrest.org/…/minors-and-bars-the-basics-one-page…

  No One Under 21

  Section 25665 of the California Alcoholic Beverage Control statute states that minors are not allowed to enter or remain within a bar.

  Patron Must Prove Age

  If the patron can’t prove their age, then they can’t remain in the bar. (B&PC §§ 25658(a), 25658.4, 25659).

  Bar owners wrongfully allowing minors in a public bar with a green license face a penalty of $1000 and/or 6 months in county jail.

  The penalty for the minor wrongfully in the bar is a fine of not less than $200.

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  • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah but its a puritanical s-hole so thats to be expected.

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