claires22
17-03-2007, 08:24 AM
Im would be very interested to find out if there is any child friendly pubs left in Nuneaton? :help: It seems that after the last few years of pubs welcoming the younger generation into their premises, this is no longer the case. i only say this as i took my two children to my local pub (The fleur de leys on coventry road) where on the door it tells parents that they can taking in there children but only until 7 o'clock. This is not a problem as i can understand that later in the evening pubs and clubs are smokey and a unsafe place to be. But this says to me that before that children are welcome. Only this wasn't the case. Within 5 minuets of us arriving my child was shouted out by the landlord and told to not shout? fine if he was a 10 year old but he is two. Being shouted at by a man at that age is not only intimidating but surely pointless as he would not have had a clue what he was shouting at him for. After this i was then shouted to from across the room and told by the landlord that he was giving me a warning for my child shouting. I told him he was two and with that went and took my son away from him, in the hope that the landlord was having some sort of twisted joke. Only about 15 minuets later my son shouted again at another child who was playing with his toy. Now i think its important to say that by this time my son had only shouted a total of three times and it was not a continuous problem he was not running around and causing a problem. With this latest shout the land lord informed me that he was giving me a final warning before he asked me to leave! I find this unbelievable have we really gone back to the generation where children should be seen and not heard? How would a man like this propose that i stop my two year old from talking maybe we should bring out a great new child gagging system.
And it seems like i am not alone in this case after talking to friends about this problem they too have stories where they have been reprimanded by pub owners for children being children.
My guess is that once the no smoking laws come in it will be these same pubs that will be trying to reach out to the family unit for there custom.
So again i will ask my question is there really any place in Nuneaton that is child friendly? Where children can go and parents can be sure that they will not be made to feel like there child needs a ASBO for raising his voice? Where children are made to feel welcome as long as of course they are not running a riot? i think that it would be a great if people could let other parents know what are the best pubs in the town for families. And more importantly lets the families of nuneaton know which ones treat them fairly, understand that the family unit is a hugely important part of britain and be proud of it.
so has anyone got any suggestions? cause myself and my friends would love to know! :D
tia
And it seems like i am not alone in this case after talking to friends about this problem they too have stories where they have been reprimanded by pub owners for children being children.
My guess is that once the no smoking laws come in it will be these same pubs that will be trying to reach out to the family unit for there custom.
So again i will ask my question is there really any place in Nuneaton that is child friendly? Where children can go and parents can be sure that they will not be made to feel like there child needs a ASBO for raising his voice? Where children are made to feel welcome as long as of course they are not running a riot? i think that it would be a great if people could let other parents know what are the best pubs in the town for families. And more importantly lets the families of nuneaton know which ones treat them fairly, understand that the family unit is a hugely important part of britain and be proud of it.
so has anyone got any suggestions? cause myself and my friends would love to know! :D
tia