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    No, not the collision of two cars in Chelsea, but a question about the rules concerning children in the bar.

    My local, a Somerset village wet-led pub, has seen a sharp rise in the number of children at the bar counter and sitting in the bar area. As I type this there are 6 adult males drinking, 7 adult females of whom 2 have drinks, 11 children under 10 of whom 3 are balancing on bar stools and 7 dogs minding their own business.

    So what are the actual rules?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ETA View Post
    No, not the collision of two cars in Chelsea, but a question about the rules concerning children in the bar.

    My local, a Somerset village wet-led pub, has seen a sharp rise in the number of children at the bar counter and sitting in the bar area. As I type this there are 6 adult males drinking, 7 adult females of whom 2 have drinks, 11 children under 10 of whom 3 are balancing on bar stools and 7 dogs minding their own business.

    So what are the actual rules?
    The rule is: go find another local.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ETA View Post
    No, not the collision of two cars in Chelsea
    "Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
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    My new, newly opened local ( the word local being used loosely) has a no under 8s rule , works well and gets rid of the push chair problem amongst other undesirable things.
    "Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyduck View Post
    amongst other undesirable things.
    Yappy dogs I presume?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyduck View Post
    My new, newly opened local ( the word local being used loosely) has a no under 8s rule , works well and gets rid of the push chair problem amongst other undesirable things.
    Would that be https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/91532/ by any chance?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tris39 View Post
    Would that be https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/91532/ by any chance?
    Would you be a detective?
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    Quite a lot of kids in the Stockport Wetherspoons before noon yesterday. However, even their noisiness is nothing compared to the constant video playing in phones that people are now obsessed with in those places. There were also two Boomers having speakerphone conversations.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spinko View Post
    Quite a lot of kids in the Stockport Wetherspoons before noon yesterday. However, even their noisiness is nothing compared to the constant video playing in phones that people are now obsessed with in those places. There were also two Boomers having speakerphone conversations.
    I know. It's staggeringly selfish what people do with their phones. For once, Humphrey has a point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ETA View Post
    No, not the collision of two cars in Chelsea, but a question about the rules concerning children in the bar.

    My local, a Somerset village wet-led pub, has seen a sharp rise in the number of children at the bar counter and sitting in the bar area. As I type this there are 6 adult males drinking, 7 adult females of whom 2 have drinks, 11 children under 10 of whom 3 are balancing on bar stools and 7 dogs minding their own business.

    So what are the actual rules?
    I wonder if the law has changed ? My children are now 32 and 30 but back in the day children under 14 could go into a pub with an adult as long as they were consuming a meal,and were not allowed anywhere near the bar.Often pubs insisted that they should remain at a dining table after finishing the meal apart from supervised trips to the loo .

    14-16 year old were allowed into a pub if accompanied by an adult .No need to have a meal ,but no alcohol.

    16-18 year old can go on their own to a pub but not consume alcohol .

    If these laws still exist maybe an adult with a whole bunch of children who are all snacking on a large bowl of chips maybe allowable,the landlord/manager may have to police how close to the bar the childen are,and where they roam unattended. Sitting on bar stools sounds out of order,although I've seen it in some rural pubs.

    Has there been an element of deregulation recently as a result of the pub trade suffering ?? Or are some former pubs now reclassifield as restaurants where regulation on childen is less prescriptive. ?
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