[DaveinGermany]

It's another one of those issues that polarises people, some say fine let em in, others are dead against. There are places that manage to balance both sides & for them that's fine as long as rules are in place to accommodate the differing groups.

I certainly wouldn't take kids into A Dockers Alehouse or Workman's Pub even if they did the best food in the District, there'd be to much Scope for conflict. Yet if the Kids are polite & well behaved (having parents who will control their nippers if they're out of line) sitting down together at a table & having something to eat but being out of there before the serious drinking starts I don't see that as a problem.

This happens quite a lot on the continent & we've seen it often enough in Holland, so that no-one bats an eyelid at the kids being there. So really I think it's a matter of Horses for courses really. Plus in todays economic climate, allowing families in with Kids may well be the only thing keeping the landlords head above water, & the Pub from going to the wall.