where to go for a birthday meal for teenagers who are skint? - Page 2

flashy · 18-06-2008, 21:36

willow heres the bus timetable for the number 1 which stops outside the redcap

http://www.lancashireunited.co.uk/gf...s/spotonr1.pdf

you'll need to right click on it to zoom in

Neil · 18-06-2008, 21:47

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Mimi, who can't remember her password....

Any suggestions?

I have a suggestion, ask Mick to sort out her password

cherokee · 18-06-2008, 22:55

I did this for my son a few weeks back.
All his mates from work kept inviting him round to thiers for tea etc, so I let him do the same here.
He bought all the stuff and I cooked (didnt want any one goin down with food poisoning lol) and I did a bbq for them
He had a few of his mates around they all brought some beer then after the bbq they all sat in the dining room and I just left them to get on with it . they were all well behaved and it worked well .
Of course this is only good if you have the room and thankfully I have a a lounge and seperate dining room which I use for the kids to entertain mates

grannyclaret · 18-06-2008, 23:24

if you could guarantee the weather,you could have a barbaque,,,she could tell them to bring a sausage or something,,the young girl next door to us sounded like they were having a whale of a time the other week ,when it was her birthday...

ooh cherokee ,i diddent see your post,,, great minds think alike

Benipete · 18-06-2008, 23:40

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Originally Posted by grannyclaret

if you could guarantee the weather,you could have a barbaque,,,she could tell them to bring a sausage or something,,the young girl next door to us sounded like they were having a whale of a time the other week ,when it was her birthday...

ooh cherokee ,i diddent see your post,,, great minds think alike

I'm getting worried about you and where you are leading us.

entwisi · 19-06-2008, 06:38

Willow, you don't mention how old Mimi and her friends are. Some 'pubs' may be wary of a group of kids coming in unacompanied( especially in these days of police being super keen on under age drinking.)

If they are under 16/18 then I would recommend ringing the place and speaking to the manager to let them know to expect them and leave your number in case there are any problems or questions. It will certainly put the pub at ease and the staff will not be worried about them "doinga runner" or anything.

Just my experience of when I was assistant manaager at the Redcap

WillowTheWhisp · 19-06-2008, 07:19

Thanks Ian. That thought hadn't crossed my mind as all the kids I know are not the sort who would do a runner. She has been with a few friends to Bentley Wood Farm for a meal (she went in friend's car that time) which her friend arranged and there weren't any problems then. I will bear it in mind though. They range from late teens to early twenties.

We couldn't have a barbecue whatever the weather is like because we literally do not have the room. Our back yard is an L-shaped path full of wheelie bin and recycling bags/boxes and a few tubs with plants in. There is barely enough room to walk to the backyard door.

As for having them all in the house, I don't think it would feel like a birthday 'do' as they quite often have friends round to the house and she wants to do something special and different and adult.

WillowTheWhisp · 19-06-2008, 07:29

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Originally Posted by flashytart

willow heres the bus timetable for the number 1 which stops outside the redcap

http://www.lancashireunited.co.uk/gf...s/spotonr1.pdf

you'll need to right click on it to zoom in

Thanks,

I'll get her to make notes. I think she has pretty much decided on the Redcap now.

WillowTheWhisp · 19-06-2008, 07:32

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Originally Posted by Neil

I have a suggestion, ask Mick to sort out her password

I suggested that to her - but it ends up being quicker me posting the thread. I don't think she even has the email address she used when she joined. I think we were still on AOL back then

flashy · 19-06-2008, 08:03

you cant actually do a runner from the redcap....you pay for your meal as you go in at the bar and they give you a ticket which you have to give to the chef who is dishing out the meats, really kid proof....willow if she hasnt much money tell her to buy herself a blackcurrant and soda (lemonade really not soda) they only cost 30p for half a pint, dead cheap and a lot cheaper than a coke

WillowTheWhisp · 19-06-2008, 08:13

Thanks Flashy - I should have realised that because we went to a Pub and Carvery a few weeks ago and they did they same thing. I'll still check with them though to see if they have any objections to a party of young people. I know BWF don't because she's going there again tonight with another friend - hence why she wanted to go somewhere different. When a bunch of them went a few weeks ago they were very welcome.

flashy · 19-06-2008, 08:16

i dont suppose it really matters, if they are well mannered and well behaved then that should be fine, how else are kids supposed to be brought into the 'real world' if you know what i mean

WillowTheWhisp · 19-06-2008, 08:36

They seem like a very well behaved crowd to me - in fact a lot less rowdy than a crowd of adults who were at the Royal Phoenix once when we went there. It never crossed my mind that the pub may object to them until Ian said that. But then again he has had experience.

flashy · 19-06-2008, 08:38

yeah Ian is right, just check first

Old Mother Redcap
Blackburn Rd
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB1 3LS
Tel: 01254 667272

tosh · 19-06-2008, 09:19

what about chinese or canines up west end, its on the same rout as the the bus to red cap, and there is a bus stop out side.