The Bugle Inn, Twyford

Hiding behind the adjective "traditional" is a bit of a smoke screen. Similarly "country" raises an impression which belies what is really going on. Traditional pubs don�t have children in them according to some grumps. Not so, says I. Hogarth's gin lane appeared to welcome inebriates of all ages and depicted traditional inner London scenes. The country is not, as some suggest, a sleepy backwater in which the natural order of things means closure in the afternoon. The pubs closed, at first, in the afternoons so the munitions workers would get on with bomb making. If folks suggest that traditional pubs bar children and people of all ages for random reasons at random times of the day, think up something more original than "tradition" or "the country" whilst you blithely excuse these lazy and ill-conceived business practices. Well run pubs allow families, even grumpy ones, through their doors all day long. Badly run ones don't and are closing, sometimes forever. Not all pubs will be saved like the Bugle, Twyford, which is a shining example of how a pub welcomes all regardless of age and drinking and eating habits.

16 Sep 2012 13:49

The Flowerpots Inn, Cheriton

Hiding behind the adjective "traditional" is a bit of a smoke screen. Similarly "country" raises an impression which belies what is really going on. Traditional pubs don�t have children in them according to some grumps. Not so, says I. Hogarth's gin lane appeared to welcome inebriates of all ages and depicted traditional inner London scenes. The country is not, as some suggest, a sleepy backwater in which the natural order of things means closure in the afternoon. The pubs closed, at first, in the afternoons so the munitions workers would get on with bomb making. If folks suggest that traditional pubs bar children and people of all ages for random reasons at random times of the day, think up something more original than "tradition" or "the country" whilst you blithely excuse these lazy and ill-conceived business practices. Well run pubs allow families, even grumpy ones, through their doors all day long. Badly run ones don't and are closing, sometimes forever. Not all pubs will be saved like the Bugle, Twyford, which is a shining example of how a pub welcomes all regardless of age and drinking and eating habits.

16 Sep 2012 09:50

The Flowerpots Inn, Cheriton

Yes, I tend to agree with the poster who aired frustration at the opening at six business. In addition, to that how does a country pub serving food justify the nonsence of a no-children policy. Apparently, it is fine for children to sit outside but not in. Come on Flowerpots prove yourself to be part of the hospitality business. Send your management up to the Bugle in Twyford and observe how local beer drinkers, gastronomes and God forbid, children happily co-exist in a pub. Cast away the curmudgeonly crys of the old time nicotined stained, city boozer next to the bookies "We're not open yet" and "No children". Its nothing to do with the law, its just bad manners.

13 Jul 2011 10:08