Children and the Melton Mowbray

[nmg]

I've now phoned Trading Standards at the City of London, and they can find no record of a condition on the license for the Melton Mowbray that would prohibit children. This would seem to contradict the duty manager's assertion that no children were allowed as a condition of their license. They also seemed interested that the Melton Mowbray were unable to show me the license copy or summary that they're required to have prominently displayed.

The next step will be to phone Fuller's head office and ask them to explain themselves.

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[drdoug.livejournal.com]

The buggers!

I suspect it's a hangover from before the 2003 Licensing Act, which abolished the previously confusing morass of legislation and licensing conditions about whether and where under-16s were allowed anywhere in a pub, or a room where there's no bar, whether they can walk past the bar to the loo, who they have to be with when, etc etc.

Being charitable, they might have got confused if the place doesn't serve food (apart from crisps, say) since the Act says children under 16 aren't allowed in pubs that are "primarily or exclusively for the sale and consumption of alcohol" ... without an accompanying adult. They might have missed that last bit.

Does sound like a good time for the application of the paper cluebat of righteousneses!

[nmg.livejournal.com]

The downstairs bar (where we were) serves food, but admission of children is still at the discretion of the licensee.