Orwell’s sketch of the platonic pub, The Moon Under Water, included the stipulation that “Up at one end of the garden there are swings and a chute for the children.”
Orwell’s sketch of the platonic pub, The Moon Under Water, included the stipulation that “Up at one end of the garden there are swings and a chute for the children.”
In fact, he said “Many as are the virtues of the Moon Under Water, I think that the garden is its best feature, because it allows whole families to go there instead of Mum having to stay at home and mind the baby while Dad goes out alone.”
“… it is the puritanical nonsense of excluding children—and therefore, to some extent, women—from pubs that has turned these places into mere boozing-shops instead of the family gathering-places that they ought to be.” I’ve often said I’m an Orwell fan-girl and this is why, tbh.
@lottelydia 100% this! I often struggle to think of a pub I’d be comfortable taking my toddler in, awake or asleep! I keep a very short list. But when we’re visiting friends in Belgium, there are families in every bar. Hardly any nice bar we’d want to go to is a “no go” with kids
@lottelydia practically a word-for-word description of what our local is like in summer