Following Grace Dent’s review (14 May) of the Alma in Crystal Palace, London, you published a letter (When pubs leave parents out in the cold, theguardian.com, 17 May) contesting the pub’s seemingly “bizarre” ban on children under the age of 10. This policy is made for people like me and parents who don’t always want to be surrounded by children. Name and address suppliedWhen I was growing up, there were no kids in pubs full stop. They grow up fast enough and can go to pubs when they are old enough. Sue PowellBradford, West YorkshireChalkboard outside a pub in Helensburgh: “Nae weans, nae food, nae bother” (Letters, 19 May).

Source: The Guardian May 21, 2021 15:55 UTC