Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Nappy hour.
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Permalink Reply by Abi on
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I've noticed this too! The girl serving our food had to move prams out of the way herself after the parents ignored her requests for passage last time we visited. I had to wonder if it was an event or just a new 'thing' - but this was on a Sunday.
And I absolutely love the idea of 'Nappy Hour'. Do you work in marketing or advertising by any chance?
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Permalink Reply by Sharon on
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Hahaha! No! But I thought the joke was too good to keep to myself. Two sides of the pub were full of rug rats eating crisps and tipsy yummy Mummies and Daddies. Me and mine were squeezed into a corner of the larger room. Not annoyed but a bit irked. :-)
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Permalink Reply by Dave on
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There's a local insurance broker (new subdivision of Ladbrokes)offering cover if you want it, just for this kind of new phenomenon in Harringay/St Anns. Covers injury caused to oneself by wandering babies/toddlers neglected by parents (drunk on their own conversation).
At he moment only The Salisbury (wkds daytime) and Cafe Bland are of relevance but other previosly peaceful venues maybe added over the summer, such as park cafes.
Do take care out there. The neighbourhood is a changin'.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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I've been chucked out of there, admittedly eight years ago, for having a drink with a sleeping one year old in a pram after 8pm. Had to go and sit on Duckett's Common with some Stella from Lion King instead. The Garden Ladder is your refuge if you're avoiding children.
That said, Friday nights it seems full of children to me too these days.
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Too right! I got ID'd last time I went in the Garden Ladder (I'm long past 30...) so they are clearly taking their responsibilities seriously on that count.
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Permalink Reply by Malc B on
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Sometimes parents need a drink too... Although the Garden Ladder has a no kids policy, so a child free haven is just over the road. http://www.harringayonline.com/forum/topics/sunday-carvery-at-the-g...
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I'm a parent needing a drink and a break too which is why I was in there without my kids! We often pop in on a Saturday afternoon and there are usually a few families with little ones and sometimes they are well and safely contained and suitably fed and watered in the private room at the back but on this day they were out in noticibly larger numbers.
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The Garden Ladder has a no kids policy for that reason (not just parents either, reading the thread above - teachers also need the sanctuary it appears).
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LOL at Nappy Hour!
I've noticed this growing over the last few years too.
When child no1 was tiny, I would meet a couple of other parents in a cafe once in a blue moon. Wind forward a decade and there were so many babies/toddlers/parents at Café Blend a few months ago that we gave up and had a cup of tea at home instead (no cake though
)Having said that, child no2 came home with his friend late Sunday afternoon complaining that Fairland Park was so full of babies/toddlers/parents that they couldn't run around for fear of injuring someone!
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