While I appreciate this incident and following thread of comments arose in 2010, I feel obliged as the new(ish) Landlady to leave a comment. I am quite horrified that after googling the Blue Ball, this is near the top!
Previous to being in the pub trade I spent 6 years working with children of all ages and abilities as a Playworker and I can assure any customers with children that they are more than welcome in our establishment.
We hold three popular children's parties each year at Easter, Halloween and Christmas with a disco, party games, crafts and prizes all free of charge. I can appreciate that children from the local community and further afield who visit us do tend to sit quietly and behave accordingly. I can say in our two years here I have never had a problem with any child visiting. Therefore it is nice (although not for everyone) to allow them full reign of the pub on these party evenings.
So if you have little ones please don't be put off by these reviews and look out for our party dates on our Facebook page.
Thank you
Alicja