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You remind me of when I was a child. For a treat, my mother occasionally used to take us three children out to Collinson's Cafe in the middle of Bradford. There was usually a pianist and a violinist playing there and it seemed, to us anyway, a very upmarket place with waitresses dressed in the traditional black with white pinnies. Of course, that was in the days when Bradford could be described as a civilised town.
Naturally, we had to sit perfectly quietly and I never remember any children, either us or others, ever speaking louder than a quiet whisper. That's how we were taught and expected to behave in those days.

Needless to say, that establishment is now long gone and no doubt replaced by a TGI Friday, or some such place, where the kids and their parents can behave naturally - like yobs.

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It's not only kids who have spoilt the pubs, you are lucky to find an old type pub nowdays, if there isn't a kaoroke machine blasting away there are huge televisions glaring at you from every wall.

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Jimmy how I agree with you, time was when you went in the Local to catch up with the neighbours over a pint or two and have a laugh, maybe a game or two of Pool.

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Or a game of dominoes.
I wonder if it's played at all anymore. I suppose they got thrown out along with the spittoons.

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Hey I'm not quite that old But I do remember Bar Billiards, and after hours Poker games

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i remember after hours drinking,the lock in

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After hours poker games? You dark horse you!

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Oh dear, have I let the cat out of the bag

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I was never a physics/chemistry teacher but here is a tip for those studying `Brownian? Motion,.Just go to your local pub,restaurant or supermarket and see small particles moving in a random way

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I shouldn't really be contributing to this thread because I am guilty of taking my children/grandchildren in pub gardens and letting them run about & play...