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Message DruncanVeasey beers 10348 º places 51 º 17:37 Sun 3/26/2017 Any good beers on? Myself and 45,000+ other thirsty Coventrians will be in town this Sunday to reminisce about the Houchen Final of ’87 at and get all dewy-eyed about a once great football club before they are relegated from the football league and asset stripped out of existence, forever. So, where is utterly unmissable, and is anywhere worth checking out within the shadow of the twin towers? (’Arch’ I think they call it these days). My preference is for 3.8% cask hop monsters over 8% keg muck but I’m a slut for anything tasty. Already familiar with Craft Beer Co, Cask Pub and Kitchen, Euston Tap, Draft House, The Kernel, Southampton Arms...where should be next on my hitlist? A (wonderful) added complication will be that my 9th month old son will be accompanying me on parts of the crawl, will he be humoured on the Bermondsey Mile or am I a bad and crazy Papa for even entertaining such a notion? He is already a regular in various Nuneaton/Coventry/Hinckley Wetherspoons so not adverse to roughing it a bit if need be. Cheers for any recommendations/parental advice! Duncan
Message harrisoni P beers 25356 º places 68 º 01:35 Mon 3/27/2017 there are plenty of parents with pushchairs doing Bermondsey so you should be fine.
Message imdownthepub P beers 26051 º places 2103 º 01:47 Mon 3/27/2017 Every 9 month old son should be taken down the Bermondsey mile as part of his Birth right and education. You will have no problems there. Your bigger problem will be finding anything worthwhile under the shadows of the Wembley Arch, it’s changed a bit since you were last there. There is a pub nearby that puts up a marquee in the back garden that we use on our visits, nothing exciting on the beer list though and right now I am struggling to think of the name of the pub. You should know that I was talking to the Oxford boys on Friday night and they are pretty confident and lots are going.
Message evergreen0199 P beers 5929 º 03:02 Mon 3/27/2017 Originally posted by harrisoni there are plenty of parents with pushchairs doing Bermondsey so you should be fine. They’ll have their beloved dogs in tow too, a must have accessory in beer establishments these days!

Message CraftBeerNick P beers 9211 º places 185 º 03:24 Mon 3/27/2017 Mother Kelly’s is great
Message Theydon_Bois P admin beers 40508 º places 1239 º 04:00 Mon 3/27/2017 Scroll past Wembley itself ... I had a couple of meetings there last Summer/Autumn and took a walk up and down the High Street.... the same beer desert Shit-Hole it was when I first saw Leicester at Wembley in the 90’s play offs. Bermondsey would be a good call logistically as you are on a direct route (a touch over half an hour) to Wembley. Plus you’d be getting on the train at the quieter (it will still likely be busy) end of the line and not having to board with 300 football fans in central London!
Message Leighton P beers 33714 º places 1204 º 05:56 Mon 3/27/2017 The Kernel used to - and may still - have a sandbox for the little ones. The box was originally for the owner’s son, but his son is now c. 6 so not sure if they still have the box or not.
Message Scopey P beers 24182 º places 727 º 05:58 Mon 3/27/2017 Originally posted by Leighton The Kernel used to - and may still - have a sandbox for the little ones. The box was originally for the owner’s son, but his son is now c. 6 so not sure if they still have the box or not. I can confirm the sandbox is still operational.

Message BeardedAvenger P beers 7319 º places 596 º 07:18 Mon 3/27/2017 Originally posted by Scopey Originally posted by Leighton The Kernel used to - and may still - have a sandbox for the little ones. The box was originally for the owner’s son, but his son is now c. 6 so not sure if they still have the box or not. I can confirm the sandbox is still operational. That’ll be useful if Druncan brings his kid back in 2 years. Can’t believe people take their babiess out to stuff. Waaayyy to much hassle.
Message Leighton P beers 33714 º places 1204 º 07:24 Mon 3/27/2017 Originally posted by BeardedAvenger Originally posted by Scopey Originally posted by Leighton The Kernel used to - and may still - have a sandbox for the little ones. The box was originally for the owner’s son, but his son is now c. 6 so not sure if they still have the box or not. I can confirm the sandbox is still operational. That’ll be useful if Druncan brings his kid back in 2 years. Can’t believe people take their babiess out to stuff. Waaayyy to much hassle. I know 9mo is a little young for a sandbox. But I figured it was a good illustration of the fact that youngsters are not uncommon around Bermondsey.
Message BeerViking beers 9209 º places 134 º 10:58 Mon 3/27/2017 Originally posted by Scopey Originally posted by Leighton The Kernel used to - and may still - have a sandbox for the little ones. The box was originally for the owner’s son, but his son is now c. 6 so not sure if they still have the box or not. I can confirm the sandbox is still operational. And as my eldest is the same age as Evin’s, I can confirm c.6 y/o is absolutely no barrier to loving sand pits/boxes.