My husband, nine year old son and I had an hour to kill before our train and thought we'd pop into The Black Boy for a drink and some food. After entering the pub the landlady asked us what we wanted before telling us unceremoniously that children were not allowed in her pub. As this is the first time we've faced this problem I expressed some friendly surprise. The landlady became instantly aggressive & confrontational. Shocked and taken aback, I asked why she was being so aggressive and she accused me of contradicting her 'in her own pub'. She became increasingly abusive as we sought to understand what we had done to justify her abuse all in front of my son. We are friendly, balanced individuals that understand some pubs might have legal requirements that we might not be aware of but this woman's aggressive, patronising and smalled-minded treatment of potential customers was totally unacceptable. It completely ruined our day. read more