"Johansen recalls a three-year-old who recently toddled behind the bar and tumbled down the cellar hatch while his parents sat, oblivious, in a different part of the pub."
"He is equally outraged by the audacity of the six parents who brought 10 children in after a birthday party, all high on sugar and excitement, and proceeded to ignore their offspring as they bounced off the walls."
"Johansen has finally had enough. After the failure of an interim measure that he had hoped would be the solution - banning children after 5pm - he has now banned children entirely."
"I'm a publican; I'm a people-person, he says. It gives me no joy to ban anyone, but it's just not safe: parents don't control their children and our other customers were beginning to go elsewhere."
Egil Johansen, landlord of the Kenton pub in Hackney, has banned children entirely due to safety issues stemming from unsupervised kids. He recalls several incidents, including a toddler falling down a cellar hatch and a child colliding with staff. Parents often blame the pub for accidents, leading Johansen to feel frustrated. Despite attempts to limit children's presence by banning them after 5pm, he found it ineffective. The decision to ban children was made to ensure safety and retain other customers, reflecting a growing trend among pubs to cater to adult drinkers.
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