Bromptonaut,
My eldest daughter is 3 years younger, so I can’t speak from direct parental experience. Yet. What time is the gig from and to? Could you allow them to go, but specify they are back at Euston by 10pm or 10.30pm for example? As it’s 16s-and-over the security there will be very much geared towards the protection of the younger members of the audience in all aspects of the night. What are the girl's parent(s)’ thoughts?
At a similar or slightly older age I wasn’t very “streetwise”. My friends were into rock music and two or three of us used to go to the Astoria (when it was a rock club, not a gay one!) usually via a warm-up gig at the Royal George in Goslett Yard first. We’d get the train down from Sandy and get the last train back at 10.30pm. I never had any problems in central London, I just made sure I stayed away from strange looking people (easier said than done at a rock venue!), stayed with my group and kept my wallet securely in the depths of my pocket. The existence of sex shops in the immediate area was a source of amusement but not something we investigated at all.
I appreciate that much has changed in 20 years, however I should think that Bromptonaut junior would be as keen as his dad to incur no trouble on such an evening out. I should also think that he’d be mortified if not offended at the thought of being “tailed” into London by his parents. Not much can happen to him on a night out in London that couldn’t happen to him in Northampton, of that I’m pretty certain.
Last edited by: Dave_TDCi on Fri 10 Jun 11 at 13:28
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