Same people failed to see the funny side of the sign (Picture: SWNS)

A pub has been accused of making light of child abuse by putting up a sign which said staff would nail children who are running around to the table.

The sign, intended as a bit of light banter with customers who bring their children, was spotted outside the Black Lion pub in Leighton Buzzard, Bedforshire.

It read: ‘To avoid accident and injury to your child whilst the little darling is running around this establishment why not hand the little poppet to a member of staff who will be happy to nail it to your table for you!’

Landlady Nikki Brodin, 37, said the sign was ‘just a bit of fun’, and that the pub is a family friendly establishment.




However the sign has been condemned by certain groups.

Debbie Bird, editor of Babyworld.co.uk, told The Mirror it is important young children are ‘exposed to social events’ such as pubs and restaurants, and that she considers the sign to be aggressive.

The Black Lion is touted as a ‘traditional pub’ (Picture: SWNS)

Others took to Facebook to voice their anger at the sign, with one anonymous user suggesting the owners of the pub should be ‘arrested for promoting child abuse’.

Nikki, a mother herself, says that although she runs a ‘traditional pub’ that doesn’t serve food, they do not ban children and were just thinking of a comical way to warn parents not to let their children run around as they do not want any accidents.

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