For at least the last two years, the CPT was 100% destined to get taken over, (primo location, ace facade, original features, bugger all custom, gaggle of mobility scooters parked out front) so don't know why anybody is remotely surprised. I liked the grizzled regular's witty repartee in the old CPT. My fave line was: "Nice coat. Are you a poof?" Doubly funny as I was stood with the missus, as it was our anniversary (who says romance is dead?) On a controversial note, and as a dad of a 2 1/2-year-old myself, I really hope they make it an adults-only pub and ban the blasted buggies. The other Friday, thirsty at 11.50am (well, it was Xmas...) I was asked to leave the EDT, even though it was open, because I WASN'T a toddler and they had some dance group thingy going on. As well as non-parents (often overlooked on the forum), us mums and dads need somewhere to escape the ankle biters, too. And, before you say it, the William Hill doesn't count.