Alastair Duncan says playgrounds signal to children “that this is a space for them too”Alastair Duncan and his family. Now a Dalston father of two has built an app to help families find one. Alastair Duncan, a television producer, spent several months at the start of the year developing Pubs with Playgrounds, which maps child-friendly pubs across the UK. The Pubs With Playgrounds app lists pubs local to your desired area in order of closeness. Pubs with Playgrounds is free to download on iPhone and Android.