The Bell in Bath - Community trying to buy it.

[fractionMan]

I'm buying this weekend too.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Is that the pub just near the rec that's meant to be an old plague pit?

 

[marty21]

Is that the pub just near the rec that's meant to be an old plague pit?

yikes! it's walkable from the rec but not right next to it - maybe that's the Boater?

 

[Mrs Magpie]

It's a very long time since I've been in that pub so I'm not sure whether it's the one I'm thinking of when my eldest used to play in the rec when we were staying with friends...I'll have a shufti on street view and see if memories are stirred.

 

[marty21]

According to their website - there will be another share issue in the future (the plan is to try and reduce the loan with another share issue)

 

[JimW]

It' where Andy who ran the pub I worked at was before he came to Stroud so we went a few times. I'm sure i saw Gil Scott-Heron there one time or am i hallucinating?

ETA: Or maybe confusing it with the Hat and Feather, on reflection, but wasn't that the same owner?

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Hat and Feather

Ah, that sounds familiar. I think I've been confusing the two. It was a very long time ago though...nearly 35 years.

 

[marty21]

Ah, that sounds familiar. I think I've been confusing the two. It was a very long time ago though...nearly 35 years.

slightly further from the rec than the Bell, a sad shadow of the previous pub - now a steak house

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Just seen a pic of the Hat & Feather...I've been in there but it's not the pub I'm thinking of.

 

[marty21]

Just seen a pic of the Hat & Feather...I've been in there but it's not the pub I'm thinking of.

The Boater? that's close to the Rugby ground, or Rec, the other one I can think of is The Pulteney Arms

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Well, when I say rec, it was a small square reached via an downward sloping entrance with a few swings and as you faced it there was a pub a little way to the left. Places can become unrecognisable in the space of a few years and this was over 30 years ago.

 

[marty21]

Well, when I say rec, it was a small square reached via an downward sloping entrance with a few swings and as you faced it there was a pub a little way to the left. Places can become unrecognisable in the space of a few years and this was over 30 years ago.

I was drinking a lot in Bath then ! can't tell from that description which pub it was/is

 

[marty21]

http://www.bellcommunity.org.uk/

78% of £500k raised with 4 days to go - seems to have attracted celeb money as well - I will be owning a pub along with ...

So far we have the support of Robert Plant, Michael Eavis, Peter Gabriel, Will Gregory (Goldfrapp), Portishead, The Stranglers, Baka Beyond, The Wurzels, Midge Ure, Clare Teal, Eddie Martin, The Vaccines, Radio Banska, Gabrielle Aplin, The Darkness and more.

 

[Riklet]

wicked, good luck to you all! i have to admit I was pretty cynical when I heard about the plan, but it would be really shit to see the bell go. still one of the best pubs in bath, there aren't even that many "green scum!" haha

 

[marty21]

wicked, good luck to you all! i have to admit I was pretty cynical when I heard about the plan, but it would be really shit to see the bell go. still one of the best pubs in bath, there aren't even that many "green scum!" haha

looks like they are going to raise the £500k, 90% raised - a loan of £425k will meet the asking price - My mum has bought a share, my sister as well, and her boyfriend has said he will as well

 

[William of Walworth]

95%?

Excellent news ......

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Ah the Bell, I hope it does sell to the locals.
If I did not have enough money to drink I would still pop in and have lime and sodas (20p).
You could buy cigarettes individually with an honesty box for payment.

 

[marty21]

Ah the Bell, I hope it does sell to the locals.
If I did not have enough money to drink I would still pop in and have lime and sodas (20p).
You could buy cigarettes individually with an honesty box for payment.

Looks pretty likely now - I'm only 120 miles away - no exactly local

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

yikes! it's walkable from the rec but not right next to it - maybe that's the Boater?

Ah the Boater. That was just at the end of my road.

 

[marty21]

Looks like they have succeeded - there's a meeting there tonight to announce how much they have raised - I think they have gone beyond the £500k which is good as they can borrow less from the bank then - my cheque has been cashed

I own a bit of a pub

 

[fractionMan]

I've put the money in the bank but not filled in the form yet

 

[marty21]

They just announced on Twitter, they have raised £720,000! so need to borrow a lot less than planned - which is great news . The Bell is Saved!

 

[marty21]

The announcement

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

It still looks the same

 

[William of Walworth]

Not very often you get such comprehensively good news as this. Good on them, I'm wishing them every possible success

 

[marty21]

update, just got an email, there were just over 500 share holders, and the owner has accepted our offer, will take a few months for the sale to go through.

 

[Geri]

update, just got an email, there were just over 500 share holders, and the owner has accepted our offer, will take a few months for the sale to go through.

So if I get dodgy service I can complain to you from now on?

 

[JimW]

marty21 and the scandal of the bad pint!

 

[marty21]

So if I get dodgy service I can complain to you from now on?

the other 499 are responsible for customer service

 

[marty21]

It's official, the sale went through today, now a pub owner, could everyone proceed directly to the bell and have many pints