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The Bell in Bath - Community trying to buy it.

Prolly deserves an international award.

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There's a lot of competition for CAMRA PoTY in the Bath area -- so well done The Bell :cool: -- I'm sure that award is thoroughly deserved.

<tips CAMRA campaigner's hat> :)
 
Good news.

It's a top pub butchers, you should go back when It's not full of sandal wearing green slime haha.
 
Bump of an old thread. But we were in the Bell yesterday afternoon, part of a friend's general birthday pissup in Bath. Beer choice and range and condition were all on as cracking form as always. Atmosphere grand and music from the decks brilliant :cool: :)

Shame friend's bloke, and my slack self, managed to get ourselves chucked out of the back yard for being a bit indiscreet with his spliff ... :oops: :oops: ... deserved ejection tbh.

Still by the time I'm back in Bath, probably not until a good few months away most likely, all that will have been forgotten about .... I should think :D. And I've resolved that only the Bell's beer will be of interest by then :)
 
I was there at lunchtime. Great blues band, followed by a shareholder meeting dominated by some 'anonymous' prick wearing a tea towel and shades nitpicking everything. I had to leave before I threw something at him. Luckily, more sensible heads prevailed.
 
fractionMan said:
I was there at lunchtime. Great blues band, followed by a shareholder meeting dominated by some 'anonymous' prick wearing a tea towel and shades nitpicking everything. I had to leave before I threw something at him. Luckily, more sensible heads prevailed.
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One day I will go to a shareholder meeting (& wear a tea towel & shades obvs)
 
See Bath City are trying for a fan buy-out, might see if I can organise a bucket collection up ours to help out.
 
The Co-op members are now receiving dividend payments , got one last year as well. Not getting rich, £15 a year or so.
 
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William of Walworth said:
festivaldeb will be organising a Bath trip for our Swansea CAMRA gang in mid Novenber. The Bell will certainly be on the list :cool:
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Bollocks. This plan, while not cancelled, will now be postponed to about April (?) ...

Nowt to do with me, that decision, but some of our fellow-CAMRA Swansea dwellers would prefer a weekend lacking in rugby :hmm:

That ridiculous sport with incomprehensible rules, as I rarely say in pubs in either Wales or Bath ;)
 
The Bell is currently supporting another community buy out of a pub in the West
Some of you may be aware of the Barge Inn at Honey Street in the vale of Pewsey
The Barge Inn (Honeystreet) Co-Operative
Famous for crop circles, camping and Wiltshire weirdness ......
A few years back this pub was bought by a London propert developer
Who locals accuse of asset stripping, running down in order to get change of use
they have been granted an ACV by the council and are currently seeking support
They have a share issue running until July 29th but are grateful for donations and support of any type
Unlike the bell the area is fairly sparsely populated but was often busy in the summer with its camping field popular with
Free Party goers and general counter culture peeps
the last tenant closed the campsite which if the buy out is successful will reopen
Posting here in case anyone is feeling generous or in case any millionaires are lurking who fancy owning a bit of a pub.........
Save the famous Barge Inn Honeystreet
 
How are things going with running it as a community etc?

I hope that model catches on and does well across the West but can imagine there are some issues too, especially outside of bigger towns and cities. The Bell barely focuses on food at all for example... you wouldnt get away with that most places.
 
The Bell does have some food, I had a handmade fresh pizza cooked in the garden on my last visit, was v. nice too.
 
I get regular updates from them, and they do pay a dividend every year (£20 or so), so financially they seem fine. I only visit 3/4 times a year though so difficult to get more involved.
 
News from the Bell is that the garden re-opens for outdoor drinks today and there has been some sort of grant awarded to upgrade IT to do some kind of live streaming of the bands playing (I think).

Ed to add: wrong day, its open tomorrow, Wed 21.
 
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Chilli.s said:
News from the Bell is that the garden re-opens for outdoor drinks today and there has been some sort of grant awarded to upgrade IT to do some kind of live streaming of the bands playing (I think).
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It's a decent sized garden, there was some interest in buying the place next door to expand the place but it never happened.
 
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