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We are all agreed that we love The Bell and want to safeguard its future. But people come at different times and love different aspects. Can people write here exactly what it is that they hope and wish to safeguard, or what they especially love in this pub? (Keep it clean)

I love the warm and friendly atmosphere of the Bell but most of all I love sitting out the back on a summer evening enjoying a pint and a good old chin wag. I don't go to pubs on a regular basis these days but when I do it's usually the Bell and the Star. My two locals. x

I love the music, the eclectic group of customers, the fact that it's ok (usually!) to join a table of strangers and strike up a conversation, and the garden, and the dancing, and local, specialist and organic beers etc. Oh, and wholesome food - and I used to like the pizza's from the oven in the garden..... and you can be scruffy, I like being scruffy

There's one sure thing about life, stuff changes! I live in Bristol now, but when I lived in Bath going to The Bell was like my second home. Now I've moved away but visit from time to time it feels a bit like The Bell is the last cool thing standing in Bath, it would feel really sad not to be able to pop-in for a tasty pint, or come and see some of the fantastic live music. It would be great to re-vitalise the pub somehow, seems like people don't want it to go, but don't really visit as much as they used to? Maybe support could be drummed-up through social media? Really chuffed at the thought it will belong to the people

I am a musician. I have drunk, eaten & played in lots of different pubs all over the world. The Bell in Bath is the best pub I have ever been to. There are a whole host of ingredients that make it so. You only need to sit & watch the world go by in there to see that there is a whole cross section of characters that come in for a quiet pint - or a chat with friends at the bar. Someone may happily sit quietly in the corner over a pint & read a book, someone else may have a coffee & make use of the free wifi. And so it goes on... The Bell is one of the few pubs that I feel comfortable walking into on my own.

One of the most important things to me is the fact that I can be myself in the Bell. I don't feel as if I need to dress up - make any particular effort with my appearance...I feel at home there. Also - having been performing most of the week - working from Weds to Saturday usually...my most favourite thing is the Sunday lunchtime music. The Bell serves fab coffee - so you can start lunch with one of those - & then move onto a yummy pint...my favourite - always on tap - Summer Lightening
My weekend can extend to Monday (it is the musicians Sunday & I can enjoy another fantastic band/musician Monday night too. There are rarely any pubs where you can walk in Monday night, Wednesday night or Sunday lunchtime & see anything ranging from jazz to blues, folk to roots. I have never been disappointed by the great acts that play there. They also play some great music in the bar...at a comfortable enough volume that you CAN have a conversation over it. There are no TV's showing Sport...just lots of posters advertising other local music & 2 open fires...heaven. Let's keep it that way.

I've been visiting the Bell on and off since 1990 and continue to do so....It provides a richness of diverse personalities and characters which can not be found anywhere else in the world. The Bell is in a class of its own, individuality, charm, creativity and community spirited.

I feel comfortable and at ease whenever I visit either for coffee or a drink and my dog Napoleon is welcome which makes such
a difference. I love the people who have made the Bell what it is today, that means everyone...Thank you..