Playwright Arnold Wesker worked in The Bell during the '50's and used the setting in his

play 'Roots'. People might have missed this though as he cleverly disguised the name to The Dell Hotel.

Posted By: Bravo win or die on August 3rd 2017 at 16:34:52

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I had a couple of pints in The Bell at lunch (General Chat) - Ben, Aug 3, 15:33:12
- A frothing jar of Brexit if you would Barkeep, and don't be foreign about it. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 3, 18:48:12
- Spitfire £2.45 (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Aug 3, 17:43:28
- I spent my 16th birthday in there. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Aug 3, 16:59:32
  - u iz w8ll ld grandad. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Aug 3, 17:12:13
    - and now that bank bit, is back to being a bar. Fashion goes round in circles. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Aug 3, 17:36:49
      - Yeah,never really been in that often but i don't think it's got anywhere (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Aug 3, 18:14:53
        
        Yep, Murderers is good and the Landlord's a good ole bor. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Aug 3, 18:24:36
- Playwright Arnold Wesker worked in The Bell during the '50's and used the setting in his (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Aug 3, 16:34:52
  - He sure did. (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Aug 3, 16:59:41
- Last time I was in the Bell it was raided by the police. Total lockdown. (General Chat) - Dunney, Aug 3, 16:07:20
  - Happy Hour 5.30pm - to 7pm (yes). (General Chat) - norway, Aug 3, 16:52:58
    - I used to enjoy them Jawbreaker rolls and agame of Galaxian on my lunch break. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Aug 3, 16:54:38
      - Oh mine! Galaxians. I was in the 200k scores on that. (General Chat) - Dunney, Aug 3, 17:03:20
  - Was run by a total (General Chat) - Pixelman, Aug 3, 16:17:15
    - ..... (General Chat) - Pixelman, Aug 3, 16:24:40
      - Ha. That must have been the same raid. (General Chat) - Dunney, Aug 3, 16:51:46
        
        Haha... good story that. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Aug 3, 16:53:42
- It does look a bit better and the toilets are 1000% better. (n/m) (General Chat) - lurd, Aug 3, 16:00:00
  - £2.3m better though? (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Aug 3, 16:05:48
    - I think that might be using the Panic Wildschitt exchange rate (General Chat) - Tombs, Aug 3, 16:33:58
    - I would imagine it's an expensive job to move stairs, etc. (General Chat) - lurd, Aug 3, 16:16:39
      - Aye and the kitchen's been moved. (n/m) (General Chat) - bird table, Aug 3, 16:22:35
    - Yes. (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Aug 3, 16:12:51
- Don't get me started. (General Chat) - norway, Aug 3, 15:55:54
  - Yeah, but a lot of people use it. (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Aug 3, 16:11:18
    - I'm not asking them to be impressed. (General Chat) - norway, Aug 3, 16:22:05
      - *unimpressed* (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Aug 3, 16:27:42
    - Garden out of front looks nice. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Aug 3, 16:12:56
      - *out front (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Aug 3, 16:13:10
        
        It's an improvement, yeah. (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Aug 3, 16:16:03
- Did you go in that new bit near the gents? (General Chat) - bird table, Aug 3, 15:42:42

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