{"id":18575,"date":"2018-03-30T16:08:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T15:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=18575"},"modified":"2018-03-30T16:08:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T15:08:21","slug":"ihbcs-heritage-from-the-uk-doorstep-baths-south-stoke-saves-pub-with-biggest-community-buy-back-inspiring-others-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=18575","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s \u2018heritage from the (UK) doorstep\u2019: Bath\u2019s South Stoke saves pub with \u2018biggest community buy-back\u2019, inspiring others too!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Guardian<\/a>A \u00a31m campaign to resurrect the Packhorse Public House in South Stoke has brought the village together, with \u2018the biggest community pub buy-back project in British history\u2019 as supporters hope it will inspire others, the Guardian<\/em> reports.<\/h3>\n
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The Guardian<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

The Packhorse in the village of South Stoke, just south of Bath, was never a smart pub but it was friendly, welcoming and earthy, beloved of locals and visitors alike\u2026<\/p>\n

But in 2012 the pub was shut and, like so many, earmarked for housing. \u2018It was a terrible blow,\u2019 said villager Jenny John. \u2018Our sense of community suffered. There\u2019s a church and village hall but not everyone goes to those. The Packhorse was the only place where everyone went, where you got to meet your neighbours regularly. The loss to the village was huge.\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026 Determined to hang on to a vital community resource, they hatched an action plan to save it. Over the last six years, 450 shareholders have clubbed together to put in more than \u00a31m to buy and refurbish the pub. \u2018It evolved into the biggest community pub buy-back project in British history,\u2019 said Dom Moorhouse, project lead of the Save the Packhorse team\u2026<\/p>\n

.. People \u2013 from accountants to lawyers, from gardeners to craftspeople \u2013 donated their skills and time. Some hidden treasures were uncovered, including a 17th-century fireplace. The team appealed for help in restoring it, and an expert from France popped over to lend a hand.<\/p>\n

\u2026 the vision is clear \u2013 to \u2018re-establish the Packhorse pub as a community-owned, commercially viable, social amenity that we can all enjoy and be proud of\u2019. The idea is not to offer \u2018earnest, formal, high service\u2019 but to put a smile on visitors\u2019 faces.<\/p>\n

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A \u00a31m campaign to resurrect the Packhorse Public House in South Stoke has brought the village together, with \u2018the biggest community pub buy-back project in British history\u2019 as supporters hope it will inspire others, the Guardian reports. image Guardian website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18577,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18575\/revisions\/18577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}