For Hattie Knight, the Bell is in her blood.
The 22-year-old still remembers drinking hot chocolate at the pub on her seventh birthday, while a band playing there struck up Happy Birthday.
Her cousin is the bar manager and her dad has DJ-ed at the pub, which she describes as "a safe haven".
Now the former Ralph Allen School pupil is making a film about the pub to capture its unique spirit, which will be given to any new owner.
Hattie, who is a freelance film-maker, is working with former schoolmate Alex Vissaridis on the project, called Saved by the Bell.
Hattie said: "I have been going there since I was born. To me, it's not just a pub. It's a bubble of creativity and a safe haven – like a second home."
She is currently working in Leeds and added: "When I'm in the Bell, it just makes me feel like I'm properly home."
She said their worst fear was that the pub would lose its soul.
"My fear is that it will be bought by someone who doesn't care about or realise how special it is. So many pubs have just become gastropubs."
The duo, who met at St Mary's RC Primary School in Weston, will also be organising T-shirts with their campaign logo on, and plan a screening when the film is completed early next year.
Hattie, who said it was crucial that Mr Wood was not "painted as the bad guy", added: "I don't think there's a single person who wants the Bell to change."
The pair's desire to preserve the Bell in its current form is echoed by Walcot Street businessman Martin Tracy, who launched his Framing Workshop store around the time that Mr Wood bought the pub.
He said: "I have spent many a happy hour in there. I hope whoever takes it on keeps it the same. The great thing about the Bell is that everyone is accepted there – no one ever bats an eyelid. Life is never too serious there."
Hattie and Alex are keen to get old footage and pictures of the pub, and material can be left with Gary at the bar, or emailed to savedbythe bellfilm@hotmail.co.uk.
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