RESIDENTS in Burnham-on-Sea have organised a reunion for people who were connected with an old pub during its heyday. 

The Ring O'Bells on Oxford Street was a popular hotspot in Burnham until massive floods in 1981 lead to the building being declared unsafe and demolished.

A reunion is now being organised for people who drank, or were connected with the Ring O' Bells during its heyday and until its destruction in 1981.

Organiser David Holmes said: “It's a chance to meet up with friends who used to drink there and relive happy memories.

"I’ve had the idea for years and kept putting it off until I went to a 60th birthday party at the end of last year and was reminded me that ‘a certain person was going to organise a reunion.

“We are hoping to get between 50 and 100 people there.

"There is already a Facebook page with over twenty confirmed attendees.

"Landlords of the time, Ian & Carol Robertson will be coming along, and made very welcome.”

Mike Lang, a resident helping to promote the event said he has fond memories of going to the pub as a child.

 "There was a family shelter in the corner of the beer garden where we, as children, used to sip our bottles of lemonade and search through bags of crisps for the little blue twists of salt bags.

"If we were lucky there were sometimes two or three.

"At one stage, ‘The Ringers’ became the highlight of Burnham’s music scene, after closure of the folk club at the Fox and Goose pub on the A38 at Brent Knoll.

"There was also a Ring O’ Bells football team."

The reunion will be on Saturday August 5 at the BASC headquarters on Stoddens Road. 

Tickets can be reserved through the Ringers Reunion facebook page and paid for via a Paypal Account at a cost of £10 per person. 

Organisers are asking participants to share their memories of the old pub via the Ringers Reunion facebook page or to email Mike Lang at mike.lang@btinternet.com.