NEARLY 3,000 Facebook members have launched a campaign to save Harrow’s Trinity bar.

Two weeks ago the Harrow Observer reported how the Trinity, in Station Road, was in danger of losing its late night licence after council chiefs called for a review.

The decision came after police officers catalogued a host of trouble at the bar in the last year, including as many as 13 assaults, seven thefts and an arrest for affray.

But the decision has caused outrage among punters who have showed their support on the social networking site Facebook - in a group labelled Save Trinity in Harrow.

In the description of the group the page’s creator refers to the bar as Harrow’s only dedicated live music venue and claims that losing its late licence would ‘diminish any cultural legacy that Harrow could have’.

Trinity has famously helped launch popular music acts like Kate Nash, Scouting for Girls and The Natives in recent years and has become renowned for hosting live music gigs since it opened in 1992.

More than 100 comments have been left in support of the group and Odette Lester wrote: "This is the centre of my Harrow memories. I’m so proud of growing up in Harrow and this was a huge part of it. Live music, community spirit and a break from hideous chain pubs. Don’t take this away, it’s the most fun place in Harrow."

Another member, Carl Pax Major, added: "I drink regularly in one pub, it’s the only one I feel truly happy and relaxed in.

"I don’t want to have to find a new pub - can’t we close Harrow Council instead?"

The creators of the group have also placed links to an online petition at www.ipetitions.com which has already received nearly 250 signatures while there is also a petition in the bar itself.

Consultation is expected to come to an end on Friday, with a review expected in the next couple of weeks.