A renowned Sheffield pub plans to close the road for St Patrick’s day celebrations on Friday for its first major event since the reopening.
Fagan’s pub in Broad Lane reopened last Thursday after previous owners Tom and Barbara Boulding decided to close the pub in January after 37 years of ownership.
The pub was taken on by a nine member group which includes Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders and Rockingham groups James O’Hara and James Hill.
Ian Stanyer, part of the nine member ownership group, said: “We are planning to shut the road by the pub for a joint St Patrick’s day and reopening celebration.
“We are all really excited about it all.”
Connor, Assistant Manager at Fagan’s, said: “We are closing off the back road for a street party, we have got street renders, a bar outside and Irish dancers.
“There are a lot of people looking forward to it, I am looking forward to it so it should be really good.”
The group started on a Whatsapp chat as they were talking about the potential permanent closure of the pub.
Stanyer said: “We were all quite sad about the whole thing, we all love the pub and wanted to do something about it.
“We want to see it open, we want to see people enjoying it again just like we did. Our plan is to include loads of live events with musicians and have more quiz nights so we can create a better environment for people to enjoy.”
Connor said: “it’s been brilliant since the pub has reopened, it’s been really busy. We have had a real mix of the old Fagan’s crowd and new people coming in which is nice.
“We wanted to keep it the same vibe as it was before, nice and cosy for people.”
Stanyer said: “We wanted to keep it as it was because it didn’t need changing. It looks like something out of the 1950s and it was astonishing to watch and that’s really refreshing.
The ownership group couldn’t be more thankful to the local community for its support.
“People were all in there giving it a clean and refurbishing it before the reopening, working incredibly hard to get the pub looking the best it can possibly be.
The group didn’t have any long term plans until they reopened and got properly up and running.
However, Mr Stanyer said: “All we want to do is to make Tom and Barbara proud.”
The pub encourages everyone to come down to the pub on Friday to enjoy the celebrations for the pub.