Thankfully, a group of nine Sheffielders started a WhatsApp group, where it was decided that rather than see the pub fall into disrepair – or worse, become a chain pub – they would club together and bring the boozer back to life.

The nine is made up of Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders, James O’Hara and James Hill of The Rockingham Group, who own Gatsby, Picture House Social and Public; Warp Films’ Mark Herbert and Niall Shamma, Can Studios’ Ian Stanyer, painter and decorator David House, joiner Ben Pickup, and James’ brother and financial analyst Tom O’Hara.

James O’Hara said: “As much as it was about us wanting to take on the pub, because we’re proud to have it in the city, it was also about not wanting the wrong people to have it. We thought it should remain with Sheffield people, people who care about the place and care about what Tom and Barbara built.

“We’ve all got links to the place, so we thought we should be the people who step in and be the custodians of it. The Fellowship of Fagan’s”

“We’ll be adding little touches, but we’ll still have proper Guinness. All the musicians want to stay, so there’ll still be five nights of music a week and a quiz. The biggest change will be having a card machine!”