Fire engulfs former Full Monty club in Sheffield
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Firefighters tackled a large blaze at the former Shiregreen Working Men's Club in Sheffield, the building made famous as a filming location for the 1997 hit film The Full Monty. Eight fire engines attended the scene on Shiregreen Lane on Sunday evening, and no injuries were reported. The incident is the latest setback for a landmark building that has stood derelict since closing in 2019, and comes after a previous fire at the site was ruled to have been started deliberately within the past year.
The blaze broke out at around 17:30 BST, and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has yet to establish the cause of this latest fire. The club shot to fame for hosting the iconic final scene of The Full Monty, starring Robert Carlyle and Mark Addy, which told the story of unemployed Sheffield steelworkers turned male strippers and became one of Britain's best-loved films of the 1990s. Despite its cultural significance, the building has fallen into disrepair since it closed, with this fire adding to concerns about its future.
- Fire crews tackled a large blaze at Sheffield's former Full Monty club
- Eight fire engines attended; no injuries reported
- Cause unknown; building has stood derelict since 2019, hit by fire before
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Firefighters tackled a large blaze at a derelict building in Sheffield that is best known for appearing in the 1997 film The Full Monty. The building, formerly the Shiregreen Working Men's Club, has stood empty since it closed in 2019 and has since become a well-known but neglected local landmark.
The film, starring Robert Carlyle and Mark Addy, told the story of unemployed Sheffield steelworkers who form a striptease act, and its climactic scene was filmed at the club, cementing the site's place in popular culture. Despite falling into disrepair, the building has retained strong support from local residents, who successfully campaigned in 2020 to block a proposal to demolish it.
The site has faced previous difficulties, including an earlier fire that investigators concluded had been started deliberately. Its ongoing decline, set against the affection many locals still hold for it, is why any incident at the building tends to draw wider public and media attention.
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- ๐ Sheffield โ Firefighters tackle blaze at Full Monty club – BBC
- feeds.bbci.co.uk โ Firefighters tackle blaze at Full Monty club
- The Star (Sheffield) โ Photos of show shocking damage after huge blaze at 'Full Monty' club on Sheffield estate
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