Pub which featured in iconic final scene of legendary 1997 film gutted by fire

THE club where the cast of The Full Monty bared all for the film’s climax has been gutted by fire.

It took firefighters an hour to get Friday’s blaze at the Shiregreen Club in Sheffield under control.

The venue featured at the end of the 1997 British classic when Robert Carlyle and his troupe of amateur strippers got naked to the tune of You Can Leave Your Hat On.

The Shiregreen Club became a mecca for fans of the comedy movie after it became a box office smash-hit – raking in a staggering £200 million on a measly £3.5million budget.

But the venue closed in 2018 and the future of the site remains up in the air.

An application to bulldoze it to make way for flats was rejected by Sheffield Council in 2020, after more than 1,000 people signed a petition to save the club.

The pub’s owner, Eyre Investments, subsequently said it was happy to work with locals to create a community asset.

There were negotiations about converting the concert room into a youth centre and boxing gym, with the lounge becoming a sports bar.

Locals are also hopeful a Full Monty follow-up series in the works for Disney+ will see Shiregreen rise from the ashes.

Ann Bentley, who ran the club with husband Roy when The Full Monty was filmed, said: “If the club can get back on its feet again, that would be a dream come true.”