An ambiguous announcement by one of Nottingham's oldest independent bars, Brass Monkey, left die-hard fans wondering what the future held.
"The monkey has gone to heaven. Brass Monkey as you know it is now closed," said the Facebook post back in September 2020.
And it remained closed for 18 months during the pandemic apart from a brief two-week socially distanced stint with the enforced 10pm curfew which simply didn't work.
