All in it together: co-operative aims to save a pub and call it home When the landlord called time on the residents living in The Rising Sun, they decided to try to buy the building Six of the musicians and artists who, as a co-operative, hope to make The Rising Sun pub their permanent home. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer Six of the musicians and artists who, as a co-operative, hope to make The Rising Sun pub their permanent home. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer MatthewPonsford Sun 4 Jul 2021 04.00 EDT For the seven people living in The Rising Sun, a former pub in south-east London, eviction has been a constant threat.