30 Facts About Peter Stringfellow

Peter James Stringfellow was an English businessman who owned several nightclubs.

Peter Stringfellow was the eldest of four, having three younger brothers; Geoffrey, Paul and Terry.

Peter Stringfellow attended Pye Bank Church of England Primary School.

Peter Stringfellow failed his 11 plus and so attended Burngreave Secondary School for one year.

Peter Stringfellow then passed the exam for Sheffield Central Technical College and he left three years later at the age of 15 with a 4th grade Technical Diploma.

When Peter Stringfellow was 13 years old, he worked at a cinema on The Wicker arterial street in Sheffield.

In 1962, Peter Stringfellow rented St Aidan's Church Hall in Sheffield every Friday night, operating the Black Cat Club.

Peter Stringfellow's fortunes changed when The Beatles played on 2 April 1963.

The demand for concert tickets was so great that Peter Stringfellow rented a larger venue, the Azena Ballroom in Sheffield.

In 1963, Peter Stringfellow began another club, the Blue Moon, at St John's Church Hall in Sheffield.

In 1964, Peter Stringfellow opened the highly successful Mojo Club, later renamed the King Mojo Club in Sheffield.

In 1969, Peter Stringfellow acquired the first alcohol licence for another of his clubs called the Penthouse Sheffield.

In 1972, Peter Stringfellow acquired a space next door to Cinderella's to create another club called Rockafella's.

Peter Stringfellow reopened it with its original name Hippodrome and it became the "World's Greatest Disco".

Peter Stringfellow started Hippodrome Records and one of his acts to sign was Dusty Springfield who released the single, "Sometimes Like Butterflies".

Peter Stringfellow sustained huge financial losses due to the American economic recession in 1989.

In 1990, Stringfellow introduced table dancing to his New York club with a licensing deal with Michael J Peter.

In 2006, Peter Stringfellow opened his second adult entertainment club named Angels in Wardour Street, Soho.

Peter Stringfellow was the first club owner to gain a fully nude licence from Westminster City Council.

Peter Stringfellow contributed to numerous programmes, both radio and television, in subsequent decades.

Peter Stringfellow appeared on Noel's House Party where he was gunged alongside Jimmy Savile.

Peter Stringfellow appeared on the celebrity edition of Come Dine with Me, with the first broadcast on 17 September 2008.

Peter Stringfellow appeared in season 1, episode 2 on Trigger Happy TV.

Peter Stringfellow appeared in season 15 episode 1 of Top Gear, which was broadcast on 27 June 2010, where he had to help Jeremy Clarkson when he was stuck in a rolled over Reliant Robin.

Peter Stringfellow had a 12-year relationship with Frizzby Fox, which ended in 1996, and then for two years until 1998 with Helen Benoist.

Peter Stringfellow lived in Gerrards Cross, Cheadle Hulme and in Mallorca.

Peter Stringfellow was a donor to the Conservative Party and supported a UKIP candidate in 2012, but he publicly disavowed the Conservative Party in 2018 over Brexit, stating that the "price is too high".

Peter Stringfellow said he would support the Liberal Democrats if the Conservatives' advocacy of leaving the European Union continued.

Peter Stringfellow was treated for lung cancer in 2008, but was healthy until he was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in late 2017.

Peter Stringfellow died on 7 June 2018 at the age of 77, at King Edward VII's Hospital in London.