Stringfellows
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Stringfellow in 2012
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Peter James Stringfellow 17 October 1940 Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England |
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| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Sheffield Central Technical College |
| Occupation | Nightclub owner |
| Known for | Nightclubs and Gentlemen's clubs |
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| Parent(s) | James William Stringfellow Elsie Bowers |
| Relatives | Geoffrey Stringfellow Paul Stringfellow Terry Stringfellow |
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Peter James Stringfellow (born 17 October 1940) is a British businessman and nightclub owner.
Stringfellow was born in the City General Hospital, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, on 17 October 1940, to Elsie Bowers and James William Stringfellow, a steelworker who served in the Royal Scots Greys during the Second World War. He is the eldest of four, his three brothers are Geoffrey, Paul and Terry.
The family lived in Andover Street, Pitsmoor, Sheffield until 1948 when they had moved to Marshall Street, Pitsmoor. Peter Stringfellow attended Pye Bank Church of England Primary School. He failed his 11 plus and so attended Burngreave Secondary School for one year. He 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 Stringfellow was only 13 years old, he worked at the Wicker Cinema but his first job after leaving school was as an assistant tie salesman at Austin Reed for three weeks. This was followed by half a day as an apprentice car mechanic. He then spent three days as a trainee barber before finding work as a trainee projectionist at the Regal Cinema in Sheffield. Under pressure from his father, he left the cinema and went to join his father an apprentice turner. He stayed six weeks then enrolled as an apprentice in the Merchant Navy, at the age of 16, as a trainee waiter, and a kitchen hand galley boy. His sailing career lasted two years and took him to Philadelphia and New York where he celebrated his 17th Birthday. From there he visited various Caribbean Islands and finally Venezuela, returning to Tilbury Docks, England. He decided the sea life was not for him and he returned to Sheffield.
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