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King Mojo Club

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club and was demolished in the 1980s. As a stopgap before their new club "The Penthouse" opened, Pete and Geoff ran Mojo nights in the basement ballroom at the City Hall. This was a much bigger venue than the old club with a proper stage. Pete played records and introduced live acts including
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style, Stringfellow himself painting African warriors dancing. Colin Duffield designed innovative posters for the club, later using his skills to produce a wide range of posters for other local venues.
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and his brothers had been running the Black Cat Club from St Aidan's church hall in the city, which proved a success. In 1964, they opened a new venture, the King Mojo Club, in a converted house on
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Stringfellow experimented with a records-only night on Tuesdays, then an original concept. He advertised the list of records which he would play in advance in the local newspaper.
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Road to the north of the city centre. The house had recently served as Dey's School of Ballroom Dancing and benefited from a
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The Mojo Club was also known for its art. Its walls were decorated by Dave Manvell and Paul Norton in a
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In 1967, Stringfellow along with his brother Geoffrey decided to refocus the club on
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Pete Frame's Rockin' Around Britain: Rock'n'roll Landmarks of the UK and Ireland
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played their first gig outside London at the Mojo, and
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53°24′04″N 1°27′53″W / 53.40113933476782°N 1.4647326739830286°W / 53.40113933476782; -1.4647326739830286
nightclub
Pitsmoor
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
Peter Stringfellow
Pitsmoor
sprung dance floor
coffee bar
Northern Soul
Wilson Pickett
Reg Dwight
Bluesology
Stevie Wonder
Ike and Tina Turner
Geno Washington
Edwin Starr
Don Covay and The Goodtimers
Pink Floyd
The Who
Small Faces
The Kinks
All Day and All of the Night
pop art
psychedelic music
Jimi Hendrix
bingo
Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon
Martha and The Vandellas
Otis Redding

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