Peter Stringfellow

**Peter James Stringfellow** (17 Oktoba 1940 - 7 Yuni 2018)  ɗan kasuwa ne ɗan ƙasar Ingila wanda ya mallaki gidajen rawa da yawa. 

## Rayuwar farko
Stringfellow an haife shi a City General Hospital, Sheffield, Yammacin Riding na Yorkshire, a ranar 17 ga watan Oktoba 1940, ga Elsie Bowers da James William Stringfellow, ma'aikacin karfe wanda ya yi aiki a Royal Scots Grays a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu. Shi ne babba a cikin huɗu, yana da ƙanne uku. Geoffrey, Paul da kuma Terry. 

Iyalin sun zauna a Andover Street, Pitsmoor, Sheffield, har zuwa shekara ta 1948 lokacin da suka koma Marshall Street, Pitsmoor. Peter Stringfellow ya halarci cocin Pye Bank Church of England Primary School. Ya gaza 11 da ƙari don haka ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Burngreave na shekara guda. Daga nan ya ci jarrabawar Sheffield Central Technical College sannan ya fita bayan shekaru uku yana ɗan shekara 15 da shaidar kammala karatun fasaha na aji hudu. 

## Sana'a
Lokacin da Stringfellow yana ɗan shekara 13, ya yi aiki a gidan sinima a titin jijiya ta Wicker a Sheffield. Aikinsa na farko bayan barin makaranta shine mataimakin mai siyar da kaya a Austin Reed. Bayan wasu ayyuka na yau da kullun ya shiga aikin koyan aikin sojan ruwa, yana ɗan shekara 16. Aikin sa na sojan ruwa ya ɗauki shekaru biyu. 

A lokacin da ya koma Sheffield, ya yi aiki a takaice a ayyuka daban-daban. Yayin da yake a Kamfanin Furnishing na Dobson an same shi da laifin siyar da kafet ɗin sata kuma ya yi aiki makonni biyu a kurkukun Armley, Leeds, a cikin watan Yuni 1962 da makonni shida a gidan yarin Ford.  

Bayan da aka yanke masa hukuncin ɗaurin kurkuku bai iya samun aiki na yau da kullun ba. Wannan ya kai ga sana'ar sa na gudanar da kulab ɗin. 

### Gudanar da gidan rawa
A cikin shekara ta 1962, Stringfellow ya yi hayar Majami'ar St Aidan's Church a Sheffield kowane daren Juma'a, yana aiki da Black Cat Club. Ƙungiyoyi da yawa sun taka leda a kulob ɗin, irin su Pursuers, Dave Berry da Cruisers, Johnny Tempest da Cadillacs kuma daga London, Screaming Lord Sutch, Savages, Count Lindsay da Gene Vincent. 

Dukiyarsa ta canza lokacin da Beatles ya wallafa a ranar 2 ga watan Afrilu 1963. Buƙatar tikitin kiɗe kiɗe da wake-wake ya yi yawa har Stringfellow ya yi hayar wani babban wuri, Azena Ballroom a Sheffield. A wannan dare ya aika wa Beatles wayar tarho yana taya su murna a kan kundi na farko, *Please Please Me*.  

A cikin shekara ta 1963, Stringfellow ya fara wani kulob, Blue Moon, a Majami'ar St. John's Church a Sheffield. Aikin buɗewa shine Marauders waɗanda ke da guda ɗaya, "Wannan shine Abin da nake so", a cikin manyan 50 na Burtaniya.  Ƙarin makaɗa ya biyo baya kamar Kinks. Sauran kungiyoyin da suka taka leda a kulob ɗin kuma waɗanda daga baya suka shahara su ne Freddie Starr da Midnighters, Masu Neman Bincike, Shane Fenton da Fentones, Wayne Fontana, Long John Baldry da Hoochie Coochie Men, Rod Stewart da Soul Agents, Vance Arnold &amp;amp; Avengers, Dean Marshall da Wakilai. 

A cikin shekarar 1964, Stringfellow ya buɗe Mojo Club mai nasara sosai, daga baya aka sake masa suna King Mojo Club a Sheffield. A cikin shekaru uku da rabi na kasuwanci, ƙungiyoyi da yawa sun taka leda a kulob ɗin, ciki har da Wanene, Pink Floyd, Brian Auger Trinity, Graham Bond Organization, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Yardbirds, Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, da Hollies, da Merseybeats, Ƙungiyar Spencer Davis, Kyawawan Abubuwa, Manfred Mann, Ƙananan Fuskoki, Georgie Fame da Harshen Harshe, da kuma Jimi Hendrix Experience. Sauran ayyukan Amurka da suka taka leda a kulob din sun haɗa da Tamla / Motown na farko da za a yi wasa a Birtaniya, Ben E. King, Sonny Boy Williamson, Tina Turner, Inez da Charlie Foxx, John Lee Hooker, da Little Stevie Wonder.   

A cikin shekara ta 1968, ya shiga wani kamfani na kasuwanci tare da Down Broadway, a ƙarƙashin shagon takalma na Stylo a tsakiyar Sheffield. 

A ranar 4 ga watan Nuwamba 1968, Jethro Tull shine wasan farko da ya fara wasa a Down Broadway kuma an ba John Peel damar yin wasa azaman tauraron DJ. Wani rukunin dutsen mai ci gaba, Ee, kuma ya taka leda a kulob ɗin. A cikin shekara ta 1969, Stringfellow ya sami lasisin barasa na farko ga wani kulab ɗinsa mai suna Penthouse Sheffield. Kungiyar dai ta ɗauki tsawon shekara guda ne sakamakon matsalar cunkoson jama’a da kuma rashin amincewa daga ‘yan sandan yankin. Hakan ya sa ya sayar da shi ya koma Leeds.  

A cikin shekara ta 1970, ya buɗe Cinderella's a Leeds.  Wannan shine babban kulab ɗin Stringfellow na farko, yana haɗa kiɗan da aka yi rikodi da makada masu rai.  

A cikin shekarar 1972, Stringfellow ya sami sarari kusa da Cinderella's don ƙirƙirar wani kulob mai suna Rockafella's.  Wannan shine farkon kuma na ƙarshe na super cabaret da super clubs. 'Yan wasan barkwanci Mike da Bernie Winters da mai sihiri Paul Daniels sun yi a kulob ɗin. An haɗa ƙungiyoyi biyu a cikin shekarar 1973 kuma an ba su suna Cinderella Rockafella's, kuma Stringfellow ya bar cabaret kuma ya sanya DJs na cikakken lokaci kamar Chris Crossley da Peter Tyler. Shi da ɗan'uwansa, Paul Stringfellow, suma sun yi aiki a matsayin DJs.&#x5B; ** &#x5D;

A cikin shekara ta 1976, Stringfellow da abokin kasuwancin sa sannan kuma ɗan'uwansa, Geoffrey Stringfellow, sun sayar da Cinderella Rockafella's zuwa Makka kuma suka koma Manchester, inda suka buɗe Ƙungiyar Millionaire.   Babu makada kai tsaye a cikin Kungiyar Millionaire. Koyaya, Stringfellows sun yi hayar DJs masu suna ciki har da Peter Tyler da Brett Sinclair. 

A cikin shekarar 1980, ya sayar da kungiyar Millionaire zuwa Granada Ltd sannan ya koma Landan tare da duka danginsa. A can ya buɗe Stringfellows Covent Garden.  An samu nasara nan da nan a matsayin gidan rawa a London, inda mashahuran mutane, taurarin fina-finai na duniya, ƴan TV, taurarin rock, samfuri, paparazzi da ƴan jaridun jaridu na ƙasa suka shiga cikin shekaru 15 masu zuwa.

A cikin shekara ta 1983, ya karɓi tsohon kulob ɗin cabaret, Talk of the Town, wanda ya rufe. Ya sake buɗe shi da asalin sunansa Hippodrome kuma ya zama "Babbar Disco a Duniya".  Hippodrome ya gabatar da darensa na farko na gay a wurin da ke karkashin kulawar sa.   Ya kuma fara Hippodrome Records kuma ɗaya daga cikin ayyukansa da ya sanya hannu shine Dusty Springfield wanda ya saki waƙar, "Wani lokaci kamar Butterflies". 

A cikin shekara ta 1986, ya buɗe Stringfellow's New York, wanda manyan mashahuran New York ke yawan zuwa tare da 'yarsa Karen. A cikin shekara ta 1989, ya buɗe Stringfellow's Miami, sannan Stringfellow's Los Angeles a cikin 1990. Ya ci gaba da yin asarar kuɗi mai yawa saboda koma bayan tattalin arzikin Amurka a shekarar 1989.   

A cikin shekarar 1996, littafin tarihin Stringfellow, *Sarkin Clubs*, Little, Brown ya buga. An jera shi a cikin jaridar *Baltimore Sun* kuma ya zama mafi kyawun siyarwa. 

#### Adult clubbing
A cikin shekarar 1990, Stringfellow ya gabatar da raye-rayen tebur zuwa kulob dinsa na New York tare da yarjejeniyar lasisi tare da Michael J. Peter. Wannan ya zama Stringfellow's Presents Pure Platinum.    A cikin shekarar 1996, Cabaret of Angels, an buɗe kulob na rawa na gefen tebur na dare uku a mako a Stringfellow's Covent Garden. 

A cikin shekara ta 2006, Stringfellow ya buɗe babban kulob na nishaɗi na biyu mai suna Angels a Titin Wardour, Soho.  Shi ne mai kulob na farko da ya sami cikakken lasisin tsiraici daga Majalisar City ta Westminster. A cikin shekarar 2009, ya soki Dokar 'Yan Sanda da Laifuka ta 2009, yana mai cewa sauye-sauyen lasisi game da wasan rawa "ba lallai ba ne" kuma zai ɗaukaka ƙara zuwa Kotun 'Yancin Ɗan Adam na Turai idan ba a sabunta lasisinsa na yanzu ba.  

A cikin shekara ta 2012, an ba shi izinin zama wurin nishaɗin jima'i (SEV) lasisi don Stringfellow's Covent Garden da Mala'iku Soho,  kuma ya sami nasarar tallata Angels azaman samar da ɗakuna don nishaɗi "a cikin sirri"  na samari da 'yan mata. 

## Talabijin
Stringfellow ya fara fitowa a talabijin a matsayin aikin ɗorawa akan *Ready Steady Go!* a shekarar 1964. Ya ba da gudummawa ga shirye-shirye da yawa, na rediyo da talabijin, a cikin shekaru masu zuwa. Stringfellow ya bayyana a *Noel's House Party* inda aka nuna shi tare da Jimmy Savile.  Ya bayyana a fitowar mashahurin *fitowar Ku zo Dine tare da Ni*, tare da watsa shirye-shiryen farko a ranar 17 ga watan Satumba 2008. Stringfellow ya bayyana a cikin kakar 1, episode 2 akan *Trigger Happy TV*.   Ya kuma bayyana a cikin kakar 15 na 1 na *Top Gear*, wanda aka watsa a ranar 27 ga watan Yuni 2010, inda ya taimaka Jeremy Clarkson lokacin da ya makale a cikin birgima a kan Reliant Robin. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Stringfellow ya auri Norma Williams a 1960. Suna da 'ya mace, Karen, wanda ke da hannu tare da kasuwancin Stringfellow shekaru da yawa kuma yanzu ya zama mai kantin sayar da kaya a Florida. Bayan Stringfellow da Williams sun sake aure, ya auri Coral Wright a 1967. Suna da ɗa guda tare kafin su rabu: Scott, tsohon direban motar tsere.  Yana da dangantaka na shekaru 12 da Frizzby Fox, wanda ya ƙare a 1996, sannan na shekaru biyu har zuwa 1998 tare da Helen Benoist.  Stringfellow ya auri Bella Wright a 2009. Suna da 'ya mace, Rosabella, a cikin shekarar 2013 da ɗa, Angelo, a shekarar 2015. 

Stringfellow yana da jikoki huɗu: Taylor, Jaime, Thomas da Teddy. 

Stringfellow ya zauna a Gerrards Cross, Cheadle Hulme  da kuma a Mallorca.  

Stringfellow ya kasance mai ba da gudummawa ga Jam'iyyar Conservative kuma ya goyi bayan ɗan takarar UKIP a 2012,  amma ya yi watsi da jam'iyyar Conservative a fili a 2018 a kan Brexit, yana mai cewa "farashin ya yi yawa". Ya ce zai goyi bayan jam'iyyar Liberal Democrat idan har aka ci gaba da ba da shawarar 'yan Conservative na ficewa daga Tarayyar Turai. 

An yi amfani da Stringfellow don ciwon huhu a cikin shekara ta 2008, amma yana da lafiya har sai an gano shi da ciwon daji na huhu a ƙarshen 2017.  Ya rasu ne a ranar 7 ga watan Yuni 2018 yana da shekaru 77 a duniya, a Asibitin King Edward VII da ke Landan. 

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