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Fabulous and very atmospheric work. Peter also does a couple of wet night time Sheffield views which contain the old Abbeydale Picture House. If its any help, a couple of years back I bought a few of Peters cards from a framing shop in Attercliffe up the side street next to Banners old dept store.

For anyone who fondly remembers, The Mojo, the Penthouse, Down Broadway, The Ark and other local clubs. The murals and posters that I and others painted and produced in those places are all included in a new book, 'Pop Art of Sheffield's King Mojo Club & Beyond' that I co-authored with Dave Manvell and Peter Stringfellow. It can be bought in Sheffield or online at local publishers youbooks. Its only £9.99 and the authors royalties are going towards a new brittle bone canner for the Sheffield Childrens Hospital. Please spread the word. The 60s! What a ride! Regards Paul Norton

Hi Xenia, Lord Halifax belonged to the Savile family not Saville! The Saviles have property in Yorkshire including near Emely Moor and Thornhill. The present Lord Savile lives in Cornwall.

The book signing went very well thanks, Bassman. Very crowded, very busy very loud! A bit like a Mojo all nighter I suppose! Sold quite few books and got some good TV and newspaper publicity over the weekend too. So will hopefully sell many more. Peter donated another £1000 in the pot for the Sheffield Childrens Hospital Charity, who are receiving all our author's royalties. The more books sold, the more money for a new brittle bone scanner.

Hi Sirglyn, Your name is certainly familar, maybe we did meet. I used to go the Broadway fairly regularly. Interesting what you say about Peter Stringfellow and 'new music'. We were talking a bit about this last weekend when he came up for my book signing. At the Mojo, Peter was well OK with the soul & blue beat sounds, but by 67 was sometimes guessing a bit when it came to the likes of booking say Pink Floyd (booked on the strength of their single Arnold Lane, when of course their Mojo gig was all Interstellar Overdrive type material with a light show!) or Jimi Hendrix (who he advertised as the weirdo from NY and spelt his name Jimmie!) But overall he did fairly well and played a good selection of 'hippie type sounds and US west coast stuff like Love and the Doors. But he said by the time of the Broadway the music scene was diversifying quite a lot, and he wasnt always sure what would go down well on a particular night. I suppose trying to have different sorts of music on different nights didnt help either! BTW Peter did play the occasional classical music track up at the Mojo.

Hi Sirglyn, Just out of curiosity, what was your real, or DJ name then?

Yes it was a Sunday that Billy Stewart played the Broadway! Two reasons. Big name artists & groups were cheaper to book on Sundays, and yes it was the same day that Junior Walker and ther All Stars played the Broken Wheel. I had real dilemma that day. Junior or Billy. Didn't have a car so couldnt do both. Went to see Junior at the Wheel who was a blast! Sad to miss Billy though. With some of his band dying with him that sound was gone forever.

Hi Paul The Mojo book signing is Nov 3 at Trippets Wine Bar from 7.30 onwards. Peter Stringfellow will be there. The books are availalble from Sheffield branches of W H Smiths and Waterstones, the Sheffield Star shop and online. All authors royalties are going to the Sheffield Childrens Hospital charity

Hi Folks, Check out the recent Forum thread about a new Mojo book. Its about local Pop Art painted in some of Sheffields clubs in the 60s, including the Broadway. I did some of those paintings, Broadway included. There is a book signing with all three authors including Peter Stringfellow on Nov 3 at Trippetts wine bar from 7.30 onwards. Yes, the Broadway was amazingly small, and certainly was not the Mojo, but I did get some really good nights there. Incidentally, really good soul (now known as Northern) Ska, Blue Beat and Reggae had all regularly been played at the Mojo, so those sounds you heard at the Broadway were just continuing the that ideal.

For anyone out there who is interested in the Mojo Club and local Pop Art. There is a new book coming out on October 17 called 'The Pop Art of Sheffields King Mojo Club & Beyond'. Its been put together by Dave Manvell (author of the book 'Memories of the Mojo Club) Paul Norton, who painted murals in three of the Stringfellow Brothers clubs, and a helping hand from Peter Stringfellow himself. Its published by a local firm called Youbooks, and enclosed below are details from their website. Peter Stringfellow is coming up especially for the official book launch and signing which will now take place on Nov 3, at Trippets Wine Bar from 7.30 onwards. MOJO IS COMING! Take yourself back to the swinging 60s and the club where it all happened .. Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, the Small Faces. Mojo is back! The book will be released on October 17th, Peter Stringfellow’s 68th birthday. There will also be a book signing to be held in late October at Trippett’s Wine Bar, Trippett Lane. £1 from every Mojo sale will go to Sheffield Children's Hospital. This fascinating book reveals a glimpse into the pop art history of Sheffield’s most famous club, King Mojo. The book is produced by Mojo Club owner Peter Stringfellow and artists Dave Marvell and Paul Norton. All author proceeds from the book are being donated to the Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity. Peter Stringfellow talks of how the Mojo Club originally became decorated with art, “Realising the club looked a little austere, I painted African warrior dancers with full headdress and tiled mirrors for eyes, the reason being I couldn’t paint real people. The effect was surreal and looked great.” This look through the history of pop art in Sheffield includes the famous Mojo Club as well as The Ark Club, Broadway, The Penthouse, Chesterfield’s Victoria Ballroom and even the C&A shop. It is a real slice of local history. The book also looks at the artists who produced this art and looks at how it affected them. Paul Norton says of his days painting the King Mojo club, “Sometimes I can still smell the paint and hear the music.” Through looking at how the pop art developed within these clubs we see how culture developed from gangster art painted on the walls, to psychedelic and flower power art. The book contains posters, adverts and membership cards from the clubs as well as pictures of paintings on the walls. These paintings ranged from the original African Warriors and stunning flower power murals of Medusa in Mojo to the biblical murals in The Ark Club. These clubs gave many young artists the chance to express their creativity as well as a fantastic sight to the many people and famous faces who visited them. So, Pop Art of Sheffield’s King Mojo is an important piece of Sheffield history and will be a welcome walk down memory lane for anyone who remembers it as well as a stunning collection of art for anyone seeing them for the first time. The book is published by youbooks.co.uk and is priced at £9.99.

The two unknown band shots on that photo link are Shape of the Rain, who came from the Chesterfield area. They did a lot of West Coast covers, and also good original material.

Mikey, the big Penthouse bouncer was Brian Turner. I saw several people who should have known better (and probably would have if they hadnt had a drink!) try to take him on. Those stairs were an awful long way down. Its sad but true that in the end the first Stringfellow club to have an alcohol licence ended up having far too much booze fueled trouble. An eventual big change of crowd from the original Mojo-ites.

Hi Kirky, Whats the name of your Auntie? I used to go out with a good looking, long haired, slim GoGo dancer from the club! Regards, Paul Norton

Hi Rubydazzler, I have hopefully sent a private mail to you. Let me know if you didnt get it. Paul Norton

I used to go to the Mojo, Down Broadway and the Penthouse regularly as well. I also painted the murals on the walls of those clubs. So many good times, good people, good bands and good music. Hi sirglyn and rubydazzler might I know you? I'm Paul Norton and came from Chesterfield at the time. Usually danced up front or on the small stage. I was buddies with the Stringfellows, Dinky Dawson, Dick West, Steve Glaves, Steve Hackett, Dave Henderson, Tony Sandford, and many others that I have forgotten the names of. Three of my fave female dancing partners were called Gill, Kath and Judy. I used to meet Gill sometimes at dinnertime sessions at the Top Rank in Sheffield - hi are you still around! I think Kath moved to London in the late 60s. Judy now lives in Dronfield. I knew Pat Sweetwater who used to DJ at Down Broadway as well. I went to the Mojo re-unions at the Leadmill and the London Hippodrome too. Did you? I have posted some Mojo, Penthouse and Leadmill info and photos on a new Sheffield history web site. http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk Hi to anyone who remembers me. Get in touch. Love and stuff Paul

Only just come onto this thread. really interesting info and links. Its good to see local history and heritage is still important for many people. My Uncle, Private Willie Morton from Sheffield joined the 12th Battalion. He was one of the lucky ones and came back alive and in one piece. After he died we had some of his soldiers papers, his diary etc, most of which we eventually passed onto the 12th Batt Yorks and Lancs museum which I think was at Weston Park, but has now moved to nearer Rotherham. The collection is always viewable, all you need to do is telephone beforehand to ask about specific items and arrange an appointment, so they can be got out ready. His diary covered the training period here at Redmires, down south and abroad. But he stopped writing during the times they were at the frontline in the big offensive, other than to occasionally write, 'nothing much happened today' which with hindsight are some awfully understated few words, but which also say an awful lot. I still have his soldiers bible in which he write down a few flowery words as spoken to them by one of the Generals before all the carnage. I have a letter of his in which he says that after the attack on Serre, the Battalion regrouped in a nearby orchard and they were all shocked at how few they were. Its great that a reprint of the book is finally being done. A while back I managed to obtain a copy of the earlier version of the book for around £20, which sounds like it is in a larger format than the proposed reprint. It was from a second hand dealer who specialises in military books. He is John Marrin his website is http://www.johnmarrin.com There are plenty of other similar dealers out there but I guess you need some luck too when searching. They should never be forgotten. Its just a real bad shame that it wasnt the war to end all wars after all. Regards to all Paul Norton

Rosil, The mojo was 1964 to 67, buty wqs up burngreave road not the city centre. By 67 the Stringfellows had the Down Broadway club, entrance downstairs thro' a doorway between the Blue Bell pub? and a shoeshop on the High Street just above the 'hole in the road'. I thought in the 60s The Golden Egg was diagonally opposite Cockaynes next the the hole in the road. Regards Paul

Hi countrygirl, Were you a Mojo regular? We may have danced together! I remember the City Hall ballroom Mojo gigs, especially during the depressing time just after the Mojo had closed. Or should I say had been forced to close! Pete and Jeff weren't particularly popular with the old establishment in the town hall and police depts at that time. Any excuse/reason whether true or not was used to close the Mojo. We all knew that and it didnt make us feel good towards the local police and politicians The City Hall gigs were good, as they had much of the original Mojo crowd and the same fab music and good live acts. I sometimes filled in as DJ until Pete got there. You said you were the 'model' when your friend cut Petes hair in his Mojo flat. I assume you meant a model for his haircut? I remember hearing Stevie Wonder singing in Petes toilet in that flat once when he came for the Allnighter gig Or was thatthe Alldayer? Oh god my memorys hazy again! Regards, Paul Norton

Among many bands I also remember seeing Vinegar Joe at the Mucky Duck. Robert Palmer and Elkie Brooks were a good double vocal front. Pity she went all cabaret later. Think I also saw Stone the Crows, and Rod Argent and his band there. I also think I saw an excellent local Chesterfield band called Shape of the Rain there too. Regards Paul Norton

Hi Golden Fleece, Just saw this posting. You obviously have an interest in certain types of club memorabilia. If you and are your friend have any posters, club membership cards, photos and similar material from old clubs or groups in Sheffield, copies of these could be of great interest and use to myself and a friend for possible incusion in a book we are hoping to put together on local music/club memorabilia. Please let me know. I remember seeing 'The War Game' and 'Easy Rider' at the Classic Cinema. It used to be called be the Cartoon Cinema I think. Regards Paul Norton

Hi Artisan and Golden Fleece, Artisan, If you were around in 'the old days' I may have met you. Trouble is, I got to know an awful lot of people then, some very well, some casual and some by face only. Thats the way it was in those days. the selection of clubs and gigs was far less than today (but none the worse for it) so you kept bumping into each a lot of folks on a regular basis. I regularly left home on a Friday to go to the Mojo, latch onto other gig, or a party, or All Nighter in Manchester or somewhere, and get back home sometime Sunday evening! Those were the days! The sad thing about when the Mojo and others closed is you lost contact with a lot of regular scene faces. Talking of which- Jill Saxilby (as was) are you out there somewhere! You were one of my favourite Mojo dance partners! What a mover! Please get in touch if you are out there. Golden Fleece, I cant send private messages yet as I havent done enough postings on the forum. But yes, I have some photos of the Penthouse walls. There is also a chance they will be featured in a book about the Sheffield scene. What sort of description of the club layout do you want and, out of curiosity, why! To anyone else out there, do you have any photos/posters ect of the Mojo or its connected concerts and gig? If so please get in touch as I would love to do a swop with stuff I have. Regards to all clubbers out there old and new, Paul Norton

Hi all, Nice to see the great old clubs of Sheffield being discussed. I also went to most of the above mentioned. Had really good times in all of them at one time or another. Also used to paint wall murals , my first try at that was the Mojo Club. I could draw and paint some, but had never tried murals. Pete talked me into doing it and I found it easier than I thought. In Sheffield I went on to paint up the Ark, Down Broadway, Penthouse and Charade. I hope some of you enjoyed what you saw! Ah, what days, what music, what bands, what people! Regards Paul Norton

Hi Aging Face, I am also an old ex Mojo-ite. I will give your question some thought. It doesnt ring a bell at the minute though. Any idea if it was a club favourite and if it was a woman or man singing? I think you are right about The Mojo being Sheffields best club ever. If you have never been you will just never knowhow good it was. Northern Soul started there years before the excellent Wigan Casino was born. Do you have any photos or posters at all from the Mojo? If you do I am willing to do a swop for some photos I have. Regards Paul Norton