Editing Peter Stringfellow (section)

==Early life==
Stringfellow was born in the City General Hospital, [[Sheffield]], West Riding of 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 was the eldest of four, having three younger brothers; Geoffrey, Paul and Terry.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/content/articles/2008/06/19/peter_stringfellow_feature.shtml |title=Peter Stringfellow |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=19 November 2012}}</ref>

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 School|Sheffield Central Technical College]] and he left three years later at the age of 15 with a 4th grade Technical Diploma.<ref name="Autobio 1">{{cite book | title=King of Clubs: The Autobiography of Peter Stringfellow | publisher=Little Brown and Company | last=Lafferty |first= Fiona | year=1996 | at=Chapter 1, Page 11 | isbn=0316879339}}</ref>