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Sunday, 16 May 2010

Millionaire Club / Wiggly Worm, Marble Street


Former Wiggly Worm, Marble Street. (c) .

Opened by the infamous Peter Stringfellow in about 1975, the Millionaire Club was a disco joint.  Also known as the Wiggly Worm in its time, the club was described as being a low-rise building around the back of Lewis's and off Fountain Street - most likely at the junction of Marble Street and Mosley Street West.  After a successful few years in Manchester, Stringfellow went off to London and then the States to make his fortune proper with his empire of lap-dancing clubs.  There were rumours that he was to return in the '90s and then to take over the ailing Ampersand club about 10 years ago, but businesses, residents and the council discouraged him.
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28 comments:

  1. Elton26 May 2010 at 14:24

    A blast from the past...

    I shit my frilly knickers when those Salford lads drove that car through the front

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    1. Adam23 May 2020 at 10:31

      Hey Elton, we met at the club when you was on the door. You used to write letters to me. Many years ago now!

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  2. granata24 July 2010 at 14:23

    "Several Salford lads are refused entry to Most Excellent at the Wiggly Worm. They return in a stolen car and ram the entrance. The action forces the closure of the club."

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  3. val15 November 2011 at 12:54

    I worked there as a cocktail waitress - it was not a strip club - only time someone stripped was New Year's Eve- and that was customers! Great disco, great times.

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  4. Bunny Zoe5 May 2013 at 01:30

    I worked there with Annie Jones and Brett Paul, the place was heaving. No strippers though, just beautiful cocktail waitresses, I was moonlighting from the Playboy Club because the tips were ridiculous and at the Playboy you were forced to hand them all in at the end of your shift.

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  5. Unknown2 September 2015 at 21:50

    I was the manager at the club at that time, it was a Thursday night,
    The night was called Most excellent 'and it was just that' the Ford fiesta they drove at the front doors ended up in the club....Narrowly missing me and the doormen, the owner of the car was a punter in the club! All because they were refused entry that night.

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    1. alison b28 January 2017 at 12:17

      I worked there when Dean was manager on the reception & remember that night, along with many other 'most excellent' nights, my friend Sarah worked in the cloakroom.
      It was always eventful, packed, & vibrant club music scene, Justin Robertson, Nipper deep down, Carl Cox amongst all DJ-d

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    2. Anonymous25 January 2018 at 11:45

      can anybody put me in touch with any members of staff that worked there.

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    3. Anonymous25 January 2018 at 11:54

      Alison do you remember Dave Coyne one of the doormen ?

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    4. Unknown12 May 2019 at 18:38

      Spot on account

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  6. tony5 March 2016 at 17:55

    Just looked in my drinks bar and found the very last bottle of millionaire champaign from ghetto club that was given to my mother by Peter string fellow

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  7. Unknown12 November 2016 at 23:41

    I went to this club in 1978 and witnessed a scene of some girls taking their top off. I was outraged as I thought it was a strip joint.

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  8. Unknown12 November 2016 at 23:42

    I went to this club in 1978 and witnessed a scene of some girls taking their top off. I was outraged as I thought it was a strip joint.

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  9. Anonymous4 August 2017 at 10:38

    Who remembers David Coyne and Peter as the doorman in the 80's ?

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    1. Paul25 May 2019 at 01:51

      I do poor Dave killed himself as I remember. I used to assistant manager my name is Paul the manager was Simon Gardiner.

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  10. Dave b.17 January 2018 at 00:37

    Ive recently found a wiggly worm sticker in my city programmes box!..must be about 20yrs old..its going on the back windscreen of my civic tomoz!😂

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  11. Thehornsshoreditch3 July 2018 at 13:46

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  12. Unknown19 July 2018 at 21:27

    Good club wrecked by Salford

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  13. Thehornsshoreditch3 August 2018 at 10:16

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  14. Thehornsshoreditch10 August 2018 at 10:14

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  16. Thehornsshoreditch20 December 2018 at 10:45

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  17. Anonymous31 July 2019 at 10:26

    Great to read everyone's experiences in the club. I was too young to ever experience it, there are few photos online, it all seems so mysterious. Does anybody know who technically owns the property now?

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  18. Unknown19 March 2021 at 09:16

    Buy this book..it's called dirty stop outs -manchester in the 70s.a few mistakes like location of millionaire club..they said bridge street it was a tiny street behind Lewis's (now classy primark..(sic).apart from that a great read.

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  19. Anonymous20 November 2021 at 07:15

    Anyone remember Michelle who worked behind he bar

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  20. Rock and Roll Dancing Manchester11 February 2023 at 22:44

    It’s always fun for me to research these legendary venues from years past such as the Millionaire here. We’re looking to have a unique dance night in Manchester and my research brought me here. I remember seeing “Millionaire Club” books of matches as a kid. Sadly, that’s my only connection. But thanks for the article and comments.

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  21. Michael W2 November 2023 at 11:45

    The location was down the little alley between Lewis' (Primark) and Wimpey (Burger King). It's closed off now but you can see the cast iron that held the covering over it. I wonder if it is still a seperate building?

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