Brighton’s Oldest Raver Disco Pete Turns 85
Brighton icon, Pete Turner or Disco Pete, as he is affectionately called, celebrated his 85th birthday yesterday in the nursing home where he permanently resides.Pete suffers with dementia and is wheelchair-bound , but in spite of this, spent the afternoon surrounded by staff and fellow patients in the common room listening to music.He was also presented with a birthday cake and later enjoyed a video call with his daughter (who asked not to be named), who was unable to visit due to COVID-19 restrictions.Speaking exclusively to Gscene, she revealed, “If it wasn’t for Covid, depending on how he was feeling we would’ve been out celebrating – previous birthdays were fun and interesting, gone are those days.”She added, “As you can tell he loved.
