Charles Mascall was a wrestling publicist going well back. He was one of the major players in Combat magazine, then Arena magazine. After that he became the publicity man for Dale Martin. He passed in 1967.
No, I would have remembered if it was NME. This was a sports paper that covered football, boxing. racing etc. At least that's how I remember it sixty odd years later.
What a great find John and yes, Fred would have loved Wrestling Heritage I'm sure. Charles "Spider" Mascall has always been a bit of a mystery to me. Before The Wrestler, he used to write the program notes for Dale Martin and also had a full page of wrestling news ( well, Joint puff if truth be told) in a sporting paper that I can't remember the name of and have never been able to trace. But who was Charles Mascall ? Was he an ex wrestler who got into journalism? He was around for a long time and seemed to know everybody.
Charles Mascall was a wrestling publicist going well back. He was one of the major players in Combat magazine, then Arena magazine. After that he became the publicity man for Dale Martin. He passed in 1967.
Just love Fred supplying full name and address. Shall we do this on Wrestling Heritage?
I know there was a weekly wrestling columninthe late 1950s in the new Musical Express. Can this have been the one, Ray?
What a great find John and yes, Fred would have loved Wrestling Heritage I'm sure. Charles "Spider" Mascall has always been a bit of a mystery to me. Before The Wrestler, he used to write the program notes for Dale Martin and also had a full page of wrestling news ( well, Joint puff if truth be told) in a sporting paper that I can't remember the name of and have never been able to trace. But who was Charles Mascall ? Was he an ex wrestler who got into journalism? He was around for a long time and seemed to know everybody.