Well My Beloved KINGS HALL-BELLE VUE-MANCHESTER was Truly the MOST Iconic of
All the BRITISH Wrestling Venues in The U.K.!!-Why?
Apart from being a 6,000 Seat Stadium-Purpose Built for Wrestling and Boxing!- it was also
Part of a Huge Complex Leisure Centre that Included a Fun Fair-A Zoo-Speedway-Side Shows
and Many More Various Attractions-Such As The Ghost Train and The Log Flume and The
Fun House with its Hall of Mirrors!
A Family Must Go Place on a SATURDAY Nite-I used to take Girls Most Weeks!
Following-On from KATHLEEN LOOK's Wrestling Promotions in the 1930's along with
ATHOLL OAKELEY-A New Incarnation of Promoting The Shows began in JANUARY 1945
under the Aegis of DICK and JESSE ROGERS-and it was to Run for 12 Years in all!!
Famous for its 'Signature' either RED/WHITE or BLUE/WHITE Coloured Programmes
JESSIE and DICK 'THE DORMOUSE' Put -On Some Great Bills Featuring All the Top
Wrestlers of The Day!
But Sadly in DECEMBER 1956 Their Time as Promoters came to an End!
And from JANUARY 1957 a New Era Started under JOINT PROMOTIONS!
Below I'm Sharing My Original Programme for The Final Ever ROGERS's Show!
Coupled with One of My Original DM Programmes for 1957!
Times Move On-Don't They??
From 1957 Special Flyers were Included within Programmes!
See Below also One of My Originals!
Also See Below a Selection of Some of My Original BELLE VUE Programmes from
DICK and JESSIE's Early Days Promoting Wrestling at The KINGS HALL!
MAIN MASK
The 1940 shows were not Dick and Jessie Rogers.
Here is another name in the mix.
Wrestling was on every week from April into August 1941 , but unfortunately we don't have the bouts. Here are some examples of various formats in the way that it was advertised.