Hope you are Well-Curfewed-Up BERNARD!-Here's a Little Treat for you!...
A Super Pale Blue FLYER/BILL from NEW ST.JAMES HALL NEWCASTLE-1949!! Showcasing only
the Main Bout and Featuring your Favourite-'The Master of the Guillotine Garrotte'!! versus...
ERNEST BALDWIN!-It asks can 'Stocky ERN Defeat the MASKED Wonder'??......NO!!
Coz he's 'Absolutely Undefeated'!!...Oh and a 'Monster'!!
Did you see this Show BERNARD?-Or was it a bit before your Time?
Super Item!-3000 Seater Arena! Under FIVE BOB for Ringside!!
MAIN MASK
For you youngsters under 70, that's 25,20 and 10 new pence exactly.
Hi Dave. In the 1950's the ringside seats were 5 shillings, downstairs at the back
4 shillings and in the galleries 2 shillings.
More nostalgia !
No I didn't sneak in. After putting the bolts in the roller doors, I was escorted to the 4 shilling ,downstairs back seats by the head of security.
I was a good boy then.
If you wanted the full story , you would have to plead on bended knees to Hack to find it, buried in this site, in the long distant past.
BUT I know that he is very busy.
It was just about my time, but my problem at 12 or 13 was always the cash.
I sometimes had to forego the pleasure if I could not afford it that week.
I generally went to the stadium and as explained in previous posts sometimes got in to see the top of the bill and the last bout.
Entry was by means of me putting the bolts in at the bottom of the roller doors covering the turnstiles, as requested by George , the head of the British Legion men who guarded the doors and generally kept order..
Ring.side was only 5/6d up to 1964 when it rocketed to 7/6d