It seems it is RON's Belief that 1935 was the Watershed Year for an Upward Trajectory at The KINGS
HALL!!-For Me it was 1936-Especially When it came to Promotional Upgrades for Programmes for The
Shows!-In 1934 and !935 The In-House Programmes were Basic Card-Style Items-although with a fair
bit of Detailed Info. Inside!-See My Original Example Below for 1935!
But Fast-Forward to 1936 and Wow! WHAT a 'Transformation'!!-They had Become Attractive Mini
Works of Art!!- I Believe This was Largely down to KATHLEEN LOOK who wanted to make All the
Publicity Material More 'Professional'!!
Enjoy All My Original 1936 Programmes in WHITE/PASTEL BLUE/PASTEL PINK and LEMON!
Quality Paper Now NOT CARD and She Opens with her Promoters Notes and Comments which you
find as soon as you Turn Over the First Pages!! Large Pieces with Quality Stamped All Over Them!!
I'm Including Some Below as Examples of How The Business at BELLE VUE Wrestling began to
BOOM!! I Know OSTY and RON and Others will Enjoy These 'Gems'!!
MAIN MASK
I see what you mean about the programmes Main Mask, they are superb examples. Oakeley and Look certainly knew the meaning of promotion. But I don't think the quality of the programme and notion of a watershed year when things took off are one and the same thing.
I do like those cartoons. Who are they ?
Top Class programmes made all the more exciting being under the rules of the New York Stata Athletic Commission
Great items MM! Their presentation really stood out.
I make the November the 1st bill 1935 Adrian. (maybe you are saying that too)
And although you make your point about programmes which I can agree with I will state this.
1935 was the year that Miss Look built the gate up from under 1500 to 5000. This was done by carefully crafting a long running European championship Knockout series.
It culminated in Rik de Groot in the photo you put on, being crowned European Champion and his reward was a World Title match with Jack Sherry. This was sensational stuff for Belle Vue with nothing of this imagination or magnitude anywhere else.
It's certainly possible after that , that future years , small gains were made and the bar always being raised. All my hard evidence suggests 35 to be the breakthrough.