I was just looking through the A-Z section to look up the history of Docker Don Steadman but - and it's possible I just missed his name - I couldn't see anything there. Did I just miss his name or did he not warrant a mention? I did find a brief sentence under The Bermondsey Boys, but nothing else. He was often on Paul Lincoln promotions during the 1960s - often up against Judo Al Hayes, Bob Kirkwood and other 'faces' of the day. Did I just miss his entry, which wouldn't surprise me as my years advance at a rate of knots...!
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Although I used to go to bills at various Granada theatres back then, I agree with Ballymoss that the Hackney Empire stood out. It was a real theatre as against a former cinema and the atmosphere on Saturdays was simply magical. The only problem back then with Paul Lincoln was that there was no TV publicity; so you could watch Al Hayes win the Southern Area title in Hackney, whereas just a few days later at the nearby Leyton Baths, someone else would be announced as champion and the same again at Edmonton! Dale Martin, on the other hand, had the TV monopoly and a champion on TV would have to be announced as such at live events. But hey, what did I know!