From Spain, and Australia (via Kent) appearing at Ramsgate!

Wonderful memories from your dad Ballymoss, adding so much to our picture of Alan Garfield. Thank you so much.

According to my father and his wrestling friends Alan Garfield was a most formiable force in the 1950's. He was then in his thirties and through his weightlifting expertise extremely strong and still very agile and at a time when many local newspapers reported details of wrestling was often the lead story. He caused plenty of mayhem and his tactics sometimes saw him disqualified but he always provided abundant entertainment . Although usually billed from Sydney Australia and not Beckenham where he lived,adopting the Sporting "Gentleman" persona was a brilliant tactic as the class divide around 70 years ago was far more noticeable and for a mainly working class crowd to see a "toff" get his well deserved uppence was a joy particularly when he addressed them as a pack of peasants. Sadly he had to be toned down for his few television appearnces and by the time I saw him live in the early to mid 1960's he had slowed down but still possessed the brilliant charisma which made Alan Garfield unique.

Going back nearly twenty years now, might even be twenty, I remember sitting in the library going through newspapers and finding reference to the Turbulent One and realising how an important a player he had been. His discovery was one of Anglo Italian's finest hours. 😁

Alan, ‘Tracing Garfield’ was a beautiful piece of detective work, that had me salivating for more. I tried twice to reach out to his restauranter daughter, but to no avail. Did anyone think to ask his nephew, who eventually supplied us with the overview of Alan, if he kept in touch with her and if not, does someone still have an email address for him????????

Anglo. He was a terrific worker the three times I saw him at the Brighton stadium, in the early 60’s. I can only imagine what he must have been like in the 50’s.

Who would ever accuse you of misleading us John?

Sounds like a belter, though I didn't see either of them.

It's incredible now to think that Garfield had been almost completely forgotten, certainly not celebrated, until Anglo Italian opened up a whole new discussion about him nearly twenty years ago.

Read Tracing Alan Garfield.

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This billing

continues to fascinate me.

I could see his captivating style in his twilight years in support bouts and as a sub.

I would love to understand what his performance was like in 1956-56 at his peak, to merit this billing.