thanks so much for sharing this info and your memories, much appreciated. as we can see in the 50s the winners of the Cumbrian back hold and catch championship tourneys received 3 pounds (specified in shillings as 60s), which is more than a week's wage. How do you estimate this considering the fact that to win the prize you had to eliminate at least 4 men. Thanks again.
fairly rare to see knockouts in Cumberland wrestling, it definitely worked better with lighter wrestlers. You should be able to find some on youtube, it can be very entertaining
By definition if you are being paid to take part it would have been deemed professional although as the results in Highland and Cumberland wrestling were not pre arranged it cannot really be compared to the wrestling matches we watched.
Hi Ruslan, regarding your query about " What was £3 worth in 1950"?
I started work in 1952 and my week's wages were £2-14S and 6d.
That is the equivalent of £2.73 now.
Here's what it looked like.
By definition if you are being paid to take part it would have been deemed professional although as the results in Highland and Cumberland wrestling were not pre arranged it cannot really be compared to the wrestling matches we watched.