Fascinating 1939 FREE TRADE HALL-MANCHESTER Programme here Boys from My 1930's
Archives!!!
An ATHOLL OAKELEY Promotion at the Above Venue-Renowned by the way for its Rock Hard
Ring Floor!!
We're on FEBRUARY 10th!-Now Interestingly KATHLEEN LOOK was STILL Operating at
BELLE VUE at This Time too!!
Within This Programme-We Have The NEXT Show on The 24TH Advised-It's THIS Show
with which We are Concerned here!
Now you will see from My Original Programme Below JACK SHERRY is Defending his WORLD
HEAVYWEIGHT Title against.......GOLIATH!!-and This GOLIATH is Billed at 7' 2" Tall!!
But also on The SAME Bill We see THE GHOUL-ALSO Billed at 7'2" in Height!!
Just HOW MANY 7' 2" Wrestlers were Around at This Time AT ALL???
Now Then Do We have here THE GHOUL Wrestling TWICE on The SAME Night???-Firstly
WITHOUT a MASK as GOLIATH??-Then Later in The Show as The MASKED GHOUL???
First On and Last On!!
Is This GOLIATH the Man in the Photo Below-brought in by OAKELEY??
WHO is GOLIATH??-The Weight Difference of the Two Only Differs by Half a Stone???
To put him in with SHERRY-when he's an 'Unknown' is a Bold Move Indeed?!
Did GOLIATH ALSO Wear a HOOD???
Can RON find ANY Other Trace of him??-I can't at This Point!
More Mysteries!!
The Thick Plottens!!
And Just as a 'Cameo' We find ATHOLL OAKELEY Wrestling in his OWN Promotion at
39 Years of Age!!
I Like The Referee-He's a BOSUN!!
Also-Look Who's Just 'Arrived'??!! -MAN MOUNTAIN DEAN from HOLLYWOOD!!
MAIN MASK
A mystery finally solved , the pre war Ghoul actually lost at least 3 times in 1938 in New Brighton before they came up with the idea that he would unmask if beaten. They ran it for a bit , but as a Christmas Special he is finally unmasked and my hunch that he had been Carver Doone all along was right.
Somehow Oakeley thought it was ok to get a six seven guy up to seven three.