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Magazines and Programmes

Hello,

I always enjoy reading the scans of magazines and programmes generously scanned for this forum.

Are there any other resources or websites out there that contain uploads from magazines such as The Wrestler or Ringsport?

I love the mesh of hocus pocus, sport and adverts from yesteryear.

Many thanks.

12 comments

12 Comments

Peter

Oct 02

Never understood why the Wrestler suddenly stopped publication

The Ost

Oct 02

Replying to

I think it's part of the bigger story of British wrestling being run on the cheap in that timeframe.

Hack

Oct 13

Replying to

We've never really got to the bottom of the connection between The Wrestler and Joint Promotions. The magazine seemed to have some independence, however slight, with occasional nods to the independent promoter. It was 1971 when the magazine asked me to write about independent wrestlers, and Russell Plummer did a series of "Likely Lads," which were also independents. Maybe Joint did support the magazine financially and around this time were cutting their cloth to fit the nationwide financial difficulties of the early 1970s.

Peter

Oct 28

Replying to

Another short sighted move

woodlow

Sep 18

I just picked up 34 copies of the wrestler for a fairly minimal amount. They are out there, you have to go and look.

j_shelvey

Sep 06

Hi Chris. There is a ton of magazines 50s, and upwards at the Internet Archive. Easy, name, email, password and you’re in. Or google, “wrestling magazines internet archive” and voila! I’ve let many people know of this library archive for years (millions of books, audio, video, etc), but no one has ever shown much interest. There’s nowt queer as folks!

chris

Sep 03

Thanks all, I found this great thread on this old forum (many of you probably frequented it back in the day). https://tony6499.proboards.com/thread/1055/out-vaults-interest

Hack

Aug 29

I think I know the site SaxonWolf referred to. It had about a dozen Wrestler magazines in full and promised the lot. But as far as I know it came to nothing and last time I looked I couldn't see it.

Have a look in the Galleries and Miscellany section of www.wrestlingfurnace.site

Also,

SaxonWolf

Aug 28

I actually did come across a site, years ago, that had a lot of Wrestler magazines scanned in. I can't, for the life of me, remember what it was called and I don't think I have it written down anywhere, but will try to remember.

The obvious starting points (to me) would be to search "British Wrestling", or something similar, on Pinterest or Blogspot.

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Anglo Italian

Aug 27

You would surely enjoy your own collection of The Wrestler magazines, with their important glossy touch.

Always available on Ebay.

Buy a few. Not dear. Buy a few more. Create a few gaps and obtaining 60% is rather straightforward and easier than reading a tiny computer screen.

I reiterate, this is not facetious. I mean you would thoroughly enjoy the process and end product.

I had Mucky Mal Kirk's personalised autograph. And lost it. Doesn't matter. I feel like I still have it.

I used to have a wonderful fast scanner twelve years ago but the advance of technology means that my current one wants an expensive cartridge every time I look at it.

chris

Aug 28

Replying to

My wife would divorce me!

I have a few from the 90s from All Star shows, not sure what their publication was called.