I imagine this is well nigh impossible, but you never know with so many resourceful Members:
When precisely did Mick McManus become the Dale Martin matchmaker?
The answer to this would provide an interesting water-shed to identify how bills and perhaps publicity changed, in this way identifying McManus's style.
And who did he take over from?
Assuming we don't know, can we identify the start of his reign in reverse? Are there any signs out there in bills and publicity where we can detect a shift in style or direction?
For instance, through his number of annual tv bouts?
He was absent for much of 1964 - was anything going on?
It's an important point, the answer to which could lie somewhere between 1955 and 1971. I think his European title must clearly indicate his own self-anointment.
I always believed it to be Jack Dale, who always came to the Drill Hall for every show......