I did the Wryton Outpost last time with Aberystwyth and Heritage member Peter commented that Newquay could also be a general Wrestling Nook and Crannie.
So maybe we have members who holidayed there and for me there is no better measurement than the golden years of early 1960's.
I drill in on 1963 in Newquay and ask the question , could this have been Paul Lincoln's far venue. I know he came north to do the Free Trade Hall in Manchester , but Newquay is 280 miles from London.
But first , let me admit that Lincoln promoted also at The Flamingo Ballroom in Illogan, Redruth which was 290 miles.
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I checked out Manchester Belle Vue and Liverpool Stadium for the same time period. Their cheaper seats up north could undercut 4 shillings here and also a top line of ten shillings and sixpence here , a little marked up , but probably pitched as maybe within reason.
I am no Dr Death expert , I never saw him. I think his great year might have been 62 with the unmasking of White Angel and his fans will know his principle venues , often Cinema 's and maybe in particular deals with Chains of Cinema's.
So my choice here is different because it's 3 months of summer 1963 , an outdoor venue and a football ground. Only 15 miles from Redruth and I wonder why. Not a Football League venue , and although a 5000 capacity , that was no use for wrestling. It must have been based round the covered stand which was pretty crude bench seating , and do we assume mainly standing.
Here are some words from a review that I found.
Facilities are a bit basic with a small outdoor tea bar and an even smaller outdoor beer bar. Portaloos available too. A small seated area straddled the halfway line. All benches though so no lumber support. A length of covered terracing running the length of a half of a very well maintained pitch.
No reports , I am afraid , no results , which for me is not so important.
But Lincoln saw the summer out although may not have repeated the venture here.
I have 12 bills and Lincoln only gave one glimpse of Dr Death , was he winding down , why not a small feud or a run of destruction. Yes he chose a flagship bout with Al Hayes , then nothing.
Interesting for me as I spot Lee Edwards , The Flash that I found in Madras and Kid Zamboa who he worked with there and I also suspect the same of Basil Coulolias
Scoff at your peril, Time Cop. I'll root out that northerner promoting in Bognor. Definitely from north of Tunbridge Wells.
And now you've been and gone and done it again....you've thrown a Zarpa into the works. Zarpa on a Lincoln bill?
Fair play to you, though, you've won the ITV 7 there: a February 1964 bill where "we" don't know any of the wrestlers. Must have caught the eye of Paul Lincoln to muscle them out the following year.
It was all going on in 1964 promoters' offices. Wrestling being included in World of Sport must have been more influential than we have realised so far.