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Ocean Room Scarborough

Great item last week about Toma Hansom, i met him a few times at the Ocean Rooms in Scarborough when Max was taking over the venue from Don Robinson, he was easy to referee and a good tough bout each time i saw him wrestle. (Gordon Pryor, former MC and referee)

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8 Comments

op54nessie

Mar 24, 2022

I can remember when you were a regular second in Nottingham, with a man called Alan. Do you know what happened to him.

Unknown member

Mar 24, 2022

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Sorry no idea what happened to Alan, i would like to get in touch with him again

adrianpollard.shangri-la

Mar 22, 2022

Hi GORDON!- Great to have you in The FORUM!

I See quite a lot of you as I Regularly Watch Bouts in My Large DVD Collection!

Only the Other Nite- you were Reffing GIANT HAYSTAX against MARTY JONES!

STAX Won by K.O. and Another Match between MARTY JONES and FIT FINLAY-

the Latter Always being Great Battles!

Did you Keep any Memorabilia from These Great Days?...And Who were your

Favourite Wrestlers?

Thanx Very Much for your Valuable Contribution to the Sport!!

MAIN MASK

Unknown member

Mar 23, 2022

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Hi Main Mask, nice to hear from you. Have read the forum for many years, but more so in the last months as my facebook account just will not work correctly. I started as MC many years ago and then was asked to referee in the summer months when our top referees went over to the German tournaments for the summer season. I only kept a small amount of memorabila from those great days, but Wrestling Heritage website is great to find it these days. I had many favourtie wrestlers but 2 which spring to mind are Johnny Saint and the next one may supprise you, as it was Ray Robinson, he was a very nice person and a good solid wrestler who the crowds loved at many venues.

Unknown member

Mar 21, 2022

Hi CvZ. Great to hear from you. The only things i can remember about Toma was that he was a solid worker, who could mix it with the best and he was a very nice person to talk to. His bouts with Klondyke Bill were top class, and great value for money. My first shows i ever saw live were in late 1967 and through 1968 at St. James Hall Chesterfield, and from that day to this i have no idea who the actual promoter was, it could have been Don Robinson but his name never appeared on the posters, it could have been Cyril Knowles, but the thing that i know for certain is that the Hall was booked by someone from Barnsley.

Unknown member

Mar 21, 2022

Hi Hack, don't know of any arrangements between Don and Max, it was i think just when Don was packing up the wrestling side of his ventures, and Max after trying to run a few shows at the Grand Hotel ballroom was in the right town at the right time. Max also ran a few shows at the Opera House in Scarborough which was owned by Don, and these would be just before he started at the Ocean Rooms i think. Both Don and Toma would turn up at the venues together, and i thought Don looked like a real business man, with Toma as his right hand man. Toma was a favourite of mine as he was top of the bill on the very first live show i saw in 1967 at St. James Hall in Chesterfield, and yes you have guessed correct, he was on with Klondyke Bill.

Hack

Mar 20, 2022

Thank you Gordon, good to have you join us. Do you know anything about the arrangement Don had with Max?

Count Von Zuppi here too. Tell us more of your memories of Toma.

martinvalt

Mar 20, 2022

Hi Gordon Couldn't agree more. CvZ