Okay, it's 1960 and we are in Devonport. That's a long way for lads from Barnsley. You'd need a full car loads for the petrol.
Well, there's Butcher, Pedro and Dwight. Who else was in the car? The finger ponts to that Frenchman Leni Robairi. We've found him on half a dozen bills. On all but one he shared the bill with a group of Barnsley boys, with a spare seat in the car.
Back in the day:
Wrestling overseas today, Billy Robinson, teaming with Thunderbolt Patterson, defeated Frank “Bruiser Brody” Goodish and Kim Duk, in Miami, Florida, USA, on this day in 1976.
On our TV screens, on this day in 1971:-
Steve Logan (1) v Lee Sharron (0)
Brian Maxine (W) v Peter Szakacs
10 March 1938
New and Improved Flash.
As a wrestler Canadian born Eddie Barker was known as Flash. He added a bit more flash when he was signed as a speedway ride by West Ham.
These are great posters. I remember being impressed with the Nagasaki drawing at the time. Orig also had a very powerful piece of artwork of a clenched fist on his posters of the period. I telephoned him to ask if I could use both it and his printers for my shows and he put the 'phone down on me.
Salt in the wound, Main Mask. Czeslaw v Murphy II. You torment me!!!
I wonder why a drawing of Nagasaki instead of a photograph?
And why the curious spelling of "Bartelli(e)"?
What were they doing with tiny Joe Murphy; today against Czeslaw; "yesterday" against Tony Charles?
McManus dwarfed him.
A muddled mismatch from the Crabtree promoting era.
The match between Mick McManus and Alan Sargeant, in March 1971, is a catchweight contest. On November 28 1970, at the Romford Odeon. Mick McManus defended his Southern area welterweight title against Sargeant.
Which wrestler tucked into the mince pies over Christmas.
Taxi for Mick to Kingston,
Good old Robby!!
Four more from 1960:
Two Cities on the same night 1962
It's two for the price of one again, working overseas on this day back in 1969, the late, great Billy Robinson beat the one and only "Dangerous" Danny Lynch, in Sendai Japan for the IWE promotion.
On our TV screens on this day, in 1962: -
Doug Joyce (KO) Majid Ackra
Vassilios Mantopolous (1) v Bob Anthony (1)