Perception of Lancashire Catch As Catch Can Pro Wrestling in Victorian England, 1870s.

Without going into long talk about what it was...I suggest everyone to just read this.

Again, nowadays there's a lot of myth still circulating around the 'glorious days of the past, golden age and etc'...no need to fantasize about the past it is better and healthier to look at it and accept it for what it was, without fantasizing as I said...this is what it was and that is how it was seen by the contemporary sports press.

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Peter

May 25, 2021

Thanks for the link

Peter

May 22, 2021

Not sure why either a wrestling match or a running match would be regarded as repulsive

ruslan-pashayev

May 22, 2021

Replying to

Peter, thanks, in the 1800s amateur movement in England was elitist, upper class only kind of club, to become an amateur athlete you had to be rich, very exclusive, poor people especially from the coal developing region did sports for money and yes they were pro-runners and pro-wrestlers, so from the point of view of 'rich people and their hobbies' the pros were nothing but the "ill-fed and etc...".

Highly recommend 'The Condition of the Working Class in England' by Engels, he talks about Manchester people's lives in Victorian England.

The Condition of the Working Class in England - Wikipedia