RARE AND UNIQUE 1940'S PROGRAMME!

The Programme itself + 4 Signatures!.......

ABDUL THE TURK-Signed in TURKISH!!

MAIN MASK

Fantastic stuff you come up with and on the first page , Pitman , Lightbody and Sparks , I think were all wrestlers.

Hi Main Mask, any idea where the show was held? I didn't have this one in my files.

Belated thanks Main Mask!

Yes, I should repeat that Jules Kiki is a favourite by virtue of the fact that I knew him as a bookmaker at point to point race meetings in the early seventies - the same inimitable moustache and Victor Mature look. His brother Tommy Kiki - pronounced like bye-bye - much more slight of frame, was one of the top bookmakers in Britain.

On what little I had to do with Jules, he seemed a proper gent.

Thanks Main Mask for a truly fascinating programme. I wonder if the referee Len Sparks is a member of the fighting Fisher family? Charlie's son wrestled in the 1960's under the name Brian Sparks. The timekeeper G T Peeke may have transformed into the MC who Kent Walton one called the velvet voiced George Lawson-Peeke. And one of the seconds Young Carr- perhaps it was the famed referee Tiny Carr from Ilford multi-tasking. All wonderful !

What an amazing memento to have Adrian. I'm Jules Ki-Ki's youngest son, unfortunately I never got to see him wrestle as he was 60 years old when I was born, so he had finished wrestling and was just doing stunt work in films. Thanks for the nice words you said about him he was a gentleman and a great dad, my hero! As a youngster I used to go with him and his brother ( Solly ) to the Point-to-Point races so maybe I saw you there.

I would love to have seen him wrestle as I understand he was a good showman and also pretty fast around the ring when he was younger, I don't suppose there is anywhere I can find any footage of him wrestling?

Thanks for posting this!

Great to have you on here Scott.

I can take you back to 1937 with a newspaper bill.

Jules Kiki had a big layoff and came back in the late 1950's

The newspapers reported that he had six years out of the game.

Here is a very late example. I think he promoted the show himself.

Scott , I have just realized that we discussed Jules Kiki about five years ago and with some clues from members on here , I researched Jules Kiki's life and ancestry.

It can be read here https://www.wrestlingheritage.com/onthetrailofjuleskiki

Well Scott,

There can't be many other areas on the internet where you would receive such generous input and research as you do here from Ron Historyo and Main Mask.

We have been commenting on dear Jules for many years, and the links above certainly recorded our combined comments at the time.

You can now come towards us and share comments about top bookmaker, Tommy Kiki. Do you know him?

As for the Mercado family in Hove, if we dig much deeper we'll probably find we are related!

However, as Main Mask has very kindly reminded above, yes, I met Jules many times at the point-to-points. Always an absolute gent. At the time, I had no idea he had been a wrestler, so putting it all together on here has been great fun. My father was friends with Tommy Kiki.

None of us saw Jules wrestle but thanks to the magic of the internet and stonking research from our friends above, we all love him.

To this thread I say WOW, WOW and WOW again. Thank you to all involved!