In December 1977 Reading Town Hall said goodbye to wrestling and a new building the Hexagon was to become it's next home.
What was the history of Wrestling in Reading and how long had the Town Hall been used.
Thus far I have not found any wartime or 1930's wrestling in the town , but I did find in 1948 that Wrestling was frowned upon and there had been a ban on it at the Town Hall.
I don't know if it had been tried or if it had been kept out of the town , but Dale Martins were entrusted to a trial with some nice clean wrestling to attempt to win a lease for regular shows at the Town Hall.
Odd other venues were used sometimes but the Town Hall tenure lasted nearly 30 years.
This was the trail show and the earliest wrestling I have found in Reading.
Much more to follow.
Support was
Ron Harrison v Babe Quesick
Vic Coleman v Al Jackson
McManus v Capelli
and Alan Garfield gave a weight lifting exhibition.
"...Caswell Martin was brilliant. Could have had it all. Heaven knows what his real name was..."
I was actually going to ask this on another thread, was he related to George Burgess? Brothers? Facially, both very similar looking.
I know we joked about wrestlers having a "wrestling name" to fool the tax man, in the past, but this could have been the real reason of course.
Were Wrestlers ever paid in anything other than cash?