One Period in BRITISH Wrestling History that Especially Interests MR.OST- he tells me- is the Early
1950's! So here's a little Snapshot from my Vault Archives for 1951!! I've chosen a good Selection of
Countrywide Venues to give a 'Flavour' of the kind of Shows put on in BRITISH Rings during this 2ND
Year of the 1950's!
Let's start in SCOTLAND at the Popular Venue of ST.MUNGO's HALLS!... -Held Weekly here is the
Programme Cover for FRIDAY 4TH MAY- with a 'Featurette' on JEAN MORANDI!-and the Rear Page
heralding the Booked 'Thrills' for 11TH MAY with the Sinister GHOUL Topping the Bill and TOM(MY)
MANN also Visiting!!
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Tremendous items, MM, thank you so much for sharing.
A few new names for me; Ernie Robertson, Walter McCrae, John Strang.
Pete? Rawlings.
The Earls Court one is particularly interesting, let me know if you come across any more from there.
Another splendid collection MM. Do you have any knowledge of Walter McCrae, Bernard?
Thanks for those memories MM, and you found 2 appearances of another of my favourite wrestlers-Johnny Stead.
When I first told on here about a cracking 15 round draw between Stead and George Kidd for one of Kidd's titles,I am sure that not many people had heard of Johnny Stead before that post.
And the Bouts Page for the Show on MAY 4TH-with some Cracking Matches lined
up here-CLIFF BELSHAW giving Weight to an Early Appearing BILL HOWES-
GEORGE CLARK on the Bill-AND-GEORGE KIDD Promoted as WORLD and
EUROPEAN LIGHTWEIGHT Champion against the 'Fast and Clever' very Young
'Emerging' BERT ROYAL!-with the GHOUL/RAWLINGS Bout Trumpeted again
and one of BERNARD's Favourites-BERNARD!!
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