The War of Roses, 1933. Inter-counties Champion Challenge Cup.

With Ron "Historyo".

Since the glorious times of an up and down wrestling/fighting (the ONLY precursor of Lancashire's Catch-as-catch-can) the records of which go all the way back to the 1600s the rivalry between the two major centers of that particular style of wrestling was getting bigger and bigger, they even argued about the origin of that style, in East Lancashire it was known as the Lancashire Fighting and in West Riding of Yorkshire the Yorkshire Fighting.

When it comes to the catch wrestling history, ultimately it always was Manchester v Bradford. And even during the Lord Mount Evans Era, the 50s-60s most of the British champs (yes that famous photo with the belts) were either from one camp (Lankies of Riley's) or the other (Yorkies of Morell's).

Now we are back to the times of the Golden Age of Lancashire County Amateur Wrestling Assn, the 1920s-1930s.