I had two local halls Liverpool Stadium and Belle Vue.At Liverpool I always arrived early so I could see the wrestlers coming into the hall.It was interesting to see which sort of cars they drove and an little insight into their personalities outside the ring.AT Belle Vue waiting for the show to start then suddenly March of the Gladiators beamed over the tannoy and you knew it was time.Still,to this day,when I hear March of the Gladiators I immediately think of Belle Vue.
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My local halls in Preston were fine, well the wrestling was, but I can't say there was anything I miss about them - other than no longer existing. As 1978 Kid commented once the Public Hall did have a very fine organ and, as I have said, the most uncomfortable balcony seats in existence.
One slightly related memory, at a push, but not to do with the halls. As a teenager in the second half of the 1960s I would cycle to Preston. Cycling around the suburbs there were lots of derelict buildings with fly-posted posters that seemed to go back years (in reality probably only a few). They fascinated me and I copied down these bills of years gone by.