wOnkY ProGr@mMeS (Dale Martin)

Well it's not a misspelt Dale Martin, but nearly as triumphant.

I present to you, "BiG Dabby":

These one aren't too bad, considering. You do have to admire the gall of "Johnny DAle" though.

"Mick Mc Michael"

I wonder if the person laying these out even knew much about wrestling.

Well, an attempt at attention to detail with M.Jordan of Ancoates, unfortunately let down by the incorrect spelling of Ancoats. Whether Mike Jordan was from Ancoats I've no idea.

Must have been reassuring to Vic and Bert to know they were respectively British welterweight and British Heavy Middleweight, But what?

I'm just waiting for the one when Dale Martin is misspelt.

- M. JORDON

- Getting low on v's

- The secondary billing is all over the place

The Mad Axeman upset the printer

The 9th March bill has some geographical challenges with J. Powers of "Totenham" and Pete Roberts adding "Worchester" to his lengthy list of billings.

It looks like someone’s John Bull printing kit has been pressed into service for some of these.

Going beyond the superficial ... they were clearly struggling.

The fact is they were no longer able to complete the righthand side and commit to the upcoming bill.

The discipline and strategy had gone. Knee-jerk promoting.

I suppose one of the questions we are trying to answer is just who was the individual perfectionist responsible for the DM quality that reigned until about 1973?

Jack Dale?

Mick McManus?

Bob Scala?

Bill Abby?

Mike Judd?

Someone else?

Ran out of black ink in March, but found some more for April. But in April they were getting low on "V"s

Reminds me of one of those ransom notes from a TV crime show.....

Also, was Johnny Powers from the "Newprot" in Monmouthshire or the Isle of Wight one?

The Ost is right. I recall this period. The programmes were like this everywhere. McManus was a printer - could it have something to do with him suddenly not being involved?

In different vein, I can throw this oddity into the mix:

I wonder if it was a parting gift from a disgruntled employee

Unbelievable Ost. We knew things sank low but how could this be? So awful, could it have been deliberate? Did someone think it a good idea?