Does anyone remember who the Scottish wrestler was that sent the infamous "you beat me in Birmingham" telegram to Bert? He was supposed to meet Bert in a shooting match at a London venue and the farther the train got away from Scotland and closer to London he kept getting more and more nervous until he completely lost his bottle and on arriving in Birmingham turned around rather than face assirati.
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I see, said the blind man
I think there are a number of versions of the story. One was that it was Black Butcher Johnson