Well I Never ANGLO!-I'm somewhat surprised at that! Must have been the Opponent who Chalked-Up the Most Wins against KELLETT?-In all the Live Bouts I saw LES Wrestle-I can't Recall seeing him Lose!! MM

You are Welcome BERNARD! Hope you are Keeping Well?! MM

Really Sad to hear This News Steve!-I Know Dave was a Long-Standing Good Friend of yours!-Although 91 is a Great Age to Achieve-The Loss of Anyone so heavily involved in Our Beloved Sport of Wrestling is Tragic really! One by One We are Losing People Now-and Dave's Huge Knowledge and Vast Experience about The Wrestling Business was Second to None! His Contribution was Immense! MM

I Remember seeing him Live 2 or 3 Times!-I Recall he was 'Stocky' and 'Beefy'!- And didn't Particularly 'Sell' Opponent's Moves to 'Willingly'!! MAIN MASK

Many Thanx RON! MM

Many Thanx ANGLO! You and I and HACK have had Lots of Great and Memorable Experiences at The Wrestlers' Reunions!! MM

Hi LES!-I've put This up before! If you Listen to MIKE HALLINAN-He INSISTS BERT WASN'T K.O.'d- He says it was All 'Arranged' and BERT went along with it!! Really?? MAIN MASK

No Worries OSTY! So SAME Bout-No Doubt!-at least Twice? And Many Thanx HACK! MM

So NOT at MIDDLESBROUGH then-As Stated on My Programme HACK?? MM

Hello BERNARD! Below Please find Some Evidence in answer to your Queries:- 2 Original Programmes for My Beloved KINGS HALL-BELLE VUE-As you will Note Dated for APRIL and JUNE 1961!-I Provide BOTH The Covers and DATED Bouts Pages! Regarding the Date of The Champions Photo?! This INCLUDES MELWYN RISS as the BRITISH LIGHTWEIGHT Champion!-So it MUST have been Taken AFTER he Won This Title!-He does NOT Appear on Any of the Recently Posted Bills!- Off the Top of My Head-I'm Pretty Sure he got it in 1960! Can RON 'Pinpoint' when?? As for the NORMAN WALSH Photo-it's on the Front Cover of My BELLE VUE Programme Dated APRIL 1ST 1961! Hope This All Helps you Sir?! MAIN MASK

Well Members-The RIOTS are 'Pushing' for the Answer-so here it is:- MAURICE 'THE ANGEL' TILLETT Look at My FAB Original Programme for 1956!! Many Thanx to All Who looked at This Thread! MM

I do have Evidence Reference-which States At That Time-he was the Only Wrestler to have had a Papal Audience! MM

Over Ruled Counsel!-The Meeting to which I Refer Occurred More Than a Decade Before SAMMARTINO!-It seems it was a 'Privileged' Audience! Head Judge MM

Neither the Wrestler I'm Looking for! Another Clue:- His Career went into a 3RD Decade!! MM

KATHLEEN LOOK Left BELLE VUE in Late 1939 and ATHOLL OAKELEY Left and Started Promoting at MANCHESTER's FREE TRADE HALL after her Departure! In 1940 Thru the First Half of 1941 TRAFFORD PARK was being Regularly Bombed by the GERMAN Luftwaffe-and the Risk of 'Stray' Bombs was High! Before JANUARY 1945-there doesn't seem to have been Continuous and Co-Ordinated under Any Aegis Wrestling Promotion(s) So while The ROGERS' might well have been Involved I Think it was More 'Sporadic' than 'Cohesive'! It may have Improved Later in the War Years when the GERMAN Threat to The Docks/Canal/Infrastructure 'Receded' as the Enemy was More and More Forced to Commit Resources to The EAST!! I Disagree with HACK Regarding Programme 'Annotations'-I have Hundreds of Same! On My DECEMBER 1956 Programme it Clearly States That DICK ROGERS is 'Opening Elsewhere in MANCHESTER'!-Obviously Involving Wrestling-Otherwise This 'Comment' would have been Irrelevant to the Programme Entirely!! Also Note The Original Owner's Annotation Regarding SONNY WALLIS'S Death- which was of course Accurate as to the Cause!! MM

But have you Anything for BELLE VUE in 1941 RON? This was the Year KATHLEEN LOOK's Husband Stopped Running The SPEEDWAY! MM

Why Thank You Great Scribe!! The Circus was Always On in the KINGS HALL in JANUARY Thru Early FEBRUARY! MM

Many Thanx RON!-This Saves Me a Job! Programmes started Appearing for JESSIE and DICK ROGERS in JANUARY 1945! Haven't seen ANY for them for The War Years! It Looks Like WRYTON Took Over in Early 1957 as MARTIN CONROY became The Referee!! MM

Doh!-HACK-You are a One! The DECEMBER 1956 Programme States That Wrestling will Return on 23RD FEBRUARY 1957!-It does NOT State with The ROGERS Promotion! Furthermore-in almost 60 Years of Collecting Wrestling Memorabilia I have NEVER seen a ROGERS Programme for 1957! Further Furthermore the DECEMBER 1956 Final ROGERS Programme CLEARLY States that DICK is 'Now Opening a Place in MANCHESTER'-Obviously Elsewhere! I Suppose-Just for you!-I'll have to Trawl Thru My Huge BELLE VUE Original Memorabilia to see if I have a JOINTS Programme for FEBRUARY/MARCH 1957! I merely Put-Up a 1957 DM Programme to Hi-Lite the Change in Format- Rather than Follow a Strict 'Timeline'! MM

Can't Agree PETER!- ROCCO versus JONES Bouts were ALWAYS Exciting and FULL of Wrestling Action!- 2 Fantastic and Skilful Wrestlers!! MM