Count me in .

Hi Peter. Never believe anything on a wrestling poster.

There is a small write up on the wrestlers A-Z which I can't transfer at the moment. Perhaps one of the controllers will help.

I saw a real one in the 1950's. Chief Thunderbird. At that time it was definitely novel. Fancy what they termed a "redskin indian" in darkest Newcastle. I understand that he, his Father and Grandfather were all tribal chiefs.

Lord Jan Blears and his young unknown helper in the early 1950's.

I was with Norman Walsh at a swimming event, watching his daughter swim, but I don't know if that counts.

Hi Anglo. I think that my previous post explains that. The two men are back to back. The aggressor bends right forward stretching the other over his back until his shoulders touch the canvas. He is then held there for the count.

The more I look at that picture, I don't think that this relates to an overhead shoulder press, as this is a submission hold. I think that an o. s. press would be with the wrestlers back to back, where the fall would come from one man bending right forward and trapping the other's shoulders to the canvas.

Although the picture is not very clear, George Kidd used to use a submission hold announced by Les Kellett as a "Reverse surfboard."

The first 3 bouts on the Aberdeen bill could all have been the top of the bill. What a cracking evening's entertainment.

Must have been an early Christmas present to Johnny !

A happy Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year to all. Huge vote of appreciation to Ron and Main Mask. We must not forget the tremendous amount of work done for our entertainment by The Riot Squad. Keep warm and safe everybody !

I don't know the D O B of these wrestlers without looking each one up, but Spencer Churchill was born 4/5/1929 according to some wrestling histories. He may well be certainly one of the oldest if not the actual oldest. Ron would know.

I can't remember the exact date, but sometime in the early 1950's, I saw Gentleman Jim Lewis against Bernard Murray. Jim did his usual trick in those days, with a second holding a mirror whilst he leisurely combed his hair in the breaks. Sometimes in the rounds as well to hold things up. After about 2 rounds Murray's second made a sudden dash to the dressing rooms, and returned with a large mirror. At the next interval, the second also produced a huge with NO teeth in it. Murray proceeded to pretend to comb locks which of course were not there . Les tried to hide a smile. The crowd roared with laughter and Lewis went mad. The fight started before the bell for the next round. Bernard Murray was always a more than capable wrestler and trainer, but he always had the funny side to his wrestling. I loved seeing him on the bill.

I hate to disagree with you knowledgeable fellows, but I can only say that I did not notice this trait up to 1954,certainly at St James Hall.

What about one of the wrestlers who were well known artists ? Gordienko?

I have posted this before but it may interest some of the newer visitors to this site. I was with Norman Walsh after he had wrestled in Newcastle . One of the few times that he had to travel up to St James by train as he had car trouble. We got to Newcastle Central station and he saw a weighing machine. He thought it was a good idea to get weighed. It turned out that he was a full stone over what he thought, going by the last time he weighed himself . I don't remember him ever saying that he was weighed before any match, let alone a title fight and he had a few of those.

I would think that the answer is that no other country adopted the FULL Mount-Evans rules in their original state, but some countries adopted part of the changes.

I was about 15. Going into the pub with Norman and Flo Walsh, I was asked if I'd like to meet Bert Assiratti. I've got to say everything was an anticlimax after the initial shock.

Hi Ost. Yes my mistake. Small print and old eyes..