Paul's funeral will take place next Friday 21st July. 12.00 noon at Stockport Cremarorium. Many old colleagues and wrestling fans are expected to attend, RIP old friend. Eddie Rose.

The death has been announced of the Manchester-basd heavyweight Paul Carpentier aged 86. Paul wrestled mainely in the North and Mkidlands and for the Independent promoters. He was a goo looking, well muscled wrestler and a favourite with the fans, He later teamed up with Cowboy Jack Cassidy in promoting and they ran many shows for many years mainly in the Lancshire area. Our condolences to his family. Funeral arrangements yet to be announced. Eddie Rose

Terry was one of the nicest lads you coild hope to meet.I knew him well, living a few hundred yards away from his Fallowfield (Manchester) home and adjacent to the old Main Road football stadium (Manchester City before the move to the Etihad). He sometimes trained at my gym and was quite a gymnast. He is perhaps best remembered for a series of bouts with another Mancunian, Colin Joynson; a fierce rivalry that one. I also remember Terry for some seriously good nights out together in Manchester City Centre where we often bumped into visiting wrestlers. I first met Prince Kumali on such an occasion for example.. Good days (and nights) Terry. Not forgotten. Eddie Rose.

A Near Confrontation with Big Bill Before I became a professional wrestler I was out one evening in city centre Manchester with some friends and we finished up in a club on Oxford Street - the Cabaret Club. We were little boisterous and enjoying ourselves, perhaps a little too loudly. Suddenly this huge man with cauliflower ears approached our table and started to talk quite calmly asking us to tone it down. We noticed he kept winking his right eye at us as he spoke. Was he serious or joking? Fortunately we listened and quietened down. Later, as we left, he approached us again, "Thanks for your cooperation lads." He was still winking and we suddenly realised it was an involuntary affliction and also it was Big Bill Benny. A near brush with danger!

Good to see a mention of Terry on the site. He was a solid performer and often under-rated. I first met him on the fishing/mail boat from Rothesay to Wemyss Bay that brought wrestlers back to the mainland after the show and the last ferry. He started off under the name McGrail which was the family name and a very close member won the pools - a very substantial sum in those days. Eddie Rose (Manchester)