Hi everyone,  Unfortunately I am the bearer of sad news. Dave Cameron passed away on the evening of 24 March 2025 (New Zealand time). He was 91. Dave had battled with some health issues for the past few years and was living in an assisted living facility in Auckland.  A fan of boxing & wrestling since childhood, Dave competed in both activities as an amateur. He also picked up in interest in writing (and later added photography to that) and his earliest published articles appeared in The Ring boxing magazine & MAT wrestling magazine in the early 1950's. Dave moved to the UK in 1958 hoping to get into professional wrestling due to the wider range of weight classes, but he was still undersized and only had a handful of bouts for Dale Martin promotions. However, he found other roles in photography, journalism and publicity. He also met his wife Shirley, in London.  Moving back to NZ around 1964, Dave & Shirley then alternated between NZ & the UK for the next few years, settling for good in New Zealand in 1971. Dave remained in contact with many wrestlers from the UK for the rest of their lives, whether they stayed in the UK or moved somewhere else. Dave had many great memories of his time in the UK and a huge collection of memorabilia, which he loved to share with people. sincerely, Steve Ogilvie.

We have a great repository of wrestling items between the collect group here at Heritage. I know this, because i've often asked for images of obscure names, and in most cases, been rewarded here with an answer. With the unfortunate demise of the Galleries, I'd like to provide a photo-based reference topic that can benefit anyone at anytime (especially through use of the search function). I feel that between everyone here, we should be able to locate photos of just about every wrestler who worked regularly in the UK in the "golden age" and where possible, their autograph too. This is really helpful to the wider wrestling collector/historian/enthusiast interest base. Please join me in adding to this thread, over time, when requests are received on the forum. Thanks in advance.

I've just added a few new galleries to that section of the website. - Ashfield district towns Sutton-in-Ashfield & Kirkby-in-Ashfield, many thanks to Main Mask who had supplied many of these images to the forum. I had a dozen or more that i've added to his. - Hackney Empire (Paul Lincoln promotions). This is from Dave C's vast collection of Lincoln items. If I get a chance I may be able to add another one or two more galleries. Flash player (which the "upload photos" button feature uses) is not being supported after December 31, 2020 so it might be the last lot I can add for a while until a workaround is reached. https://www.wrestlingheritage.co.uk/apps/photos/ Happy New Year everyone.

Hi all, Finally got my technical issues sorted, and am able to add images to the website once again. I have started a gallery of Dave C's fabulous collection of British posters, in particular from the year 1959. I will post in this topic each time I add new posters to the gallery. Hopefully this link works: https://www.wrestlingheritage.co.uk/apps/photos/album?albumid=16228330