I can still hear my late mother laughing at 4 every Saturday watching the wrestling, oh these were magic days world of sport gave us so much entertainment, RIP Dickie
Kendo Nagasaki, Dynamite Kid, Mick McManus, The Royle Brothers, Giant Haystacks, Adrian Street, Big Daddy, names that bring back fond memories of the 70s, world of sport with Dickie Davies. These matches, were on just before the day's, sports, results. This is when TV was innocent, informative, and varied. Halcyon Days.
Lovely to be reminded of these great wrestlers. You missed off Jackie Pallo though. Diddy David Hamilton, tells the story of when he was put in the ring with Jackie. The producer said not to worry, as it's all fake. He soon found different 😂
As a kid in the early 70s I use to watch world of sport with mum and brother. We loved the wrestling, mum thought les was great as he always made us laugh. Thank's for sharing I'm.over 60 now times were hard but they were the best times unlike now.
My first introduction to British wrestling from days gone. I really like it. Funny and entertaining without making a mockery of the sport. I just love the patience everyone their has. Instant gratification is not always better.
Really Kellett was a great wrestler but it was more of a comedy routine in a holiday camp than a wrestling match with all of those "face" nice guys I preferred the "heel" bad boys who wound up the crowds and the old dears down the front trying to hit them sometimes with their bags and brollies when a golden boy like Vic Faulkner or Steve Veidor were taking a "pounding" no one ever really got hurt did they apart from Mal Kirk and Masambula they had very unfortunate accidents.
Always went to see my gran on a Saturday afternoon, took her a bottle of mans brown ale and we'd watch the wrestling, she used to quite excited, les Kellet was her favourite.
Bad boy Bobby Barnes always reminds me of Freddy Star when he used to do his camp act hahaha Boy were we entertained back then by these great men. Thanks.
He trained my mate. I wrestled that guy like 37 times and we were at a dojo three times a week. After a month in Yorkshire he came back and I swear down I didn't ever see the same trick from him twice. Les taught him to land on his forearms and make it look like he went head first. Skull Murphy, despite his popularity with yobs of the day was actually a policeman. 😂
This brought back memories of watching these characters as a kid on Saturday afternoons. Back then I thought I thought it was funny but the moves a little unreal. I remember Kellett's play acting in the ring. He was always good for a laugh.
My mom and neighbor who was her closest friend would watch the wrestling on Saturday afternoon in the sixties and Les was their favourite , there would be tears of laughter, happy days
Bobby Barnes sat on my wife’s lap when she was eight months pregnant sat in the front row at Southampton guildhall watching him and Adrian Street they were my all time favourites
I was born in 97 never saw any of this but my family as always been into wrestling and always speak on WoS and 70’s 80’s wrestling fondly so decided to watch some of what I can find and I’m so glad I have been because they’re real treats
Spot onTony! As a boy and teenager, I watched with my Nan too, she was grunting and groaning with 'em! Never heard sounds quite like them - happy, happy, days! VBW Glenn x
@@guyharrison4644 Oops, hit a nerve have I? You have to admit though he does look an awful lot the Savile pervert and at the time this wrestling match took place nobody knew what Uncle Jimmy was getting up to, so maybe Barnes was trying to copy his look. Anyway whatever, sorry if I upset you, try not to cry too much.👍😉
Like most people, I sat with my dad to watch the wrestling on Saturday afternoon, Les Kellet was my dad's favourite, along with Bert Royal. But he hated Mick McManus, and Jackie Pallo, I liked Catweazle and Kendo Nagasaki, because I liked his gimmick, and his eventual unmasking. During the bouts, the teleprinter was giving the football latest results at the bottom of the screen. But I mainly liked it because I got to spend time with my dad.
@michael quirk That's very true my friend.It is, unfortunately only later in life that we fully appreciate the love, values and life lessons they give to us.I know it's a cliche but if only I knew then what I know now.
This takes me back a few years me and my late dad watching Saturday lunchtime wrestling.. Thanks for post these and for bringing back some happy memories :)
All our dads thought it was real. TV was still a sense of wonder & to be believed. Us young men were more cynical & we knew it was a show. After WW2 they'd seen real 'real' & wanted just simple fun. God bless them.
I remember going to the Kings Hall in Belle Vue (Manchester) to watch the wrestling, also Boxing, Speedway, Stock Cars, Fun Fair, Zoo Park, Skating Rink, Beir Hall, ZooBeDoo Disco, Concerts, Fire Works displays the list goes on. Those were really the good old days ........ golden memories forever.
I was a school boy when I used to watch this on a Saturday with my stepfather he would be laughing his head off..and me too..Les Kelley was my favourite..remember billy two rivers who would do a war dance during the fight ..classic British wrestling..I miss so much..
This is definitely the golden age of British Wrestling. Les was from Bradford and he lived just up the road from where i grew up. There will never be anybody quite like Les again. This bout was filmed at St George's Hall Bradford city centre. Les lived in Thornton village and he had a cafe with his wife and son
Saturday afternoons was all about wrestling and absolute entertainment. Mick McManus, Catweazle, Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks, Pat Roach, Brian Glover, Jackie Pallo, Davey Boy Smith, Kendo Nagasaki, Harvey Smith, Masambula and Tony St Clair. choreographed fun for all the family especially your gran.
BBC 1 had the tv scrambles on. But if they overrun. By 4.oclock my dad turned the tv over to itv to watch this wrestling. Then the wrestling stopped at 4.40 pm for the football results. But as you say happy days
Oh god, I'd forgotten all about Saturday afternoon wrestling. Respect to these guys as they could throw themselves around like crazy, but it was more choreographed than any 'Strictly Come Dancing'. Pure charade.
So what did us schoolkids do on a Saturday when it was pissing down with rain ? We watched the wrestling , Les Kellet , Mick McManus , Giant Haystacks ,Big Daddy · Billy Robinson · Bruno Erlington · Count Bartelli · Geoff Portz and many more
Ohhh brilliant...My Mum used to shout out in the living room and bang the TV when a player was breaking the rules...World of Sport on Saturday's in the 70's - The legendary Kent Walton (RIP) commentating too, Great times :)
Kent Walton was brilliant. Such a calm and knowledgable voice. If you watch UK wrestling without Kent's commentary it's nowhere near as good. I think the wrestlers would agree with that.
Les kellet. In real life he was a hard bastard. Mean and horrible. He didn't suffer fools , but what a transformation in the ring. People never upset him or hellfire would follow. A truly wonderful character.
Les Kellett was a major influence on current day Jon Moxley - Mox used to do the rebound rope move when he wrestled as Dean Ambrose in WWE - he got that from Kellett
This takes me back. When I was a young lad I used to watch these blokes on TV. Les Kellett, Mick McManus, TV Jackie Pallo, Bert Royal and Vic Faulkner - The Royal Brothers, The Black Diamonds. One of my teachers used to work in the dressing room when they visited Leamington Spa. He told us how the wrestlers discussed who was going to win each bout and what moves they were going to make. The famous wrestlers always beat the up and coming, but it wasn't so cut and dried when both contestants were equally famous. I think Mick and Les took turns to win, Les, Bert and Mick always beat Jackie Pallo, and Mick would always beat Vic. It's only watching this bout now, that I can see just how false it really was. Old birds in the audience whacking the "villains of the ring" with their handbags. Such was the entertainment in the 60's.
watched it every week with my dad. our wrestleing declined in the uk. because the promoters who made the money spent it on fancy holidays cars ect.they never put anything back into it.the wrestleing in the a USA was well behind us they plaughed tons on money back into there sport.makeing it the mutli million pound industry it is today. thats what marc rollerball rocco said
They ruined it with Big Daddy. It just got ridiculous and people turned against it and in the end it was pulled from TV. I felt sorry for the guys who really could wrestle, they were badly let down by the Crabtrees.
Les Kellet one of the strongest men I ever knew, I recall him physically picking a car up after it had slipped off the ramps and placed the car back on the ramps. His eldest son was also a wrestler, wrestled under the name of Dave Berry.. Les was a very quick driver, and I had quite a few white knuckle rides, whilst being with him and his second son Chris; driving to the Winter Gardens as Les was running late. He and his wife ran a cafe at the bus terminal in Thornton Bradford. Chris and I were best mates at school. Les treated me like his son, he wanted both Chris and I to become wrestlers but both our career paths took different directions. Les was tee total but always tolerated his wife who wasn’t. She was extremely fond of Harvey’s Bristol Cream Sherry. He was a consummate entertainer.
I can still hear my late mother laughing at 4 every Saturday watching the wrestling, oh these were magic days world of sport gave us so much entertainment, RIP Dickie
I went to school with Bobby Barnes daughter ( Bobbie ) and are best friends with his son Steve 🙌🤙
Kendo Nagasaki, Dynamite Kid, Mick McManus, The Royle Brothers, Giant Haystacks, Adrian Street, Big Daddy, names that bring back fond memories of the 70s, world of sport with Dickie Davies. These matches, were on just before the day's, sports, results. This is when TV was innocent, informative, and varied. Halcyon Days.
Lovely to be reminded of these great wrestlers. You missed off Jackie Pallo though. Diddy David Hamilton, tells the story of when he was put in the ring with Jackie. The producer said not to worry, as it's all fake. He soon found different 😂
Jo by
@@ContentJapaneseMaples-gk8ji
Johnny saint mal sanders rollerball rocco….etc
As a kid in the early 70s I use to watch world of sport with mum and brother. We loved the wrestling, mum thought les was great as he always made us laugh. Thank's for sharing I'm.over 60 now times were hard but they were the best times unlike now.
My first introduction to British wrestling from days gone. I really like it. Funny and entertaining without making a mockery of the sport. I just love the patience everyone their has. Instant gratification is not always better.
OMG! Les Kellett! My Gran’s favourite wrestler! We used to watch wrestling together on a Saturday afternoon on ITV’s World of Sport. Great memories.
Really Kellett was a great wrestler but it was more of a comedy routine in a holiday camp than a wrestling match with all of those "face" nice guys I preferred the "heel" bad boys who wound up the crowds and the old dears down the front trying to hit them sometimes with their bags and brollies when a golden boy like Vic Faulkner or Steve Veidor were taking a "pounding" no one ever really got hurt did they apart from Mal Kirk and Masambula they had very unfortunate accidents.
Always went to see my gran on a Saturday afternoon, took her a bottle of mans brown ale and we'd watch the wrestling, she used to quite excited, les Kellet was her favourite.
Les was one of my Dad's favourites
- good to hear Kent Walton's voice again!
Anyone remember a wrestler called 'Catweazle'?
@@tomhaskett5161 Yes another of the comedy guys he passed away not too long ago his real name was Gary Cooper.
Bad boy Bobby Barnes always reminds me of Freddy Star when he used to do his camp act hahaha
Boy were we entertained back then by these great men.
Thanks.
I wish that we could turn the clock back, great days back then.
I agree great times then not to good now from New Zealand 😊😊😊 1:25
I agree what has gone wrong with everything now
I watched this every Saturday with my dad
The old days were much better than
Love watching it then and brings back good memories
Oh how I miss watching Les Kellett on a saturday. A true gentleman & comic,. He was certainly my fave along with the Royal Brothers.
Do u remember the law brothers, from nunhead south London m
Didn’t they used to do the Boston crab
😂 Oh the memories! Brilliant showman Les Kellet. Thanks for all the fun Les! 👍⭐️
Loving these clips of Les Kellett!⚘
The golden age of British wrestling & brilliant to see after all these years 👏👏👏👏
'Have a good week, 'til next week!'
Takes me back to my youth. Saturday afternoons, and no Facebook, how did we survive?
Les was a wonderful entertainer. My old Dad loved him and would have tears of laughter streaming down his face at Les' antics. Happy days
He trained my mate. I wrestled that guy like 37 times and we were at a dojo three times a week. After a month in Yorkshire he came back and I swear down I didn't ever see the same trick from him twice. Les taught him to land on his forearms and make it look like he went head first.
Skull Murphy, despite his popularity with yobs of the day was actually a policeman. 😂
@@yakuzabobbinsSkull was never a copper !
What a treat that was. I haven't seen wrestling for donkey's years.
Les Kellett, there's a name from the past!!!!!!
great showmanship and good clean enterainment xxxxxx these guys with kents commentary made my sat afternoon xxxxx
This brought back memories of watching these characters as a kid on Saturday afternoons. Back then I thought I thought it was funny but the moves a little unreal. I remember Kellett's play acting in the ring. He was always good for a laugh.
They were unreal! Still painful tho for the likes of us.
My mom and neighbor who was her closest friend would watch the wrestling on Saturday afternoon in the sixties and Les was their favourite , there would be tears of laughter, happy days
That was me as well neighbours always in. Happy times indeed better than now we re broken at moment in england
Bobby Barnes sat on my wife’s lap when she was eight months pregnant sat in the front row at Southampton guildhall watching him and Adrian Street they were my all time favourites
I was born in 97 never saw any of this but my family as always been into wrestling and always speak on WoS and 70’s 80’s wrestling fondly so decided to watch some of what I can find and I’m so glad I have been because they’re real treats
saw les live long time ago what a great showman he was never be another
Spot onTony! As a boy and teenager, I watched with my Nan too, she was grunting and groaning with 'em! Never heard sounds quite like them - happy, happy, days! VBW Glenn x
My Saturday was waiting for the wrestling, I think at four o’clock! Never laughed so much.Only fourteen at the time!
Brings back memories I met Mr Kellett a few years before he died verry nice old boy
Used to love watching these with my grandad on a Saturday.
Now, I'm the age and body shape of these two!
You are lucky I am at the age and body shape of your grandad
Thank you for posting this classic wrestling bout ... it, as always clearly demonstrates the brilliance of Les Kellett ... keep them coming please! :)
Barnes is doing his best to look like the sick perverted J. Savile. Although at this time we didn't realise what J S got up to in his spare time!
@@guyharrison4644 Oops, hit a nerve have I?
You have to admit though he does look an awful lot the Savile pervert and at the time this wrestling match took place nobody knew what Uncle Jimmy was getting up to, so maybe Barnes was trying to copy his look. Anyway whatever, sorry if I upset you, try not to cry too much.👍😉
Guy, where have you gone? Come back and act like a man instead of a gutless coward who posts comments then deletes them.
Back when wrestlers looked more or less like ordinary human beings. I had forgotten all about Les Kellett, good post.
Such a fun wrestling match ! Two great wrestlers ! Loved it
Like most people, I sat with my dad to watch the wrestling on Saturday afternoon, Les Kellet was my dad's favourite, along with Bert Royal. But he hated Mick McManus, and Jackie Pallo, I liked Catweazle and Kendo Nagasaki, because I liked his gimmick, and his eventual unmasking. During the bouts, the teleprinter was giving the football latest results at the bottom of the screen. But I mainly liked it because I got to spend time with my dad.
They were great days ... happy memories
Lovely sentiments Peter about precious time spent with your Dad :)
@@Isleofskye Thank You
My old Nan loved this, she would swear like a trooper at the baddies. God bless Nan. X
It must be a Nan thing.Mine was exactly the same Lol.
@michael quirk That's very true my friend.It is, unfortunately only later in life that we fully appreciate the love, values and life lessons they give to us.I know it's a cliche but if only I knew then what I know now.
Loved watching this on Saturdays 🏴👍🏻
Oh what memories, watching these bouts with my Grandad, scary as it was over 50 years ago
Same here! 👍
This takes me back a few years me and my late dad watching Saturday lunchtime wrestling..
Thanks for post these and for bringing back some happy memories :)
Saturday are nit the same without the wrestlering spot
All our dads thought it was real. TV was still a sense of wonder & to be believed. Us young men were more cynical & we knew it was a show. After WW2 they'd seen real 'real' & wanted just simple fun. God bless them.
I remember going to the Kings Hall in Belle Vue (Manchester) to watch the wrestling, also Boxing, Speedway, Stock Cars, Fun Fair, Zoo Park, Skating Rink, Beir Hall, ZooBeDoo Disco, Concerts, Fire Works displays the list goes on.
Those were really the good old days ........ golden memories forever.
Les was a genuinely very hard man inside and outside the ring
Omg, used to love the wrestling on a Saturday, we all sat and watched it as a family..
Wow! New Kellett and Barnes - thanks so much for sharing!
These were the days !
Love the cackle from the old dears in the audience 😀
I was a school boy when I used to watch this on a Saturday with my stepfather he would be laughing his head off..and me too..Les Kelley was my favourite..remember billy two rivers who would do a war dance during the fight ..classic British wrestling..I miss so much..
Bobby Barnes, a much underrated wrestler.
This is definitely the golden age of British Wrestling. Les was from Bradford and he lived just up the road from where i grew up. There will never be anybody quite like Les again. This bout was filmed at St George's Hall Bradford city centre. Les lived in Thornton village and he had a cafe with his wife and son
Absolute classic, cheers 👍👍👍👍👍
Seen them all in Hamilton Town hall Scotland as a boy 🤟🏴
No, you SAW them, you didn't "seen" them.
God this brings all memories flooding bk wen I was a little boy watching this every Saturday on World Of Sport at 4pm.
Used to watch Les at West Ham baths-a Dale Martin venue back in the day, still as entertanig to-day
I used to love watching the wrestling on a Saturday afternoon, great entertainment.
Bobby Barnes, fantastic memories. 👏
My mam and dad loved Les.
Saturday afternoons was all about wrestling and absolute entertainment. Mick McManus, Catweazle, Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks, Pat Roach, Brian Glover, Jackie Pallo, Davey Boy Smith, Kendo Nagasaki, Harvey Smith, Masambula and Tony St Clair. choreographed fun for all the family especially your gran.
'This Is Your Life' Big Daddy is worth a watch.
Bobby Barnes was an excellent, he knew some brilliant move.
My Dad would have loved this😆😆
Wow, you wouldn't want to stop that punch Les Kellet swung........
Entertainment gem happy memories, times, at 4pm sat afternoons👌
Bobby Barnes owned a shop at Langley near Maidstone a small supermarket which was later replaced by a riding shop and is now a private dwelling.
discovered les kellett after reading he was a pioneer of comedy in wrestling
Nice upload 👍 classic wrestling
Kent always sounded so earnest and sincere, but was 'in on it'.
ah brilliant! remember the good old days watching "world of sport" with dickie davies with granda - great memories :-)
plus Kent Walton
@@TRIPLEX47 lol :-)
Used to watch this on Saturday s on bbc1 miss it
It was on ITV
Never on bbc.
BBC 1 had the tv scrambles on. But if they overrun. By 4.oclock my dad turned the tv over to itv to watch this wrestling. Then the wrestling stopped at 4.40 pm for the football results. But as you say happy days
Those where the days Les Kellet RIP
Oh god, I'd forgotten all about Saturday afternoon wrestling. Respect to these guys as they could throw themselves around like crazy, but it was more choreographed than any 'Strictly Come Dancing'. Pure charade.
Wrestling 6 nights a week it couldn't have been anything other than for show.
"You grunt, I'll groan".
As a kid I had one of those puppets and loved it, wish I still had it.
So not PC today !
@@johnfellows2867 True sadly very true
So what did us schoolkids do on a Saturday when it was pissing down with rain ?
We watched the wrestling , Les Kellet , Mick McManus , Giant Haystacks ,Big Daddy · Billy Robinson · Bruno Erlington · Count Bartelli · Geoff Portz and many more
Les Kellett was was a hardman, probably the most feared on the circuit, although somewhat scripted, Les was not to be messed with.
Ohhh brilliant...My Mum used to shout out in the living room and bang the TV when a player was breaking the rules...World of Sport on Saturday's in the 70's - The legendary Kent Walton (RIP) commentating too, Great times :)
Kent Walton was brilliant. Such a calm and knowledgable voice. If you watch UK wrestling without Kent's commentary it's nowhere near as good. I think the wrestlers would agree with that.
This is even funnier than I remember it!! Great stuff!!😁👍
And probably the hardest man ever in wrestling
The good old days at the spa royal hall in Bridlington every Monday night
Wrestling with a good measure of entertainment thrown in...... By 2 skilled practitioners of the art......
Those were the days
We loved him in the late 60s
Happy days good entertainment 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
So much talent no wonders the sweat profusely ❤❤❤❤❤xxxx
One off the strongest wrestler
OMG what a great video. Real wrestling.
Brilliant acting great to watch
Les kellet was simply the best god bless rest in.peace les 🙏🙏❤
Absolutely sensational match!
Les kellet. In real life he was a hard bastard. Mean and horrible. He didn't suffer fools , but what a transformation in the ring. People never upset him or hellfire would follow. A truly wonderful character.
Had you met him?
Sadly not
Les Kellett was a major influence on current day Jon Moxley - Mox used to do the rebound rope move when he wrestled as Dean Ambrose in WWE - he got that from Kellett
This takes me back. When I was a young lad I used to watch these blokes on TV. Les Kellett, Mick McManus, TV Jackie Pallo, Bert Royal and Vic Faulkner - The Royal Brothers, The Black Diamonds. One of my teachers used to work in the dressing room when they visited Leamington Spa. He told us how the wrestlers discussed who was going to win each bout and what moves they were going to make. The famous wrestlers always beat the up and coming, but it wasn't so cut and dried when both contestants were equally famous. I think Mick and Les took turns to win, Les, Bert and Mick always beat Jackie Pallo, and Mick would always beat Vic. It's only watching this bout now, that I can see just how false it really was. Old birds in the audience whacking the "villains of the ring" with their handbags. Such was the entertainment in the 60's.
I used to have a pair of curtains the same colour and design as Bobby Barnes's trunks :)
Great Day's long gone Saturday afternoon
Les Kellet was a frightening man but what a wrestler
You ever meet him?
We all know these bouts were a fix, but, oh how entertaining. lol
Commentator Kent Walton ,he also presented DISCS A GO GO on HTV on a Saturday evening .
watched it every week with my dad. our wrestleing declined in the uk. because the promoters who made the money spent it on fancy holidays cars ect.they never put anything back into it.the wrestleing in the a USA was well behind us they plaughed tons on money back into there sport.makeing it the mutli million pound industry it is today. thats what marc rollerball rocco said
They ruined it with Big Daddy. It just got ridiculous and people turned against it and in the end it was pulled from TV. I felt sorry for the guys who really could wrestle, they were badly let down by the Crabtrees.
This is Gold
Bring back wrestling for friday nights
Ken Walton is so convincing
Ah, Anthony Hopkins vs Rick Parfitt before their careers settled down.
Yeh Anthony Hopkins as the character in silence of the lambs.
What s laugh ,remember these well ,mick mcmanus,haystacks ,jacki pallo, great stuff
I was his second at the pier cleethorpe years ago. ,
What you mean?
Cracking. Hilarious 👍
Les was so comic, always great for a laugh...
Les Kellett probably the hardest wrestler ever to grace the ring
When I was young, I actually thought that British wrestling was genuine lol!
And I bet you thought Father Christmas was as well lol 😂👍
@@Byley-e7h And the Tooth Fairy!
When men were men . ☺
Les is a deadringer for Anthony hopkins (silence of the lambs)., my grandads favourite wrestler , very funny man.
And a really hard man!!!
Believe it or not
And Barnes is a dead ringer for Savile the perv. I thought it was him at first.
@@CB-xr1egcoincidentally Les taught Saville to wrestle
Les Kellet one of the strongest men I ever knew, I recall him physically picking a car up after it had slipped off the ramps and placed the car back on the ramps.
His eldest son was also a wrestler, wrestled under the name of Dave Berry.. Les was a very quick driver, and I had quite a few white knuckle rides, whilst being with him and his second son Chris; driving to the Winter Gardens as Les was running late. He and his wife ran a cafe at the bus terminal in Thornton Bradford. Chris and I were best mates at school. Les treated me like his son, he wanted both Chris and I to become wrestlers but both our career paths took different directions. Les was tee total but always tolerated his wife who wasn’t. She was extremely fond of Harvey’s Bristol Cream Sherry. He was a consummate entertainer.
Was he into the dark arts and the occult?
I remember watching Les “fighting” Mick McManus, Giant Haystacks, Ricky Starr the ballet dancer etc. at our local covered swimming pool.