Photograph of the wrestling rink in 1959: it shows the rink covered with boards in preparation for the evening wrestling event. The gas heater in the centre of the photo was the only form of heating available to the patrons and was installed in 1952 throughout the building
From the private collection of Trevor Chepstow
Photograph of the wrestler 'Dr. Death' at Brighton Palladium in 1960
Photo scanned from the private collection of Trevor Chepstow
Photograph of the wrestler Joe Cornelius at Brighton Palladium in 1959
Photo scanned from the private collection of Trevor Chepstow
The pictures above bring back memories of the Sunday wrestling at the SS. the arena was always packed as the stars of TV wrestling were there in the flesh. Wonderful heavyweights like The Masked Zebra Kid,Dazzler Joe Cornelius,Wild Ian Campbell and the American Ballet dancer Ricki Starr. Former boxing champion Primo Carnera also appeared. There were also the lighter stars like McManus, Pallo and the brilliant George Kidd.
By Tony Clevett (27/08/2008)
Anyone remember Les Kellet?
By John Snelling (19/05/2013)
First visit to S.S Brighton: saw Joe Cornelius & Johnny Peters v Bruno Elrington & Ian Campbell. Later saw Zebra Kid, John da Silva, Ray Apollon, Jack Bence, Jackie Pallo, Lucky Simonavich, Linde Caulder, Johnny Kwango , Steve Logan and Tibor Szackaks. Saw Rikki Starr when he came v Alan Garfield. Went on last night of wrestling at S.S and top of the bill was Tibor Szackaks v Peter Mavia. Fantastic memories.
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The pictures above bring back memories of the Sunday wrestling at the SS. the arena was always packed as the stars of TV wrestling were there in the flesh. Wonderful heavyweights like The Masked Zebra Kid,Dazzler Joe Cornelius,Wild Ian Campbell and the American Ballet dancer Ricki Starr. Former boxing champion Primo Carnera also appeared. There were also the lighter stars like McManus, Pallo and the brilliant George Kidd.
Anyone remember Les Kellet?
First visit to S.S Brighton: saw Joe Cornelius & Johnny Peters v Bruno Elrington & Ian Campbell. Later saw Zebra Kid, John da Silva, Ray Apollon, Jack Bence, Jackie Pallo, Lucky Simonavich, Linde Caulder, Johnny Kwango , Steve Logan and Tibor Szackaks. Saw Rikki Starr when he came v Alan Garfield. Went on last night of wrestling at S.S and top of the bill was Tibor Szackaks v Peter Mavia. Fantastic memories.
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