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 Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 3/2/2006 1:40:38 PM
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Wasn't Les Riley a wrestler in the 60s and 70s.Ran a plumbing business in the Langley Mill area. Also, there used to be someone from the Starth Bank area who was a wrestlers also, but the name slips my mind.Surely someone must have some photo's of Les or maybe they know his son.


I'm Les's brother,I'll start a bit of searching.I travelled round the circuits with him quite alot in the 60's after he came out of the Royal Navy.I have a programme for Langley Mill Fete and Gala 5th August 1957, with the Wrestling programme in the centre page.Les was in the Navy at Chatham then and I remember him coming home on leave specially. Also on the bill was a junior match between Peter Reeves from Langley Mill v Brian Newton from Aldercar. Big Jim Farndon from Eastwood v Con Cooper from Ripley, and Jack Taylor from Langley Mill v Chick Elliott from Rotherham, Jack lived at the first house past the British Legion on Station Road No.77 I remember two more Langley Mill wrestlers, one was Herbert Watson (Digger) and Colin Parkin.
PaulR
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