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Dirty Dominic Pye took up the wrestling mantle from father Jack. When the family moved from Yorkshire to Blackpool Dominic opened a wrestling gymnasium training youngsters like Harry Strickland, later to gain fame as Jock Cameron, and Frank Hoy, otherwise Wild Angus Campbell.
Dominic staged wrestling shows in the north west, but his base was the seaside town of Blackpool. During the summer season Dominic would promote shows three times a week in Blackpool, usually featuring himself and his wrestling brother, Crafty Casey Pye, otherwise known as Harry Bennett the Barnsley brawler.
A ringside seat for six shillings in the mid 1960s was good value for money in anyone’s book.
Rex Strong told us of the might he was wrestling Dominic on one of Dominic’s own shows. Dominic was in a bad temper and giving Rex a particularly hard time. Suddenly Dominic smiled and let up on Rex – he’d remembered where he’d put that night’s advance takings.
During the day mini skirted girls would walk up and down Blackpool promenade handing out adverts for that days tournament – innovative marketing in those days!
See also Wrestling Federation of Great Britain
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