Les Kellett vs Bobby Barnes

Beautiful Bobby Barnes against Les Kellett.

[@samdemic3373]

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.

[@Wooburnmusic]

I wish that we could turn the clock back, great days back then.

[@terryansell6641]

I agree great times then not to good now from New Zealand 😊😊😊 1:25

[@skippytv1956]

The golden age of British wrestling & brilliant to see after all these years 👏👏👏👏

[@kevingray3550]

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

[@yakuzabobbins]

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. 😂

[@romanmartinez6458]

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.

[@StevenKeery]

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.

[@seltaeb3302]

They were unreal! Still painful tho for the likes of us.

[@grahamprentice5257]

I watched this every Saturday with my dad The old days were much better than Love watching it then and brings back good memories

[@decab8292]

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.

[@michaeljohnwicks2328]

Oh how I miss watching Les Kellett on a saturday. A true gentleman & comic,. He was certainly my fave along with the Royal Brothers.

[@user-hl7bc9nb8s]

Do u remember the law brothers, from nunhead south London m

[@kevinjackson6387]

Didn’t they used to do the Boston crab

[@dermotcorbin6795]

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.

[@HerbertDuckshort]

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.

[@djgaryowens]

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.

[@colinwestwood1162]

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.

[@michaeldacombe1759]

Les was one of my Dad's favourites - good to hear Kent Walton's voice again!

[@tomhaskett5161]

Anyone remember a wrestler called 'Catweazle'?

[@djgaryowens]

@@tomhaskett5161 Yes another of the comedy guys he passed away not too long ago his real name was Gary Cooper.

[@jamesoconnell5861]

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

[@brianharbut4054]

😂 Oh the memories! Brilliant showman Les Kellet. Thanks for all the fun Les! 👍⭐️

[@sylviabolan688]

Loving these clips of Les Kellett!⚘

[@raymondsawyer8626]

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

[@michaelwray1034]

That was me as well neighbours always in. Happy times indeed better than now we re broken at moment in england

[@eddieingalls534]

'Have a good week, 'til next week!'

[@glennanderson7795]

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

[@pwareham61]

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.

[@highpeaksphil]

They were great days ... happy memories

[@Isleofskye]

Lovely sentiments Peter about precious time spent with your Dad :)

[@pwareham61]

@@Isleofskye Thank You

[@youngeroldie5089]

Oh what memories, watching these bouts with my Grandad, scary as it was over 50 years ago

[@Puddingtops]

Same here! 👍

[@10beanz]

Used to love watching these with my grandad on a Saturday. Now, I'm the age and body shape of these two!

[@kevingray3550]

You are lucky I am at the age and body shape of your grandad

[@robbates3106]

Brings back memories I met Mr Kellett a few years before he died verry nice old boy

[@richardhunger]

saw les live long time ago what a great showman he was never be another

[@jocularpaddy]

Back when wrestlers looked more or less like ordinary human beings. I had forgotten all about Les Kellett, good post.

[@richardlawrence-brown2585]

My Saturday was waiting for the wrestling, I think at four o’clock! Never laughed so much.Only fourteen at the time!

[@kylere2k9]

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

[@clairecoultan4371]

Such a fun wrestling match ! Two great wrestlers ! Loved it

[@Pelefan1970]

My old Nan loved this, she would swear like a trooper at the baddies. God bless Nan. X

[@folkme3042]

It must be a Nan thing.Mine was exactly the same Lol.

[@folkme3042]

@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.

[@jamesmason9925]

Thank you for posting this classic wrestling bout ... it, as always clearly demonstrates the brilliance of Les Kellett ... keep them coming please! :)

[@CB-xr1eg]

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!

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@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.👍😉

[@CB-xr1eg]

Guy, where have you gone? Come back and act like a man instead of a gutless coward who posts comments then deletes them.

[@charliedrake247]

Loved watching this on Saturdays 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍🏻

[@flyingfox7854]

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.

[@thisiszaphod]

Wow! New Kellett and Barnes - thanks so much for sharing!

[@johnmichaelford3615]

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

[@robh4671]

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..

[@ApriliaGuy1969]

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 :)

[@alancoverdale713]

Saturday are nit the same without the wrestlering spot

[@seltaeb3302]

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.

[@roytetwart]

What a treat that was. I haven't seen wrestling for donkey's years. Les Kellett, there's a name from the past!!!!!!

[@alextripp1230]

Omg, used to love the wrestling on a Saturday, we all sat and watched it as a family..

[@geraldwalker3206]

Bobby Barnes, fantastic memories. 👏

[@kevinbeck6785]

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

[@Puddingtops]

These were the days ! Love the cackle from the old dears in the audience 😀

[@TheOverlord2010]

Les Kellett was was a hardman, probably the most feared on the circuit, although somewhat scripted, Les was not to be messed with.

[@quotemenot7520]

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.

[@christown2827]

'This Is Your Life' Big Daddy is worth a watch.

[@andypreston1524]

Absolute classic, cheers 👍👍👍👍👍

[@ericwilliams2317]

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.

[@agnostic47]

Wrestling 6 nights a week it couldn't have been anything other than for show. "You grunt, I'll groan".

[@Peter-tu1qp]

God this brings all memories flooding bk wen I was a little boy watching this every Saturday on World Of Sport at 4pm.

[@christown2827]

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.

[@rodneykitchen3869]

Used to watch Les at West Ham baths-a Dale Martin venue back in the day, still as entertanig to-day

[@klackon1]

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.

[@purplemoonproductions9269]

great showmanship and good clean enterainment xxxxxx these guys with kents commentary made my sat afternoon xxxxx

[@wanderer1955]

This is even funnier than I remember it!! Great stuff!!😁👍

[@chrishopkins209]

And probably the hardest man ever in wrestling

[@garyflatman3263]

ah brilliant! remember the good old days watching "world of sport" with dickie davies with granda - great memories :-)

[@TRIPLEX47]

plus Kent Walton

[@garyflatman3263]

@@TRIPLEX47 lol :-)

[@EnidAgnusDei]

As a kid I had one of those puppets and loved it, wish I still had it.

[@johnfellows2867]

So not PC today !

[@EnidAgnusDei]

@@johnfellows2867 True sadly very true

[@davidjones6470]

Nice upload 👍 classic wrestling

[@MiniLemmy]

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

[@roberttanner7278]

Ken Walton is so convincing

[@thomasmcclean4352]

Bobby Barnes was an excellent, he knew some brilliant move.

[@littlebigman6957]

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.

[@patience.grasshopper]

Had you met him?

[@littlebigman6957]

Sadly not

[@Chipchase780]

Ah, Anthony Hopkins vs Rick Parfitt before their careers settled down.

[@chris55068]

Yeh Anthony Hopkins as the character in silence of the lambs.

[@Mr-millen]

I went to school with Bobby Barnes daughter ( Bobbie ) and are best friends with his son Steve 🙌🤙

[@stephenedge9140]

Great Day's long gone Saturday afternoon

[@Ray-M59]

Brilliant!

[@gbwildlifeuk8269]

All worked out and agreed beforehand in the dressing room, but good harmless fun 🤣🤣

[@gingerladyaubern]

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 :)

[@vordman]

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.

[@HempsteadGaz]

Kent always sounded so earnest and sincere, but was 'in on it'.

[@tectoramia-sz1lu]

I used to love watching the wrestling on a Saturday afternoon, great entertainment.

[@greycooper1142]

Absolutely sensational match!

[@Matt-uj6jm]

Seen them all in Hamilton Town hall Scotland as a boy 🤟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@cestrian5294]

OMG what a great video. Real wrestling.

[@nathaniredale6210]

Brilliant acting great to watch

[@philglover2973]

Happy days good entertainment 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@ThePhototroon]

A great piece entertainment.

[@stanleybowman4464]

Les was so comic, always great for a laugh...

[@caroleward2756]

The good old days at the spa royal hall in Bridlington every Monday night

[@martynbriggs6696]

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.

[@patience.grasshopper]

Was he into the dark arts and the occult?

[@richardhancock2771]

Used to watch this on Saturday s on bbc1 miss it

[@quietman2672]

It was on ITV Never on bbc.

[@richardcurtis2469]

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

[@iamrocketray]

When I was young, I actually thought that British wrestling was genuine lol!

[@Puddingtops]

And I bet you thought Father Christmas was as well lol 😂👍

[@iamrocketray]

@@Puddingtops And the Tooth Fairy!

[@johnbowkett5920]

When men were men . ☺

[@Brian-om2hh]

Wow, you wouldn't want to stop that punch Les Kellet swung........

[@PhillRobinson]

We loved him in the late 60s

[@stuartthompson4326]

Bring back wrestling for friday nights

[@johnobrien8910]

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

[@vordman]

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.

[@mymoviesbetter8466]

Les Kellet was a frightening man but what a wrestler

[@patience.grasshopper]

You ever meet him?

[@davidbeavan9521]

Those were the days

[@Brian-om2hh]

Wrestling with a good measure of entertainment thrown in...... By 2 skilled practitioners of the art......

[@guyharrison4644]

love Barnes` outfit. There must be footage of `Hell`s Angels` tag team hidden somewhere.thanks for posting this.

[@user-wu1dv6jk5s]

This is Gold

[@sharronoxley4923]

God bless big daddy rip

[@peterfenton2750]

Entertainment gem happy memories, times, at 4pm sat afternoons👌

[@MAINEVENT99]

discovered les kellett after reading he was a pioneer of comedy in wrestling

[@jayturner3397]

Oh me back.lol..great days

[@gobuddygo5801]

COMIC GENIUS

[@THEJR-of5tf]

I watched the wrestling on a Saturday with my dad, it was great fun. I did not like Mick McManus. My favourite was Billy two rivers. You knew there would be trouble when he did his war dance. I can still see him now, after all these years. These were much more enterning than the US crap we get now. All shouting and chest beating, typical Yankee tripe. I am pleasantly surprised, after posting my response I scrolled through expecting loads of abuse from the Yankee lobby. But no all in praise of the best in wrestling.

[@user-mx7hc6kw4z]

So much talent no wonders the sweat profusely ❤❤❤❤❤xxxx

[@jimlepeu577]

We all know these bouts were a fix, but, oh how entertaining. lol

[@garyfalkingham1783]

What s laugh ,remember these well ,mick mcmanus,haystacks ,jacki pallo, great stuff

[@ComputerMoses]

I remember when something went wrong and Les had a bad back injury during a wrestling bout in the ring. It looked really bad. He had to be carried off.

[@user-xh3lz9xt4l]

Les Kellett probably the hardest wrestler ever to grace the ring

[@ianwilkinson4602]

I wouldn't watch WWE so called wrestling it is a joke. This on the other hand, is out and out fun and everyone knew it, great entertainment.

[@mikephillips950]

Les is a deadringer for Anthony hopkins (silence of the lambs)., my grandads favourite wrestler , very funny man.

[@davidjones6470]

And a really hard man!!! Believe it or not

[@CB-xr1eg]

And Barnes is a dead ringer for Savile the perv. I thought it was him at first.

[@patience.grasshopper]

​@@CB-xr1egcoincidentally Les taught Saville to wrestle

[@markywellsboy2182]

Me and my Dad used to p1ss ourselves laughing at this while waiting for the footy results. Happy days.

[@peterdudgon3830]

same here

[@kencolbrook5944]

I was his second at the pier cleethorpe years ago. ,

[@patience.grasshopper]

What you mean?

[@antoniopalmero4063]

Acrobatic Showmen doing what they do best. 😂

[@johnbowkett5920]

I got Kellet's signature in the Manzil Indian Restaurant back in early 70's .

[@patience.grasshopper]

Was he nice to ya?