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Viking Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: Dagenham Rover on May 24, 2013, 09:38:21 pm

Title: Mick McManus
Post by: Dagenham Rover on May 24, 2013, 09:38:21 pm

People of a certain age will know this ex wrestler who passed away on the 22nd May  aged 91


http://wrestlingheritage.co.uk/themanwelovedtohate.htm

Nice little video at the bottom of this article featuring Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy  with a glimpse of McManus

http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2013/05/23/mick-mcmanus-a-subversive-renegade-in-the-era-haystacks-kendo-and-king-kong-kirk-230501/

Title: Re: Mick McManus
Post by: not on facebook on May 25, 2013, 12:08:53 am

They dont make bad Guys like him anymore do they

Thanks for the memorys Mick.

Title: Re: Mick McManus
Post by: BobG on May 25, 2013, 12:14:15 am

I'm gobsmacked he was 91. It's hardly credible is it? It's only yesterday we were sat watching the goggle box thinking what a nasty piece of work he is... As a youngster I always liked Giant Haystacks. Now he was one BIG guy!

Yet another era ends. Reminds me of my granddad. Used to read the death notices in his local paper to work out how many of his generation were left.....  As he lived to be 99 and three quarters he watched them all go....

Cheers

BobG

Title: Re: Mick McManus
Post by: jucyberry on May 25, 2013, 12:29:42 am

Apparently one of my aunts was fathered by a McManus, my nan was convinced he was a relative.. Surreal fact.. Mind you her first child was adopted by a family called Jacobs so she was convinced they were the cracker people.....

I can only think the workhouse had a profound effect on her...  :huh: