I LOVED Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy ❤️ Saturday's were amazing because of these men !

@commandingjudgedredd1841

9 ай бұрын

"Easy! Easy!"

@damianjones7554

5 ай бұрын

Easy! Easy! Easy!

Why big daddy was deemed as a nice man, absolutely baffles me. Big Daddy was often arrogant and rude off stage. I know that as I were a ring builder, and seen his behaviour towards people he never even knew- who only wanted to meet him and shake his hand, before the wrestling was opened to the public. Unbelievably one of the nicest of all Wrestlers was Martin Ruane (Giant Haystacks) A proper God fearing true Gentleman out of the ring. A VERY likeable man.

@ianbentley7276

Жыл бұрын

well we can only go on what we see here, but i hear what you say.

@DJ-Brownie-UK

Жыл бұрын

MATE I CAN SEE IT IN HIS EYES AND WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF ANYONE NOTICES HIS DISCOMFORT ON MEETING SOME OF THE GUESTS BROUGHT IN , LIKE ITS SOME IN JOKE THAT TIYL WAS ACTUALLY BRINGING VICTIMS IN TO HUMILIATE

@vaseofflowers4619

10 ай бұрын

He sounds a bit of a tool if that's true.

@angiedawnmoody3519

9 ай бұрын

​@@vaseofflowers4619Sadly he was!! When he wrestled at Southampton Pier or our Guildhall he was often seen pushing children to one side and even swearing at them to leave him alone....My late Mother saw this happen many a time and she said Giant Haystacks was a gentleman that lifted children up,let them take photos with him etc...BD acted nice for the cameras most of the time. So clearly not a very nice man

@TS-1267

9 ай бұрын

... " SHIRLEY Not..."

These folks seemed so nice and warm, a far stretch from what we're getting in television nowadays (and in society at large)

@RabidGerry

2 жыл бұрын

Oh for sure, no one give a dam about one another any more, no manners, no consideration for others. Society is really taken a turn for the worse.

@keithy507

Жыл бұрын

Back when people were themselves! Now everyone is trying to be somebody they’re not, just to fit in!

@fraser5754

9 ай бұрын

@@keithy507 I think you're forgetting a wee something! Wrestlers are always being something they're not lol

@user-gv3bt5mi3o

9 ай бұрын

Cause men were men in them Days had respect and manners

@stewroo

6 ай бұрын

​@@user-gv3bt5mi3o "Boohoo I'm frightened of new perspectives and societal development" Give it a rest snowflake. Big Daddy would've said as much.

What a lovely man! Loved the wrestling growing up in the 1970's

I was at school when all this was on, and I used to watch the wrestlering every Saturday afternoon

@patricaoreilly2143

3 жыл бұрын

I use to watch every Saturday afternoon with my Dad & woman sitting on the side of the ring. Waiting to bash any man who fell out of the ring with their hand bags. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@sablebasilisk7998

3 жыл бұрын

@@patricaoreilly2143 I was about 9 or 10 when my mum introduced me to Kent Walton etc. There was Mighty John Quinn, Rollerball Mark Rocco, Mick MacManus and Jim Brakes plus of course Kendo Nagasaki unmasking !!!!

@patricaoreilly2143

3 жыл бұрын

@@sablebasilisk7998 I remember the old ladies with their bags ready to whack Mick if he fell our of the ring. They were really serious about it. 😂😂😂😂😂

@phillawrence6413

3 жыл бұрын

Same man

@rocker-barrel4786

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

A huge man but his heart was even bigger.

@nichhodge8503

Ай бұрын

Physically and well as metaphorically. Big Daddy may have been crap in the ring and the total opposite to Dynamite Kid, Mark ‘Rollerball’ Rocco and Marty Jones who were 3 of the best wrestlers ever in the ring but they never got over with the crowd like Big Daddy

It cannot be underestimated how big this all was in 70's My father took me a couple of times to Kings Hall,Belle Vue Manchester, and the only memory was Big Pat Roach,The myth around Kendo Nagasaki was huge, the fact that all those names were there is huge respect....as it happens the big man lived not far away from me,use to drive a Granada with his seat in the back...Giant Haystacks of course.

@heathermuir2842

10 ай бұрын

And early sixties I saw them all even the tag matches especially the royal brothers awesome xx Heather

A gentleman and a legend sadly missed i loved big daddy 🙏❤🌹

@user-tj6gd4hr8l

10 ай бұрын

R also,!

Things like this make me wish I could go back to when I was young.

@andymatthews7617

2 жыл бұрын

Brings tears to your eyes.

@ENGLISHCHIEF1

2 жыл бұрын

We didn't know it but they were the best times of our lives.....

@andymatthews7617

2 жыл бұрын

@@ENGLISHCHIEF1 absolutely, I want to ho back in time, NOW

@SA77888

Жыл бұрын

@@ENGLISHCHIEF1 Yep, pitty we didnt realize it at the time.

This show seems like a millions years ago now

The good old days...... all gone

@Shrooms-up6sv

16 күн бұрын

Sake mark, cheer up man.

Also good to see my mate 'Kendo Nagasaki' (Peter Thornley), who will be 81 this year.

my gran who was a very strict christian woman, loved Big Daddy and the way she used to get upset at those baddies he fought...like Giant Haystacks...she would use expletives like a bissum...and that was saying something for her lol...he was brilliant..he inspired a lot of positivity in people no matter what age you were..a golden age for sure...

saw him wrestle in my town, spent a hour with the kids wanting pics afterwoods.. great guy

Bloody miss this legand gone but never forgotten rip Big daddy

This was pure gold felt so happy to see it .loved this is your life ,and I love BIG DADDY

I never missed a Saturday watching the wrestling. I remember Big daddy tag teamed with a new wrestler called Davey Boy Smith who then became known as the British Bulldog in America.

I was lucky enough to see him wrestle as a young man. He was brilliant. He deserved every thing he achieved.

@jharbin4409

Жыл бұрын

You must have been smoking crack

@davidfelix2594

Жыл бұрын

Wrestling is all fake

Used to love all this. Haystacks was also a gentle giant outside the ring . Daddy was at lot larger than this (as was Haystacks) when Wrestling ended here in the early - mid 80s. Haystacks was only 33 here! I guess most of these people have passed away now.

@liverpix

10 ай бұрын

Kendo Nagasaki is still around.

wrestling on a saturday was great on tv back in the day

@karenhill3161

2 жыл бұрын

I loved it, my dad and I watched every Saturday and would often go and see them live. Happy days

Wow....When I worked as a Porter in Royal Crescent Hotel, Brighton way back in late 70's I served BD, his wife and daughter every night when they returned after a show. She had a pot of tea and he always had an ice cold bottle of milk. Lovely polite family. I also remember him going to the beach for a swim every early morning

Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks - loved watching both of them. May they both RIP.

He was my favourite wrestler growing up

@jacksonirving4594

3 жыл бұрын

He was everybody's favourite ..

This is like a breath of fresh air ..thanks for posting ..

@cols-muscle-power

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

Gosh and to think they all gone now 🥺🥺 wow what an amazing show

Never seen this before until now .I reckon it was one of the best ever 👌👌

Good happy days Loved BD My dad's favorite

Loved this guy my mum loved him more we watched wrestling every Saturday happy times ..a genuine gentlemen,a real life super hero,a super star!

Fantastic memories brought up watching 70s wrestling, brilliant to see the stars of the time.

Have just read Kendo's biography, it is very detailed and intelligent, if you are interested in the 70's scene I recommend it.

Yorkshire is a tough place. To be called Shirley he had to be. I understand he was loved by the country.

Now THESE were REAL Wrestlers!

@nebularain3338

3 жыл бұрын

None of them were "real" wrestlers. They were showmen, there solely for entertainment, and they delivered.

@tonytoonstours

Жыл бұрын

@@nebularain3338 really, I would check the backgrounds of Marty Jones, Pete Roberts, Tony St Clair, Steve Grey, Mick McManus ect.

@da90sReAlvloc

Жыл бұрын

​@@nebularain3338 yeah true didn't Bret Hart British bulldog and dynamite kid wrestle with these guys. Also William regal Bunch of actors non of them are wrestlers

@stepheng8779

11 ай бұрын

​@@tonytoonstoursI would learn to spell etc

@tonytoonstours

11 ай бұрын

@@stepheng8779 etcetera lol

He comes across as a really nice humble bloke who just cared about entertaining the crowds. Shame he is not in the hall of fame because if there is one name to pick as a British wrestler everyone remembers him. He sold out venues.

My 2 favourite wrestlers Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks I saw BD The week Lord Mountbatten was taken from us

@charleyfarley5065

2 жыл бұрын

Wow.

Blown away. So easy to forget how good TV was in terms of human value and I hate to say it but nowadays TV really is just trash.

Shook his hand as a 9yr old in Blackpool after a match, so excited to meet him.

Halifax boy, makes me proud to be from Yorkshire. What a lovely guy. Love this programme.

@homer8029

3 жыл бұрын

he was friends with jimmy savile though

@aglockinmasock

3 жыл бұрын

Lovin dat Yorkshire accent. We're all Yorkshire aren't we

@homer8029

3 жыл бұрын

@@aglockinmasock no

@chrisfallon9678

3 жыл бұрын

I am from East lancs( Burnley )but not too far afield .he was great Yorkshire lad !!

@RSR423

2 жыл бұрын

@@homer8029 Everybody knew Saville back then, doesn't mean they knew what a monster he was.

Oooh thank you so much for taking me back to the days of Madley street baths in hull xxxxx 😘 Heather

Big Daddy may have been crap in the ring and the total opposite to Dynamite Kid, Mark ‘Rollerball’ Rocco and Marty Jones who were 3 of the best wrestlers ever in the ring but they never got over with the crowd like Big Daddy. I heard William Regal talking to Stone Cold Steve Austin about Big Daddy and William Regal said “you will never understand just how much of a national treasure Big Daddy was”

I did look up Brian Crabtree some years ago, and did wonder whether he was still alive, have just looked him up again, and he’s alive, aged 86, well done Brian!.

A really great guy who we saw in the wrestling ring and at Blackpool afterwards

Brilliant Saturday on world of sport wrestling.

One of my favourite TIYL episodes. Thanks for uploading.

Shirley Crabtree aka Big Daddy was my first hero in life, the ultimate good guy and the only man in the country that barred Paul Sykes from a nightclub.

I took my kids to bell bue in the late 70s to see the KN was my favourite but GH really was likeva giant!

This was awesome.

Thank you for this post I smiled my way through the whole thing

@staurtsharman2299

2 жыл бұрын

... Yeah, and cried a little, wishing the world, that warm, comfortable, unspoilt memories of being a child watching the wrestling every Saturday afternoon with my parents, and enjoying every second of it, would never end...

Never seen this before what a really nice guy

"I noticed that Giant Haystacks never smiled once on the show, didn't know if that was real or an act but British Wrestling was more believable than over here in the U.S. ,very good

@MrIain73

4 жыл бұрын

Roger Temple believe it our not mate Giant Haystacks was a Gentleman big daddy was entertment for the kids

@PrideOfTorbay

4 жыл бұрын

I noticed that when Shirley was surprised with the red book, Martin (Haystacks) was applauding. They were both Gents away from the ring.

@michaelcityoldtimer3342

3 жыл бұрын

Met haystacks in a petrol station where I worked he was a miserable get

@rivertwygzbed543

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelcityoldtimer3342 what did he do?

@soddof7972

3 жыл бұрын

I think hes maintaining kayfabe - if you look at the start hes applauding harder than any other. Both understood the business better I guess than Eamonn

reminds me of sunday nights and the fear of having school tomorrow. great times though. my ole dad loved this program.

What a gent

Big daddy is the greatest of the world

R.I.P. to the Wrestling Legend!, although if this Geezer ever saw My Belly He'd have run a Mile!.

This guy toured the country going to tiny towns appearing in school gyms and town halls..dedicated they were. Everyone got to see them live on a Saturday afternoon from their home or TV.

This is my life

R I P Shirley Crabtree aka Big Daddy well liked as a wrestler

I remember as a kid picking up a copy of a tatty rag called TVTimes. There was a double page spread with a picture of what Big Dady eats in a day. Incredible. Two whole chickens. Four large baked potatos. Rice pasta meat veg more veg more meat and more pints. And repeat several times a day lol. A sporting legend the likes of which Americans can only dream of emulating lol. Love to you all.

Rip great uncle.

What a good man.....

I loved Big Daddy.They don`t make wrestling like this anymore.

I miss this time as well I grew up in the 80s: just seemed more innocent and fun. Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks are legends. Wrestling on ITV on Saturdays was always a good bit of entertainment

23:17 Really glad Giant Haystacks had a chance to make a comment.

Many thanks for posting👍

Great upload! EASY! EASY!

What a true champion

I remember has a child watching the likes of Big Daddy and Giant Haystack years ago. Can't remember when , it was either late 1970"s or early 1980"s. And him them days it was all about wrestling and boxing and we loved it It's not like that now.

I took young relatives to see Big Daddy at Local Town Hall he was superb he played to the audience and little kids what fun they had good clean fun. Seems another World !!!!

GREAT SHOW I F HAVE SEEN MANY TIMES

they say haystacks was really a very nice man church on sunday. nothing like the guy in the ring. big daddy the man who hated kids but put up with them

oh my goodness my mum used to love him

Cheer up G.H. ,I hope that they were friends off set cos we all know wrestling is just for show.great edition though thanks for that

brilliant stuff.. Halifax lad done great

@chrisfallon9678

3 жыл бұрын

I grew up watching world of sport wrestling watching this Shirley big daddy seemed a great chap would of loved to of met him 👍

Thanks for posting this. This was beautiful nostalgia. I love how grateful and happy Big Daddy was to be 'caught'. World of Sport wrestling was always fun, even believable...unlike the rubbish from the USA

@phil6844

11 ай бұрын

Believable 😂😂😂 that’s because you where watching it in 140p quality.

Great upload, thank you

What a guy, god rest his soul.......

Loved this is your life and the people who appeared especially The great big daddy a true legend .🤼

I find that people who were brought up in wartime were grateful and very polite, unlike the trash that walk our planet now 😡

@harbster2

Жыл бұрын

So true. The country is full is scumbags these days. Can't trust anyone.

@blackcountrywench6483

Жыл бұрын

true but they didn't have diversity in their days

@Danny-kt8zg

8 ай бұрын

@@blackcountrywench6483Yes what a great dance group.

I remember I was a young kid on an exchange. In St. Albans' town hall there were wrestling matches, among them were Big Daddy and "Mr. TV"Jack Pallo. I wanted to see them, but the lady I was staying with, opted for a Charlie Chaplin film instead. I never forgave her 😒

Saturday Afternoons… Cup of Tea and Cheese and pickle Sandwiches with a generous helping of Wrestling on TV. Miss you Dad 💜💜

Great man and his Nephew was one of the best Huddersfield Rugby League players of all time.

Used to love this...when I was younger my dad said to me when you go out make sure you stay away from the man with the red book...he is too nosey...

Legend.....and one of our own,Halifax Lad.....R.I.P

Legend

HEY BBC , On behalf of a very large part of uk tv audience...... Come on do the decent thing.... listen to your viewers..... BRING back "This is your life"

Mr crabtree seemed a nice man.i saw him wrestle at a show in weardale county durham in about 1972 , there was another wrestler there too called masambula.

@karenhill3161

2 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking that

A true gentleman. Not false like todays lot.

What a great fella !!!

His face. Bless him x

@graham2sexy955

Жыл бұрын

❤️

a brilliant example of the coldstream guards second to none

The good old days,when wrestling didn't require athleticism and skill, When addition were done on a Saturday night down the pub!

Great Guy.. a True Gentleman..

Good days. ..

Loved Saturday's wrestling back then

@scorelineupdate129

7 ай бұрын

The world of spastic Wrestling

I Smiled all the way through that. Looked like he genuinely enjoyed every minute of that unlike some of the celebs they used to have on the show. . Heard he could be a bit of a diva behind the scenes though.

GREAT MEMORIES, WILL LIVE FOREVER.

Back in the good old days when tv programs were decent and men were men and women were women!

I so wish we had wrestling like this these days in t UK not wwe etc

What a genuinely lovely guy.

@ianbentley7276

Жыл бұрын

indeed he did

I remember as a kid but this be interesting

Large Father was a British wrestling icon.