Sian... ... Alas, Ben's has closed down. I loved those curling faded autographed B&W photos of all the famous folk who had dined there. It was the only place open after 2am, so folks in Show Biz & drunken McGill students used to gravitate there for late-night munchies. Every old wrestler, hoofer and singer was on the wall.   And the food made NO pretence of health: huge fatty slabs of smoked meat with extra-fatty speck if you asked for it. Yum!

A friend was a neighbour to Len Shelley, seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUJoxChD_KA

He used to complain bitterly that he was too handsome (!) and was therefore stuck as a "good guy"! Bad guys make the Big Bucks! He tried wresting in a mask as a villain, sometimes on the same bill as his good-guy persona, but it never caught on. Luckily he never had to rassle himself!

Killer was definitely old-school. The rasslers looked more like stevedores than bodybuilders, and would never admit to fakery.

Art - Haystacks running! Wow. He used to be super-huge, but after the death of his long-time rival, 800-lb Happy Humphrey, he slimmed down to a svelte 350-400 lbs. Doctor's orders. So maybe he could run, or at least fast-waddle!

Ah the memories.