Adrian Street’s story is that of a kid from south Wales who seemed destined to be a third-generation coal miner like his father.His father was someone he never had a good relationship with, as his way of showing love was by openly expressing his disdain for his son
Early Life
Adrian was taken out of school and did work in the mines for one year at the age of 15, where he’d work six days a week, crawling through 10-inches of ice-cold water in the dark, where his hands would be calloused and bloodied from wielding a pickaxe.
Adrian Street had his first match in 1957 in a town called New Addington, just south of London, and it is one nobody in attendance on that night will ever forget.
In 1981, 24 years into his career, Street felt it was time to move on. He explains, “A promoter called Max Crabtree brought his big horrible, fat, flabby brother – Shirley Crabtree AKA Big Daddy – out of retirement. Urggh,” huffs Adrian, rolling his eyes.