1975 Press Photo Cabaret Act Man Breaking Concrete Over Wife's Head Rogers

Not a very nice way to treat the wife but she doesn't complain: Fred Rogers is a man who often gives his wife Joan a good hammering an amazingly she's still alive and well, and loving every minute of it. The reason is that Joan assists her husband in a daring cabaret act in which He smashes a 14-pound sledgehammer down on a half-hundred weight paving stone shattering it while it is balanced on the head of his wife. ''Nothing to it'' said the hard-headed housewife from Watford, who has been married to Fred for 24 years and have 14 children. Now their part-time cabaret act has brought them success - they have won a spot on a television show called ''Opportunity Knocks''. Photo shows Fred Rogers brings down the 14-pound hammer shattering the paving stone balanced on the head of his wife Joan.

Photo measures 8 x 10 inches.

Photo is dated 10-10-1975.

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