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Film edited at last! Mr Punch’s 350th Birthday Party.

More on ‘The Big Grin’ This film has been a bit of marathon, I had about an hour and half of footage. I wanted to make sure that every Mr Punch who had made the effort to attend was in the … Continue reading

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Punch and Judy – a little bit of history – “That’s the way to do it!’

According to some authorities the character of Punch was the character of Pulcinella (the original Italian name for Punch) who was invented in Naples in or around 1600 by a comedian named Silvio Fiorillo.  This show would have been performed … Continue reading

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