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Is traditional Punch and Judy dying out at the seaside?

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Is traditional Punch and Judy dying out at the seaside?

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Only to the extent that the Great British Seaside Holiday isn’t what it once was. Commentators who assume the decline of seaside Punch is the same as the decline of Punch have missed the point. We don’t say that the Press is in decline because it’s no longer in Fleet Street. It’s thriving elsewhere – and so is Punch. His time at the seaside was an interlude for a show that was originally associated with the great agricultural fairs of Old England. When huge towns sprang up after the Industrial Revolution he became a street entertainer and when the Victorian social revolution made day trips to the seaside a reality Mr. Punch got on the new fangled railways and followed the crowds. He had a good stay there and became fixed in the national consciousness as a seaside attraction along with Minstrel Shows, donkey rides and the rest. He’s not there so much nowadays because neither are the crowds. Some beaches still support a Punch show as there are Profs determined to keep this part of the tr

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