Punch Art Page after page of every issue of the journal is decorated with Punch art both traditional and modern. Here's an excerpt from the Autumn 1998 issue of Around the World With Mr. Punch. The article was supplied by Ray DaSilva. A street corner in the Kensington district. A medium sized gathering of people with eyes focussed upon something slightly above thelevel.
Every face bears a tense expression.
It's a Punch and Judy show. The old performance which was said to have reached the height of its popularity in the days of Queen Ann. Queen Ann is dead but Punch and his family remain with us and appear to once again be coming into their own. This is due to the fact that he has presented his Punch show every season at Margate for nearly forty years. Charles is the head of the present Smith family and represents the eight generation of Smiths in the Punch and Judy business and there is still another generation to carry on.