PUNCH & JUDY GIFTS
Punch & Judy Colouring Books - 10 for £8.50
Ideal as gifts to Birthday children or to sell after the show
The Wonderful Drama of Punch & Judy Book - £5.00
Full Member gold embroidered cloth Badge - £5.00
Only available to Full Members of the Punch & Judy Fellowship
Full colour PJF embroidered cloth Badge - £5.00
Blue PJF Tie - £3.00
Embroidered with the colourful PJF logo
Set of six Postcards - £2.00
Two of each style featuring Punch with Crocodiles, Clowns and Policeman
PJF Balloons - 10 for £4.50
Ideal as gifts to Birthday children or to sell after the show
DVD Travels with a Punch and Judy Show - £15.00
Please read Geoff Felix's excellent review below
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Des Turner's DVD "Travelling with a Punch & Judy Show"
An appreciation by Professor Geoff Felix
"To coincide with the 25th Anniversary of the PJF, Des Turner has produced a one hour DVD that celebrates Punch and some of the shows. This has been an ongoing project for some years now, and Des has spent a great deal of time, money and care on what has been a labour of love.
The film takes us to Harrogate, Birmingham, Aberystwyth and the Covent Garden May Fayre and contains excerpts of some of Des's favourite shows. These include Brian Davey's baby being rocked in the cradle and Policeman routines, Clive Chandler's Policeman, Crocodile and Devil, Glyn Edwards' Policeman and Devil and Dan Bishop's Crocodile and Baby which changes expression.
Des then travels to Kessingland, the home of Bryan and Dorothy Clarke, where Bryan talks about his life as a Punch man and shows us puppets by Wal Kent and Fred Tickner. We also see his baby routine and boxing match.
The film ends with Des himself performing the Crocodile and Hanging routines.
I was particularly pleased to see so many excerpts from the shows because this gives a flavour of the different styles all within the tradition. To hear Bryan talking about the old showmen and seeing the photos gives a real feel of the history. It was also poignant to see the faces of those friends who have now left us.
I would like to have seen more of Dorothy, Bryan's wife, and Mavis who have both contributed so much to their respective husbands' careers. Perhaps Des is saving them for his next venture. I hope also that Des might consider doing a documentary on the Covent Garden May Fayre which will celebrate its thirtieth anniversary this year.
My abiding memory of this film is the sound of the swazzle accompanied by laughter. They seem to go together.
I hope that at £15.00, Members of the PJF will realise that considering all that producing a DVD entails, and that all the contributors gave their services so generously for free, this is a real bargain. Anyone hoping to learn how to do the show will benefit a great deal by watching these performers at work."
Geoff Felix - May 2005
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