The first Punch and Judy show in Covent Garden was first mentioned by Samuel Pepys in 1662, but more recently Mr and Mrs Punch and family were joined by other puppets in the churchyard of St Paul’s Church.
When my daughter was very small, she attended a nursery close by, and if the weather was fine, the children were brought here for a break. It was here in 2012 that I bumped into Professor Leslie Press, discovered his birthplace was on the street I live on, was invited to tea at his current house and eventually held an exhibition about him in his old London home, which is now a hairdressers.
Today, Mr and Mrs Punch, carved by Fred Tickner, who also carved Professor Leslie Press’s puppets, were also having an outing from their home at Pollocks Toy Museum, watched over by Trustee Alan Powers.
