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Punch & Judy celebration May 2026
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged covent garden, Pollocks Toy Museum, Punch & Judy, puppets, Samuel Pepys, St Paul's Church Covent Garden
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Sally Kindberg at St Paul’s Covent Garden May Fair 2023
On May 14th St Paul’s (aka the Actors’ Church) Covent Garden teemed with colourful policemen, Punch and Judy performers, clowns, puppets, Pearly Queens and other assorted characters. Years ago I met Professor Leslie Press, son of another Punch and Judy … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg and a Pollocks Toy Museum reunion at the Art Workers’ Guild
How lovely to meet up again with some of the Pollocks Toy Museum people at a party held last saturday in the Art Workers Guild, for chats, song, cake and a Toy Theatre performance of Jack the Giantkiller, with Jack … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg’s House of Delights workshop at Pollocks Toy Museum
What better venue to celebrate almost-Christmas than to run a workshop at the magical Pollocks Toy Museum in Fitzrovia, London? And what more appropriate way to travel there than by a pair of wings? Although I’d forgotten about the hazards … Continue reading
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Tagged Channel 4, Charles Dickens, cut outs, explore and draw, Fitzrovia, greeting cards, House of Delights, Miriam Margolyes, paper houses, paper theatres, Pollocks Toy Museum, Pollocks Toy Theatres, Robert Louis Stevenson, Spitalfields Life, The Hand Book, toys, Victorian dolls, Victorian toys, wings, workshops, workshops for all ages
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Sally Kindberg Dinosaur Wrangling in Fitzrovia
Dinosaurs extinct? Pah, nonsense! Lots of Dinos emerged in fantastic drawings by visitors of all ages at the wondrous Pollocks Toy Museum Fitzrovia Fete on Saturday. I had some trouble with my ears, confusing cats with dinosaurs but it … Continue reading
Punch and Judy
Last weekend in another guise (as a Pirate Captain) at the Fitzrovia Fete, I met Robert Styles (should I call him Professor?) as he was dismantling his booth. I’m not a great fan of the events that happen during these … Continue reading
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Tagged Fitzrovia, Fitzrovia Fete, Fred Tickner, Leslie Press, Mr Punch, Pollocks Toy Museum, Punch and Judy, Robert Styles
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Sally Kindberg’s pirate workshop at the Pollocks Toy Museum Fitzrovia Fete
Ahoy there! Pirates of all ages joined me on Saturday at the Fitzrovia Fete, organised by the magical Pollocks Toy Museum, to demonstrate that pirates have remarkably inventive drawing skills. While pirates swashbuckled, crocodiles snapped, musicians played, Punch and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Events, Festivals, Workshops
Tagged activity book, Bloomsbury Activity books, Bloomsbury Draw It! series, crocodile, Draw It! books, Draw It! Pirates, Draw It! series, Fitzrovia, Pearly King, pirates, Pollocks Toy Museum, sea monsters, street festival, treasure maps, workshops
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Sally Kindberg at Pollocks Toy Museum again
This week I called in again at Pollocks Toy Museum, to chat with D, ex-curator who comes in to the museum once a week to catalogue its contents – a mammoth task, as the museum has a myriad of nooks … Continue reading
Walking in London again
A treat today when I revisited Pollocks Toy Museum in Fitzrovia, one of my favourite museums. Afterwards I walked to Bloomsbury, calling at Arthur Beale‘s shop in Seven Dials. Beale‘s, supplier of ropes and all things nautical, is due to … Continue reading