Profile Punch & Judy A puppet regime that's still going strong after 350 years As tasteless as candyfloss, as stomach-churning as the Big Dipper - no wonder children still love Britain's grossest seaside attraction, says William Langley

The Sunday Telegraph London | August 17, 2008| | Copyright

Before a wide-eyed audience of impressionable children, torn for the duration from their iPods and PlayStations, a deformed wife- beater is committing unspeakable acts of violence, including the coshing to death of a policeman, and the throwing of a baby through an upstairs window. What? And only last week we were worried about Batman.

"That's the way to do it," cackles Mr Punch, as his wife, Judy, collects a mighty blow to the head. Wreathed in the reassuringly rancid aromas of the English seaside, the kids hoot their appreciation, but their numbers are noticeably fewer these days, and fewer ...

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