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The Seaside Comes To Barnsley!

A park in Barnsley was transformed into the seaside for an event organised by Tuckers Funfairs. In addition to a fantastic range of fairground rides and attractions there was also a massive sand pit to represent the beach complete with plastic seats and deck chairs for parents and grand parents to sit in whilst the kids played.  There was a main stage with pop bands playing throughout the day, a balloon seller, face painting, side stalls of all kinds and even a Fortune Teller. Food and drink including fish and chips were on sale too.

Of course no seaside event would be complete without ice cream, donkey rides and Punch and Judy.

Jolly Good Productions were employed to provide the Punch and Judy Shows on one of the days and the donkey man even brought a little land train which also fitted well into the theme as rides like this are often operated on the sands at seaside resorts.

It was a great idea to try and do something different. Everyone loves a trip to the seaside so why not have the seaside event brought to your doorstep. If you fancy having an event like this for your local community and you’ve got some suitable land why not call Dunny Tucker on mob 07976271516.

Punch and Judy at a seaside event in Barnsley

Punch and Judy

Were you at this event?  Post a comment below and tell us your thoughts.

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Northfields Shopping Centre, Birmingham, Fun Day

What a lovely day we had in Birmingham performing at the Northfields Shopping Centre. Hazel and I were booked as part of the summer children’s entertainment programme with one of our puppet shows and face painting. We arrived in plenty of time to get set up in the centre of the mall and were soon kept busy. I did four shows with lots of children ( and adults ) watching at each time. There was as usual lots of audience participation and the youngsters joined in enthusiastically throughout. The photo below shows the set of The King Custard Puppet Show. It’s quite large but looks great in a shopping centre. Hazel sets up to one side so that those children waiting to have their faces painted can also see the puppets in action. Hazel had lots of compliments on the very high quality of her work. Its very satisfying to knwo that your endeavours are appreciated. Although we had a long drive home we both felt that the day had been a great success and we look forward to being invited back again in the future.

Face Painting at Northfields Shopping Centre

Face Painting by Hazel

King Custard Puppet Show

King Custard Puppet Show

If you were at the Northfields Shopping Centre and met us there please feel free to leave a comment. Thank you.

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Monkwearmouth Museum Gets Thumbs Up From Mr Punch

Mr Punch and his entourage visited Monkwearmouth Museum in Sunderland yesterday and performed four shows to appreciative audiences of children and adults.

Mr Punch enjoyed his visit as it reminded him of the days when people used to flock to the English seaside for day trips and vacations. The museum is housed in a former railway station. The building itself is very grand as was the style in the victorian era when it was conceived. There are many exhibits to show what life was like in the area in years gone by. There is even a fully restored ticket office to show what the station would have been like in Edwardian times.

The museum is designed to be child friendly and there are various interactive displays and a playroom too.

In addition to the Punch and Judy Show there was also face painting by Katrina Wood. This was very popular and there was a queue all afternoon. There were lots of oohs and aahs at the stunning faces Katrina painted and quite a few parents enquiring about Katrina’s availability for face painting at  parties in the Sunderland / Newcastle area. This is no problem as Katrina is based in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Mr Punch’s verdict : The museum is interesting, educational and fun with friendly and helpful staff. Definitely worth a visit.

Monkwearmouth Museum

Monkweamouth Museum

Punch and Edwardian printing machine

Punch and the printing machine

Monkwearmouth Museum Sign

Monkwearmouth Museum sign at entrance

Monkwearmouth Museum Edwardian Railway Station Ticket Office

Edwardian Railway Station Ticket Office

Monkwearmouth Museum Edwardian Railway Station Ticket office

Edwardian Ticket Office

If you were at the Museum and met Jolly Good Productions, saw the Punch and Judy Show, had your kids faces painted please feel free to leave a comment. What do you think of the museum? We’d love to hear your views and feedback.

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Hartlepool Tall Ships Will Be Jolly Good Fun | TV Commercial

The Hartlepool Tall Ships event takes place from the 7th – 10th August 2010. It’s going to be jolly good fun and Jolly Good Productions will be there to help with the children’s entertainment. Keep your eyes open for some superb face painting.

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The Hartlepool Tall ships web site gives detailed information about what will be taking place :

Hartlepool will greet the ships, which will have sailed from Kristiansand in Norway on the second and final leg of the race.

The town already has good links with the tall ships and their captains after almost 40 vessels visited Hartlepool en route to Newcastle Gateshead, who hosted the event in 2005.

During their stay, the ships will be berthed in Hartlepool Quays, and there will be a large number of special events organised in the run up and during the the huge celebrations in August 2010. At the heart of the festivities will be over 4,000 young people from over 20 countries.

Hosting The Tall Ships’ Races further highlights Hartlepool’s well-deserved reputation as a first rate visitor destination. The whole event will be an amazing and colourful spectacle for the people of Hartlepool and the thousands of people who will come to witness this amazing spectacle.

Will you be there?

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Thorp Perrow Circus Mayhem

What a brilliant day at Thorp Perrow Arboretum near Bedale in North Yorkshire. I love this place it is so beautiful. Sir John Ropner and his team have done such a good job in making it  a really nice place to visit. The staff are friendly and helpful, it’s easy to park, there is a lovely cafe, ample seating and even a little plant shop too.

I was there for Circus Mayhem and we had lots of families coming along to try their hand at juggling, stilt walking, plate spinning, diabolo and other fun things too.

Some people brought picnics whilst others bought food and drinks from the cafe and sat round in the sunshine enjoying the surroundings.

Another big attraction at Thorp Perrow is the Bird of Prey and Mammal Centre :

The Falcons of Thorp Perrow is the ultimate family day out, incorporating the opportunity to learn more about birds of prey and associated wildlife, with the enjoyment of hands on experience for all the family.

Here are a few photos I took :

Circus Skills at Thorp Perrow Arboretum, North Yorkshire

Circus Skills

Thorpe Perrow arboretum Cafe

The Cafe at Thorp Perrow

The Circus Tent at Thorp Perrow Arboretum

Circus Tent

Did you enjoy the children’s entertainment at Thorp Perrow? Comments invited.



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Jolly Good Fun At RAF Waddington

The annual Air Show at RAF Waddington is massively popular with the general public. Needless to say a huge ammount of planning and hard work is required by many people to ensure that everything is in place and runs smoothly on the day. The RAF always do a fantastic job thanks to the commitment and dedication from every member of the team. In the run up to the big day everyone is affected, not just the airmen and women but the service families too.

Once the dust has settled and things are back to normal the RAF have their own party for family and friends to relax and enjoy themselves. This usually takes place a week after the Air Show.

Jolly Good Productions were delighted to be invited to provide children’s entertainment once again this year. Fortunately Natasha had just returned from working in France and so all five of us were available.

We had a great day, there is always a friendly atmosphere and the RAF always make you feel welcome.

We did a varied programme of entertainment for the kids including Punch and Judy, Face Painting, Stilt Walking, Magic Show, Circus Workshop and Bubble Making.

There was also a company providing bouncy castles, sumo wrestling and a mechanical bull machine.

It was a lovely hot day and we all enjoyed an ice cream from the ice cream van before packing up at the end.

Stilt Walking at RAF Waddington

Stilt Walkers

Punch and Judy at RAF Waddington

Punch and Judy Show

Face Painting at RAF Waddington

Face Painting

Magic Show at RAF Waddington

Magic Show

Have you been to the RAF Waddington Air Show? Did you attend the Family Fun Day? Did you enjoy yourselves? Comments invited.

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Deer Shed Festival Has Balldersby Bopping

The first ever Deer Shed Festival took place last week at Balldersby Park in North Yorkshire. Large numbers of people camped on site for the weekend and enjoyed an excellent programme of live music. There was lots of other entertainment too. Hazel and Katrina from Jolly Good Productions were there Face Painting together with a beginner face painter who the organisers had booked separately. They were kept busy all day. There were also a variety of workshops and other children’s entertainment activities for the kids too.

Deer Shed Festival campers

Deer Shed Festival Campers

Deer Shed Festival Mural

Mural painted by artists at the Deer Shed Festival

Deer Shed Festival Main Stage

Deer Shed Music Festival Stage

If you went to the festival we’d love to hear about your experiences. Did you see Hazel and Katrina? Did your kids get there faces painted? Did you get your face painted? Comments welcome.

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Great Yorkshire Show Is Expensive!

Hazel has just spent three very busy days this week,  Face Painting at the Great Yorkshire Show in  Harrogate in North Yorkshire. I haven’t been myself but Hazel says it’s a fantastic event. There is so much to see and lots of entertainment. Naturally she gets to speak to lots of people, particularly parents waiting for their kids to have their faces painted. The one thing many parents were complaining  about was the price of the tickets to get in. Unfortunately it doesn’t stop there because food and refreshments are pricey as are the kids rides too. So for the average family a visit to the Great Yorkshire Show can be a very expensive day out. I’m sure that everyone who went to the Show this year had a brilliant time. Lets hope the ticket prices don’t go up again next year.

The Big Wheel

The Big Wheel, an expensive ride at the Great Yorkshire

The cost of a ride on the Big Wheel was £4.50 for adults and £3.50 per child.

Let us know what you thought of the Great Yorkshire Show.

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Pants In The Park In Gateshead 2010

This wonderful annual event takes place throughout the UK. For the past couple of years Jolly Good Productions have supplied Face Painting at the Gateshead  extravaganza.

Did you know that 1 in 2 men will be affected by prostate diseases at some point in their lives? Pants in the Park heps raise funds for vital research raising  much needed awareness about prostate diseases and educating  health care professionals.

‘Pants The Park’ is a 5km fun run which aims to be a great day out for all the family and everyone involved. It doesn’t matter how you get round the course. You could leap , bounce , crawl , elegantly skip  or simply walk at your own pace.

The ideas is to make a hero of yourself by dressing up ‘Superman style’ with decorated pants on the outside of your clothes. There are prizes for the best pants so the more outrageous and colourful the better!

There is  plenty to do before and after you pant round the 5km. Team Pants from Prostate UK are on hand every step of the way to help everyone  make the most of their fundraising and the day itself with organised music, face painting and warm up sessions.

I think Hazel will remember this years event because it rained heavily and she was in a leaky gazebo so she had fun and games of her own trying to keep her paints dry and stop her table from flooding. She did however manage to take a few photos, hope you enjoy them.

Hazel face painting in her leaking gazebo at Pants In The Park 2010

Hazel Face Painting at 'Pants in the Park'

'man in pants' at Pants in the Park 2010

Man In Pants

Gorillas at 'Pants In The Park' 2010

There was plenty of 'monkey business' at pants in the park 2010

'Pants in the Park' where everyone dresses like Superman

Superman?

Local Radio at Pants in the Park 2010

'real radio' were supporting Pants in the Park

You can find out more about Pants in the Park by searching on Google. They also have a Face Book page too.

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Athersley South Action Group Show How It’s Done!

It takes hard work and dedication to organise and run a community action group that can really make a difference. The Athersley South Action Group are a great example for anyone thinking of giving it a go. Here’s what they have to say about themselves:

The Athersley South Action Group came together during the summer of 2008 when the churchside Community Park was opened unofficially.We are a group of residents who were brought together by the dissapointment of vandalism and overall neglect of the park.At various meeting's with the church steering group we decided that something had to be done. Athersley South is a fantastic place to live, but what is there here for our kids, so we decided that we would form a community group to help maintain the park and provide activites for the kids.The groups aims are even higher we are still organising Litter picks on the park on a weekly basis and carrying out saftey checks on the equipment. We have organised trips for young people and we are looking into craft clubs, youth clubs and other social events for both children and adults.Athersley South Action Group want to pull the community together to make Athersley South a more fun, safe and enjoyable place to live for all ages.

The annual Gala takes place on Sunday 8th August 2010 and Jolly Good Productions will be there. We will be providing Punch and Judy, Face Painting, Children’s Magic Show and Circus Workshop.

Come and join in the fun.

For more info go to the web site :

http://athersleysouthactiongroup.webs.com/

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