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though production did not begin until 1949

Acts from Belle Vue's famous circus outside the partially demolished Kings Hall

The Profligate Pastry-Cook's mb-width 1005 after which it will be'The Profligate Pastry Cook's', 1860. This cartoon depicts a family of elderly mother, daughter and daughter's young children, taking lunch in a restaurant. This represents the typical middle class family. However, Punch is poking fun at the typical middle class family who waste their money on French foods, such as veal and wine. Many things French, particularly literature, were at the time considered to be full of immorality, and, it appears, their