The Bash Street Kids were taken over by Tom Paterson before being mothballed and they were later collected into two annuals. As Dennis the Menace was revamped, he appeared less with other "Beano" characters and more by himself due to the popularity of his new TV series. "The Bash Street Kids" now has three spin-offs: "Simply Smiffy", "Winston" and "The Bash Street Burp". In the July 2013 75th-birthday edition of "The Beano", a lane near Dundee's West Marketgait was named Bash Street; whereas an anniversary strip showed Bash Street School being destroyed; the characters relocated to Beano High. The strip stars Class 2B, which
Rafael Bash Rafael Bash Rafael Bash (, born 8 January 1913, died 10 March 2000) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for three months in 1951. Born in the Russian Empire in what is today Latvia, Bash made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine in 1938. He joined kibbutz Kfar Blum, where he remained a member until 1956. He was on the Mapai list for the 1949 Knesset election, but missed out on a seat. In 1950 he became director of Mapai's youth department, a position he held until 1953. He entered the Knesset on 21 May 1951