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
The Bash Street Kids a suit of armour because of his unruly pupils) and "P5" from 1998 to 2000, also about a class and their long-suffering teacher. "P5" was republished in 2006 as "Class Act". The Bash Street Kids appear in the late-1990s "Beano Video". They make a brief appearance in "The Beano Videostars", singing two songs: "The Beano Rap" and "We're the Kids From Bash Street School". Before Beanoland became Wild Asia at the Chessington World of Adventures, it included the Bash Street Bus. The kids were also featured in the water-balloon portion of the park, and their standees were posted at a