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Warminster has a new Town Crier, Rick Johnstone, who says he would prefer to be anonymously known as Mr Town Crier.

A TOWN crier hopes to be in good voice this weekend when she competes in the Royal Jubilee Town Crier Competition in Windsor.

THE Royal Borough could spend up to £70,000 to illuminate Windsor and Eton Bridge in honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee if it can raise…

Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! Britain’s Town Criers Put It in Writing A clear ringing voice will be of no use to contemporary criers in this year’s British Town Crier Championships, which will be judged only on written proclamations because of the pandemic. Tony Appleton, a town crier, announcing the birth of a son for Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, in 2019.Credit...Adrian Dennis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images April 21, 2021Updated 4:55 p.m. ET LONDON — Long before newspapers and cable television, it was town criers, with their ringing bells and cries of “...

Last modified on Tue 20 Apr 2021 12.54 EDT Town criers come in all shapes and sizes, but you may expect the possession of a powerful set of lungs to be a prerequisite for anyone hoping to be crowned National Champion. Oyez? In a new Covid-conscious world, the answer is rather: oh no. For the first time in its history, this year the British Town Crier Championships are to be held in perfect silence, with the country’s traditional news-bearers to be judged on the quality of their written cries alone. While judges are usually focused on “three distinct parts of a cry” – sustained volume ...