Bell in one hand, scroll in the other ... In addition to his town crier duties -- which include leading parades and appearing at openings -- he works as a toastmaster, a kind of master of ...

According to The Sun, the town crier dates back to times when literacy ... hear ye," and then he'd ring a bell, pull out a scroll, and give everyone the news. Today, there are still 200 official ...

unfurl his scroll and start “crying,” friends recalled. It wasn’t sad weeping, mind you, but “crying,” as in “town crier.” O’Connell, using the name Redmond O’Colonies ...

Equipped with a paper scroll, a bell and an umbrella, the newly hired town crier cleared his throat and addressed a crowd in the pouring rain on Wednesday in the Quebec City neighbourhood of St-Roch.

The medieval village blacksmith has been reinvented as a social-media-savvy student selling his wares internationally, while a town crier, once used to spread breaking news to townsfolk ...

Some speak to tourists or represent their town at public events. And some — like the 10 competitors (and one crier-turn-judge from England) who made their way to Provincetown — travel to ...

Mark Wylie, Calne Town Crier, (right) won the first Champion of the West of England award Town criers from six counties came together for the eighth annual town crier championships to celebrate ...

A teenage town crier from Cornwall is hoping a more modern outfit will give the role a new lease of life. Max Morrison, 18, became Redruth Town Crier last year but the traditional garb does not ...

A TOWN crier in North Yorkshire has battled back from illness to lead D-Day commemorations in a North Yorkshire town. David Hinde, who has been the town crier of Helmsley since 2017, will give his ...