Town criers

[mccfluff]

Do you live somewhere that has one?

I was in lich today and one came out dressed in full regalia with the three pointy hat thingy can't remember what its called, i was quite impressed not somethign you see every day i suppose

i did get a tad confused when he thanked tescos at the end and complimented them on their cookies

[cazzz1975]

I have seen the one in lichfield, it was a few years ago though

I have seen one in the black country as well but I dont think he was a regular thing

[boxtops]

The hat's a Tricorn, fluffy! (no, not a Tri Cornet... )

We haven't got a crier but we do have a person who gets all dressed up on Mayorial occasions. I can't think what we call him, but he has similar gear to the town crier.

[mccfluff]

mayor? lol

tricorn that's it i kept on wanting to call it the tricalore

[rowanwitch]

There was a dodgy one in stratford a few years... rather camp ozez oyez come and visit the buk fahr in the town hole

[Jan1957]

We've got one in Hastings. He drinks in my local and is a pain in the @rse.

[cazzz1975]

I prefer "here ye" rather than oyez

I wonder if the town crier has a suggestions box?

[mccfluff]

lol jan,

did you see the one on come dine with me he was funny

and shurrup trigs, you're only jealous

[mccfluff]

what's oyez meant to be?

[Jan1957]

Didn't see that one fluff. Ours likes the sound of his own voice a bit too much!

[craft1948]

We have one in York..........the tourists (particularly the americans) seem to like him. He seems to frighten the japanese............

[JonnyBoy12]

We have got one in the town of Shrewsbury. He is the tallest one in the country I am told.

[mccfluff]

bet he was really hot in all that garb

[Francis Asis]

There's one in Wootton Bassett - regularly see him on a Saturday.

[Eve]

I was going to say Shrewsbury too, was wondering if he was still about as grew up there but not lived there a while now. He is ridiculously tall - 7ft 2!

http://www.telegraph....ds-7ft-2ins-tall.html

[Eve]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyez

[spotit3]

Inwas in Chester a couple of years ago and theywerevholdingthevWorld Chamion Town Crier competition. Every afternoon for a couple of hours town criers from various countries shouted their stuff. They were dressed in full regalia and some of the wives and friends were dressed in clothes of the same era. I didn't realise other countries had town criers but there must have been about 20 countries represented along with lots of English counties. It was brilliant and very good for tourism I would imagine.