Crier Collection

Town crier, St Marys, Scilly Isles
The local town crier, Wilfred Tonkin, on St Mary s, Scilly Isles. Seen here announcing the fact that the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, has taken up residence in his holiday bungalow

Town Crier in pony and trap, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
James Smith, Town Crier of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, in pony and trap. Seen here passing the butchers shop owned by J Potter, where cuts of meat are on display

The old city bellman, Norwich
Photograph of an old city bellman in Norwich, UK 1905

Dorset Town Crier
Oh yeyh, oh yeyh!. The Town Crier of Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, wearing the traditional costume. Date: 1950s

Town crier at Clitheroe Country Fair, Lancashire, England
The town crier bawls out the latest news at Clitheroe Country Fair, Lancashire, England. First published The Daily Telegraph Date: 1988

Advert, Van Houten's Cocoa, with town crier. Date: circa 1900

New London Bridge, Billingsgate and the Scavenger. New London Bridge built by John Rennie in 1825 4, Billingsgate fish market 5 and Scavengers with horse and cart cleaning the streets 6

Town crier
an 18th century town crier at work in the snowy conditions. Artist: E C G Date: circa 1908

Outbreak of WWII - Sphere cover - Proclamation of war London
Front cover of The Sphere with photograph depicting an official proclamation about the declaration of war made by Mr W. J

Christmas frieze, Yule Log and Town Crier in Snow

Christmas frieze, Town Crier in the snow

Street Trade seller - toys
William Liston from Glasgow, served under the Duke of York in Holland, where on the 6th of October 1799, he lost his right arm and left leg and his place in the army

Town Crier Date: 1940

FRENCH PUBLIC CRIER
A French public crier makes an announcement : a mother shows her child the broadside, but passing street pedlars only laugh... Date: 17th century

TOWN CRIER / CONTEST
The parade at the start of the Town Criers Contest, Southampton, Hampshire. Date: 1950s

DEATH CRIERS
Two Death Criers who accompany the funeral procession : left - a French crier right - English Date: 17th century

Market day 1856
Market day in a country town, with the Town Crier crying, a farmers wife in a cart, a beggar, a carriage advertising a circus, an organic vegetable stall, and much, much more... Date: 1856

Champion Town Crier
Mr. Gomer Thomas, winner of the National Town Criers Championships of England and Wales, at Marlborough, Wiltshire, waving his Champtionship Cup aloft!

Town crier in action, Lyme Regis, Dorset
Town crier in action on the sea front at Lyme Regis, Dorset. Date: circa 1970s

Cuthbert Featherstone
CUTHBERT FEATHERSTONE Crier to the king - presumably James I ? Date: 1537 - 1615

Social / French Village
The French equivalent of a town crier, the Tambour du Village, reads some news to a crowd of people Date: circa 1920

Town crier in action, Fowey, Cornwall
Town crier in action at Fowey, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Illustration of a Town Crier, ringing his bell and proclaiming

Ilfracombes Town Crier - R. Martin
Ilfracombes Town Crier - Mr R. Martin on horseback, carrying his bell. The horse has special tack which bears the legend: Town Crier ! Date: circa 1910s

Poor street magazine seller and child
A poor ragged woman with a very beaten-up face pictured ironically selling the magazine Larks on the street whilst clutching her infant child Date: circ 1898

Baileys Furniture Paste
Bagleys Furniture Paste polish, 1900 1900

Kuropatkin(?) as town crier. Print shows a man, possibly Russian General Aleksei Nikolaevich Kuropatkin, wearing suit and skis, holding a bell and a sheaf of papers

TOWN CRIER
The town crier at Corsham, Wiltshire, England. Date: 1950s

Baby / Town Crier 1921
A distraught baby: the popular town-crier. Date: 1921

Town Crier / Contest
A contestant from St. Columb, Cornwall at the Town Criers Contest held in Southampton, Hampshire. Date: 1950s

Indian Town crier beating his drum

Cycling Town Crier
The Town Crier of Sidmouth, Devon, uses a tricycle to take him from one street corner to the next

C17 Maypole
The Town Crier summons the populace to the maypole set up in the village street

Town Crier Circa 1800
A Town Crier advertises the disappearance of Mr Guinea - an allusion to the inflation caused by the wars with France

TOWN CRIER / 1890 S
A town crier announces the latest news

Unruly Crowd at Hustings
An unruly crowd attend the hustings at Eatanswill

French Village Crier
The crier in a French village has summoned the villagers with his drum and now reads them the news of the day

Puritan Town Crier
Puritan town crier, sent through town to prohibit Christmas Junketings

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