How To Use town crier In A Sentence
- A "bellman" is the English equivalent of a town crier; his task was to move about the town, ringing a bell and making public announcements. The Bellman's Song (The Moon Shone Bright)
- before we had newspapers, a town crier would cry the news
- Between April and October, the town crier issues a daily proclamation at the High Cross, where in bygone times you would have found bear-baiting, stocks and a whipping post.
- During the weekend, there will also be the chance for budding town criers to audition on the square as the town council looks to appoint a new crier for the town.
- The town crier, in trying to ring out the Prince's arrival, found the clapper of his bell stuck fast.
- You could even decide to sponsor an individual town crier if you have a connection with where the crier comes from.
- It will also include events in villages across Lancashire from rose queens, town crier competitions to plant sales and antique fairs.
- Yet over a four-year period, Watson was employed as a town crier, children's entertainer, and as a toastmaster.
- Also in the town will be a town criers' competition, when ten criers from across the North will also be advertising local businesses, street collections and song and music.
- The crier will also be expected to wear a traditional tricorn hat, a red cloak and to carry the town crier's bell at official functions.
