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Town Criers Prayer
Their bells are silent now.
Their voices unheard.
Their lives of service will be recalled
and its message understood.
God be with them.
Their bells are silent now.
Their eyes no longer see,
For they are with their maker
Their souls are set free.
But although they have left us now,
We’ll meet again some day
And then at heavens gate
We will hear their loud OYEZ!
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Criers by Location
A
Alcester: David Parkes
Alton: Dave Parsons
Ampthill: Kelvin Horton
Arundel: Angela Standing
Axbridge: Nigel Scott
Axminster: Nicholas Goodwin
B
Bakewell and Newmarket: Brenda Willison
Bampton: Simon Bartlett
Barnoldswick: Elizabeth Anderson-Watson
Beaconsfield: Richard Smith
Bideford: Jim Weeks
Billingham: Joe Stockil
Bishop Stortford: Carole Williams
Blandford Forum: Jean Jeffrey
Blandford Forum (Deputy): Liz Rawlings
Bodmin: Terry Williams
Bognor Regis: Jame Smith
Bridport: John Collingwood
Bromsgrove, Manor of: Kevin Ward
Bromyard & Winslow: Peder Nielsen
C
Callington: Anthony Stentiford
Calne: Mark Wylie
Calstock: Hilary Fairhurst
Chard: Stuart Cumming
Cheltenham: Ken Brightwell
Chesham: Jane Dodd
Chester: David Mitchell
Chilton: Norman Strongman
Chipping Sodbury. Manor of: David Griffiths
Christchurch: Jonathan Rayner
Cinderford: Jeremy Holland
Cirencester: John Lawrence
Clare: Andrew Parkhurst
Clitheroe: Roland Hailwood
Colchester: Robert Needham
Colyton: Brian Norris
Cromer: Mark Northway
D
Dartmouth: Les Ellis
Dawlish: Stephen Cunliffe
Dorchester: Alistair Chisholm
E
East Riding of Yorkshire: Michael Wood
Eccleston: Gez Clark
Exmouth: Roger Bourgein
F
Fairford: Andrew Stopka
Farnham: Michael Stephens
Ferndown: Mike Andrews
Filey: David Bull
Fowey: Alan Giles
Frome: Mike Bishop
G
Garstang: Hilary Barbara McGrath
Gemeente: Tim Van-Laethem
Glastonbury: David Greenway
Gloucester: Alan Myatt
Grassington: Bob Kendall
Great Dunmow: Jody Huizar
Guildford: David Peters
H
Hailsham: Terry Tozer
Hamilton, Bermuda: Ed Christopher
Haslemere: Christian Ashdown
Hatherleigh. Manor of: Rosalind Charlton-Chard
Hay-on-Wye: George Tofaradies
Helmsley: David Hinde
Hilton: Joel Hutsell
Holyhead: Jeff Evans
Honiton: David Retter
Hythe: Chris McNeilly
I
Ilminster & Manor of Dillington: Andrew Fox GIFireE
K
Kensington & Chelsea, and Herald at The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: Roy Palmer
Kidderminster: Stephen Day
Kingsbridge: Roger Pinder
Kingsteignton: Jackie Edwards
Knighton: Derek Price MBE
L
Launceston: Robert Tremain
Leek: Gordon William Lomas
Leighton & Linslade: Christopher Morgan
Lenham: Michael Dale
Leominster: Richard Brookman
Lichfield: Adrian Holmes
Liskeard: Christopher Smirthwaite
Llandrindod Wells: Janet Swindale
Llandudno: Andrew Nicholas Baxter
Llanfair Caereinion: David Salter
Lutterworth: Peter Hollinshead
Lydney: Timothy Enbon
Lytham, Manor of: Kila Redfearn
M
Market Drayton: Geoff Russell
Marlborough: Mike Tupman MBE
Medway: Mike Billingham
Middlewich: Devlin Hobson
Millbrook: Clive O’Shaughnessy
Montgomery: Susan Blower
Morley: Steven Holt
N
Nailsworth & Minchinhampton and Tetbury: Anthony Evans
Newbury: Brian Sylvester
Newcastle-Under-Lyme: Gordon Brayford
Newhaven: Jason Ede
Newquay: David Bradshaw
Newton Abbot: Nigel Kenneison
Newton Abbot, Manor of: Eveline Joan Davies
Norwich: Bob Lloyd
Nuneaton & Bedworth: Paul Gough
O
Oswestry: Philip Brown
Otley: Terry Ford
P
Peacehaven and Lewes: Jon Borthwick
Penzance: Philip Northcott
Pershore: Robert Speight
Peterborough: Pearl Capewell
Petersfield: Faye Thompson
Petworth: Nigel Flynn
Plymouth: John Pitt
Plymouth (Deputy) and Torpoint: David Green
Pocklington: Tony Cuffling
Poole: David Squire
R
Romsey: Terry Hamer
Royal Tunbridge Wells & Westerham: John Scholey
Royal Wootton Bassett: Owen Collier
Rye: Paul Goring
Rye (Deputy): Arabella Ansar
S
Sandbach: Denis Robinson
Scarborough: David Birdsall
Seaford: Peter White
Sevenoaks: Chris Conlan
Sheringham: Andrew Cunningham-Brown
Shipston-on-Stour: Marion Lowe
Sleaford: John Griffiths
Southampton: Alan Spencer
Southport and Darwen: Daryll Counsell
St Anne’s-on-Sea: John Spencer-Barnes
St Columb Major: Kevin Roberts
Studley: Adrian Smith
Swanage: Andrew Fleming
T
Tavistock: David Allen Turner
Teignmouth: Patrick Brophy
Tenby: Jim Cornwell
Tewksbury: Micheal Kean-Price
Topsham: Rogan Meadows
Trowbridge: Trevor Heeks
Truro: Lionel Knight
V
Victor Harbor, City of: Michael Willett
W
Wareham: Jacquie Hall
Warwick: Michael Reddy
Watton: Mike Wabe
Wellington, Shropshire: Steve Warwood
Wellington, Somerset: Andrew Norris
Wells: Len Sweales
West Moors: Iain Mitchell
Westbury: John Hadfield
Whitehaven: Marc Goodwin
Wimborne Minster: Christopher Brown
Windsor & Maidenhead, Royal Borough of: Chris Brown
Winsford: Ben Booth
Witney: Jean Postlethwaite-Dixon
Worthing: Robert John Smytherman
Wotton-under-Edge: George Carpenter