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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
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Bakewell and Newmarket: Brenda Willison
Bampton: Simon Bartlett
Barnoldswick: Elizabeth Anderson-Watson
Beaconsfield, Manor of: Dick Smith
Bideford: Jim Weeks
Billingham: Joe Stockil
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, Parish of: Hilary Fairhurst
Carnforth: Melanie Guilding
Chard: Stuart Cumming
Cheltenham Spa: 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: Lesley Emery
Cromer: Mark Northway
D
Dartmouth: Les Ellis
Dawlish: Stephen Cunliffe
Dorchester: Alistair Chisholm
Duddon: Mark Duckett
E
East Riding of Yorkshire: Michael Wood
Exmouth: Roger Bourgein
F
Fairford: Andrew Stopka
Farnham: Michael Stephens
Ferndown: Mike Andrews
Filey: David Bull
Fowey: Alan Giles
G
Garstang: Hilary Barbara McGrath
Glastonbury: David Greenway
Gloucester: Alan Myatt
Grassington: Bob Kendall
Great Dunmow: Jody Huizar
Guildford: David Peters
H
Haaltert: Tim Van-Laethem
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
Honiton: David Retter
Hythe: Chris McNeilly
I
Ilminster & Manor of Dillington: Andrew Fox GIFireE
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
Lutterworth: Peter Hollinshead
Lydney: Timothy Enbon
Lytham, Manor of: Kila Redfearn
M
Market Drayton: Geoff Russell
Medway: Mike Billingham
Millbrook: Christopher Hindley-Matic
Montgomery: Susan Blower
Morley: Steven Holt
N
Nailsworth and Tetbury: Anthony Evans
Nantwich: Devlin Hobson
Newbury: Brian Sylvester
Newcastle-Under-Lyme: Gordon Brayford
Newhaven: Jason Ede
Newquay: Simon Anderson-Jones
Newton Abbot: Nigel Kenneison
Newton Abbot, Manor of: Eveline Joan Davies
North Walsham: Andrew Aldridge
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): David Green
Pocklington: Tony Cuffling
Poole: David Squire
Potton: Carlton Avison
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
Torpoint: David Green
Tring: Mike Code
Trowbridge and Longleat Manor: Trevor Heeks
Truro: Lionel Knight
W
Wareham: Jacquie Hall
Warminster: Rick Johnstone
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 & Adur District and Lancing Parish: Robert John Smytherman
Wotton-under-Edge: George Carpenter
Peder Neilsen
Very sad news this morning.
Our friend and colleague Peder Nielsen, Town Crier of Bromyard passed away last night.
Peder has been very unwell in the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham for some time.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his widow, Jan at this unhappy time. For the time being, please could colleagues to respect Jan’s privacy and time to grieve.
As and when there is further news, it will be promulgated through the Guild website and on the Guild Facebook page. Should any of you feel the need to contact, please do so through Andrew Fox. Guild Almoner, (fox.drew@sky.com or 01460 281575)