Impression sketch
of Lady Town Crier -
by Jamie.
From traditions
in Rural England,
As those of the
eighteen century,
Were enactments of Town Criers -
A male officer
employed by court,
Sent out to make
announcements -
Ringing a bell for public attentions.
Passing into the
twentieth century
Their traditional
garb of coat
In red and gold
and tricorne hat
Still adopted -
as were the calls
Of 'Oyez, Oyez,
Oyez,' to make
Their loudest
voice to the public.
In challenges of
traditions,
Changes came
about by 1916,
As in the Surrey
Borough
Of Chertsey -
Corporal Blaker,
The crier of the
town, had been
Called away on
active service.
Mr Blaker left his
wife to take
Over his role - Mrs
Blaker
Wore same
Georgian garb -
Saturday 1
January 1916
She took to the
streets, to call
In the New Year's
calender.
In a link to aged
traditions,
From medieval
times, she
Gave out Chertsey feoffees -
Fees trustees, whose charity
Estate Mrs Blaker
handed
Out gifts of coal
and blankets
To needy aged
parishioners.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1916. Lady
Town Crier. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 3 January 1916. P.3. Col.2. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12072929/Daily-Telegraph-January-3-1916.html
[Accessed: 4 January 2016].
Mann, J., 2016. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 4 January 2016).
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