These are the words of high street shop owner Kelly Burdess, who has based Kelly's Cards & Gifts in her little pocket of County Durham, the railway town of Shildon, for the last 15 years.

The medieval village blacksmith has been reinvented as a social-media-savvy student selling his wares internationally, while a town crier, once used to spread breaking news to townsfolk ...

Some speak to tourists or represent their town at public events. And some — like the 10 competitors (and one crier-turn-judge from England) who made their way to Provincetown — travel to ...

Mark Wylie, Calne Town Crier, (right) won the first Champion of the West of England award Town criers from six counties came together for the eighth annual town crier championships to celebrate ...

The ceremonial role, supported by Woodbridge Town Council, is voluntary with the crier's garments made from recycled materials and the handbell donated. The town crier's role used to be seen as ...