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Ex-actor and London's Town Crier Peter Moore says the world is his stage
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ESHA ROY

AMAN in a bright red coat and a plumed hat was crying "Oyez Oyez" and shaking a bell at the Ansal Plaza. Peter Moore is hired to cry. Russia, USA, Philippines, Hong Kong are just a few countries his job has taken him. For 25 years, Moore has been the Town Crier to the Mayor of London. It's his duty to announce news about the royal family. He

announced the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana and was at Buckingham Palace to give news about the birth of Prince William. Corporates, charities, pubs and shopping malls around the world have hired him for their functions. "I was an actor and have performed on stage, radio and in TV serials. I one day read the city' council's ad asking for a Town Crier. I auditioned for the post and haven't looked back since," says Moore.

He does not miss acting at all. "The world is now my stage, and what a large and wonderful stage it is. I get to do what most people can only dream of doing. I travel to wonderful places, meet lovely people and stay in great hotels and get paid in the bargain," says Moore, who is visiting India to promote an Internet company. The Town Crier is so famous that he is recognized in all corners of the world, Minneapolis or Chennai. "I went to Le Meriden

yesterday and the children thought I was Father Christmas. Children are fascinated by my costume, I get mistaken for Captain Hook. In Chennai, I was followed by a street child. I gave him Rs 100, his eyes lit up and he said: 'You're a King!'" says Moore. Sometimes Moore gets unusual requests. A young man from Chennai sent him a mail that he should ring his bell and announce that he was proposing to his girlfriend when they visited the London Tower. "I

Couldn't oblige as I was already committed to coming here,"he says. It's his costume-costing about 2,000 pounds that breaks the ice and wins him friends, says Moore. The best part of the job is that he is carrying on a tradition, which began in 1066 AD when news of Britain's invasion was passed from place to place by hired individuals. The "Oyez Oyez" (roughly meaning "hark" or "listen") they began, Moore is ringing out now.