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Mid Day - Mumbai

Oyez, the Royal
Crier's in town

IF you're out on the streets today,
chances are you will run into a man in red and gold with white breeches, black boots and a hat with ostrich feather plumes, ringing a huge bell. That would be Peter Moore, Royal Town Crier of London, who is currently in town as part of a promotion "The Sify iway challenge". The challenge will enable the target audience to walk into a Sify iway with a special membership card and experience 30 minutes of free broadband Internet surfing at iways. Prizes up for grabs include a trip for two to Colombo, word space receiver, palmtops and over a 100 other exciting prizes. Getting back to Moore, the post of Town Crier reportedly dates back to 1066 when the news of William of Normandy's invasion of England was passed on from town to town by individuals employed to call out the King's proclamation. The Town Crier was also the nation's first "talking" newspaper. With his "Oyez,

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LONDONSE AAYA MERA DOST: Peter Moore, the Royal Town Crier

Oyez", he read out edicts, laws, and news to the then largely illiterate populace. He was also the chief bearer of news on royal births and deaths, plagues, and victories in wars. Moore, a member of the London Tourist Board, wears

ceremonial robes stitched by none less than the Queen's robemaker. And those highly effective bells are cast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, the company that made the Liberty Bell of the United States.