I am seeing more and more references to the Skegness Town Crier. I was not aware that we actually have one. Do we?
Here is a picture of the "Mablethorpe Town Crier" that I picked up from the internet that was originally posted by the Louth Leader newspaper.
This is the gentleman who now appears to be described as the Skegness Town Crier.
If this gentleman is being good enough to give his time for free (I imagine) and is being mentioned on the Town Council's website as attending functions then perhaps it is time that he was officially invited to be the Skegness Town Crier perhaps in an Honorary capacity which is something that has been done by numerous councils throughout the country. If not then, perhaps, it is not appropriate to term this gentleman as the Skegness Town Crier as it should be an official position.
I personally believe that to have an official Town Crier would be very beneficial to Skegness.
So I say "Oyez, Oyez. Would a Town Councillor please propose that this gentleman, if he so wishes, becomes the official Town Crier for the town of Skegness. Oyez, Oyez"? I hope that this can be done, possibly by way of a motion to council?
Here is a link to The Ancient and Honourable guild of Town Criers, an organisation for Official Town Criers! http://www.ahgtc.org.uk/
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