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No loudmouth: Scarborough town crier Frank Knight came close to winning the decibel contest for at the recent international town criers' competition in Halifax
No loudmouth: Scarborough town crier Frank Knight came close to winning the decibel contest for at the recent international town criers' competition in Halifax

No loudmouth: Scarborough town crier Frank Knight came close to winning the decibel contest for at the recent international town criers' competition in Halifax

Date9/16/1985
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0060262F
For crying out loud!. You thought town criers were a thing of the past, didn't you? Not so. Peter Cox, left is a town crier from Halifax and that scro(...)
For crying out loud!. You thought town criers were a thing of the past, didn't you? Not so. Peter Cox, left is a town crier from Halifax and that scro(...)
9/21/1979
A far crier: Frank Knight, a City of Scarborough town crier, grabs the attention of young Jonathan Ostrom
A far crier: Frank Knight, a City of Scarborough town crier, grabs the attention of young Jonathan Ostrom
1/1/1988
Let's hear those pledges! Frank Knight, Scarborough's official town crier, gets the Variety Club of Ontario's sixth annual telethon off to a ringing s(...)
Let's hear those pledges! Frank Knight, Scarborough's official town crier, gets the Variety Club of Ontario's sixth annual telethon off to a ringing s(...)
1/25/1986
Hear ye, hear ye: Town crier Frank Knight wears an authentic 1790s costume as he strolls around the Scarborugh Civic Centre spreading the latest news
Hear ye, hear ye: Town crier Frank Knight wears an authentic 1790s costume as he strolls around the Scarborugh Civic Centre spreading the latest news
8/5/1987
Town crier
Town crier
10/6/1980
Bob Crawford Bramphon's Town Crier
Bob Crawford Bramphon's Town Crier
7/7/1995
Crying champ: Norman Roberts, the world champion town crier, shows his form outside Maple Leaf Gardens yesterday.
Crying champ: Norman Roberts, the world champion town crier, shows his form outside Maple Leaf Gardens yesterday.
6/8/1983
The village drummer and town crier wears sabots and also a scarf, for the mistral, which is a notorious cold Mediterranean wind, is blowing
The village drummer and town crier wears sabots and also a scarf, for the mistral, which is a notorious cold Mediterranean wind, is blowing
1/19/1946
One town crier to another
One town crier to another
2/22/1987
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye, shouts Hillis Rowland, Chinguacousy Township's official town crier, as he rings his bell and prepares to make an announcement
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye, shouts Hillis Rowland, Chinguacousy Township's official town crier, as he rings his bell and prepares to make an announcement
1/14/1971
Calling all War Brides! George Batchelor, 68, the official town crier of Southampton, England, was at City Hall yesterday to loudly invite Metro residents to Return to Blighty Week next June for the city's 1989 war brides reunion and commemoration of the 45th anniversary of D-Day.
Calling all War Brides! George Batchelor, 68, the official town crier of Southampton, England, was at City Hall yesterday to loudly invite Metro residents to Return to Blighty Week next June for the city's 1989 war brides reunion and commemoration of the 45th anniversary of D-Day.
9/27/1988
Hear ye, hear ye: Town Crier Daniel Richer Dit La Fleche's bell is really music to the ears of Pickering Mayor Jack Anderson, if a trifle loud.
Hear ye, hear ye: Town Crier Daniel Richer Dit La Fleche's bell is really music to the ears of Pickering Mayor Jack Anderson, if a trifle loud.
4/12/1984