A Town Crier loudly proclaiming a message at the annual Huddersfield Town Crier's competition 2016
A Town Crier loudly proclaiming a message at the annual Huddersfield Town Crier's competition 2016 Town criers were protected by law, as they sometimes brought bad news such as tax increases. Anything done by the town crier was done in the name of the ruling monarch and harming a town crier was considered to be treason. The phrase "don't shoot the messenger" was a real crier also escorted the destitute to the workhouse, installed minor criminals in the stocks and administered floggings. During public hangings he read out why the person was being hanged, and helped to cut him or her down
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Location: Huddersfield UK
Photo credit: © Richard Tadman / Alamy / Afripics
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