Sleaford Town Crier Competition 2023

National World - Other Local Sites

05/09/2023

Sleaford Town Crier Competition 2023 gets underway.

Transcript

00:00 [Bells ringing]

00:02 Morning.

00:04 [Bells ringing]

00:06 [Bells ringing]

00:08 [Bells ringing]

00:10 [Bells ringing]

00:12 [Bells ringing]

00:14 [Bells ringing]

00:16 [Bells ringing]

00:18 [Bells ringing]

00:20 [Bells ringing]

00:22 [Bells ringing]

00:24 [Bells ringing]

00:26 [Bells ringing]

00:28 [Bells ringing]

00:30 [Bells ringing]

00:32 [Bells ringing]

00:34 [Bells ringing]

00:36 [Bells ringing]

00:38 [Bells ringing]

00:40 [Bells ringing]

00:42 [Bells ringing]

00:44 [Bells ringing]

00:46 [Bells ringing]

00:48 [Bells ringing]

00:50 [Bells ringing]

00:52 [Bells ringing]

00:54 [Bells ringing]

00:56 [Bells ringing]

00:58 [Bells ringing]

01:00 [Shouting]

01:02 [Bells ringing]

01:04 [Bells ringing]

01:06 [Shouting]

01:08 [Bells ringing]

01:10 [Bells ringing]

01:12 [Bells ringing]

01:14 [Shouting]

01:16 [Bells ringing]

01:18 [Bells ringing]

01:20 [Shouting]

01:22 [Bells ringing]

01:24 [Shouting]

01:26 [Bells ringing]

01:28 [Shouting]

01:30 [Bells ringing]

01:32 [Shouting]

01:34 [Bells ringing]

01:36 [Shouting]

01:38 [Laughter]

01:40 It is after 11 o'clock, you should have been up by now.

01:42 Hello, Sleaford!

01:44 [Cheering]

01:46 Excellent.

01:48 I bring you salutations

01:50 and felicitations

01:52 from Sleaford,

01:54 the heart of Lincolnshire.

01:56 Our beautiful

01:58 marketplace lies

02:00 in the shadow of

02:02 St. Denys Church.

02:04 Its 12th century

02:06 stone-broached fire

02:08 is one of the earliest

02:10 examples of its kind

02:12 in the country.

02:14 Cuddleston Mill,

02:16 our award-winning,

02:18 fully restored,

02:20 working watermill,

02:22 is thought to be

02:24 the only Sheriff's watermill

02:26 still operating

02:28 in England.

02:30 We also have

02:32 the National Centre for Craft

02:34 and Design,

02:36 which is home to England's

02:38 largest exhibition

02:40 space dedicated

02:42 to craft and design.

02:44 And Eric

02:46 Thompson,

02:48 father of actor

02:50 Emma Thompson, was

02:52 born in Sleaford.

02:54 He created

02:56 and narrated the

02:58 English version of

03:00 The Magic Roundabout.

03:02 So, as

03:04 St. Denys said,

03:06 "Bye!"

03:08 God

03:10 save the King!

03:12 God save the King!

03:14 [applause]

03:16 [bell ringing]

03:18 [bell ringing]

03:20 [bell ringing]

03:22 Oh yes!

03:24 [bell ringing]

03:26 Oh yes!

03:28 [bell ringing]

03:30 Oh yes!

03:32 [bell ringing]

03:34 [bell ringing]

03:36 Lichfield,

03:38 probably best known

03:40 for its three-spired

03:42 cathedral,

03:44 which dates back

03:46 to times medieval.

03:48 It is able

03:50 to trace its roots

03:52 back to the 7th century

03:54 and famed

03:56 for its intellectuals

03:58 of which

04:00 there are many.

04:02 One of the founding members

04:04 of the Lunar Society

04:06 was

04:08 the larger-than-life physician

04:10 Erasmus Darwin,

04:12 a man

04:14 of notoriety.

04:16 Possibly

04:18 the most famous

04:20 and second to none,

04:22 the author

04:24 of a dictionary

04:26 of the English language,

04:28 the lexicographer

04:30 Dr. Samuel Johnson.

04:32 Dr. Samuel Johnson.

04:34 Today,

04:36 Lichfield

04:38 is full of quaint

04:40 historic buildings

04:42 with a definite twist,

04:44 but nevertheless

04:46 remains a city

04:48 where new

04:50 and old coexist.

04:52 Lichfield,

04:54 I am sure

04:56 you will agree,

04:58 a city like

05:00 no other.

05:02 Salve

05:04 Magna Parens

05:06 Hail Great

05:08 Mother

05:10 God Save

05:12 Her Queen!

05:14 [laughter]

05:16 [bell ringing]

05:18 [bell ringing]

05:20 [bell ringing]

05:22 [bell ringing]

05:24 [bell ringing]

05:26 [bell ringing]

05:28 [bell ringing]

05:30 [bell ringing]

05:32 O

05:34 yay!

05:36 O

05:38 yay!

05:40 O

05:42 yay!

05:44 Welcome

05:46 from

05:48 Newmarket

05:50 in Suffolk,

05:52 home

05:54 to Queen

05:56 Bodecia,

05:58 headquarters

06:00 of British

06:02 horse racing

06:04 with

06:06 over three thousand

06:08 horses

06:10 living here.

06:12 [bell ringing]

06:14 O

06:16 yay!

06:18 [bell ringing]

06:20 O

06:22 yay!

06:24 [bell ringing]

06:26 O

06:28 yay!

06:30 Greetings from

06:38 Utley in beautiful

06:40 Wharfdale,

06:42 once home

06:44 to Thomas Chippendale,

06:46 woodworker,

06:48 not striptease artist.

06:50 [laughter]

06:52 O

06:54 yay!

06:56 [bell ringing]

06:58 O

07:00 yay!

07:02 [bell ringing]

07:04 O

07:06 yay!

07:08 [bell ringing]

07:10 [bell ringing]

07:12 [clapping]

07:14 [clapping]

07:16 Welcome

07:18 to Helmsley

07:20 in North Yorkshire

07:22 Moors National Park,

07:24 an award winning

07:26 market town

07:28 named in

07:30 the Magna Carta.

07:32 Baron

07:34 Robin de Ross built

07:36 Helmsley Castle

07:38 and its tall

07:40 tower stands over

07:42 the town so

07:44 proud.

Sleaford Town Crier Competition 2023

Category

Transcript

Recommended