Otley town crier Terry Ford crowned double British Champion
Otley town crier Terry Ford has been named double British Champion, both in the Loyal Company of Town Criers and then the Honourable Guild, both in July. He speaks ahead of Yorkshire Day on August 1.
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00:00 Hello, I'm the Otley Bellman, Terry Ford, and I'm pleased to be here today shouting
00:15 out for Yorkshire Day.
00:16 The last few weeks have been really, really exciting for me.
00:21 I managed to hold on to the British Championship for the second year running on the 1st of
00:27 July and entered another Town Crying Championship for the Ancient and Honourable Guild of Town
00:32 Criers two weeks ago, which I also won.
00:36 So I'm the first Town Crier, we believe, to have won two British Championships within
00:40 two weeks of the other.
00:43 Ho yay! Ho yay! Ho yay! I, Terry Ford, Bellman of Otley, being a resident of the West Riding
01:02 of Yorkshire, declare that Yorkshire is three ridings and the City of York, with these boundaries
01:11 of 1,148 years standing, God save the King!
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