Dartmouth’s Town Crier wins best dressed in new regalia.

Les Ellis won Best Dressed Crier at Dawlish Celebrates Carnival on Friday, August 17, and also took second place in the cry.

Eleven criers took part with Roger Pinder from Kingsbridge winning the competition and Ken Knowles from Lichfield City finishing third. Ken won the Armada Cup in Dartmouth last month.

The Best Dressed Couple was Mike and Angie Bishop from Frome, Somerset. Additionally, the best dressed consort was Marilyn Masters from Lichfield City.

This was the first town crier competition in Dawlish, funded by Dawlish Celebrates Carnival, despite the town having a town crier for 30 years.

Looking forwards, the next competition for the local criers is this Saturday, August 25, at Topsham.