Listen to a town crier welcome passersby outside the Tower of London and Tower Hill Pageant

Listen to a town crier welcome passersby outside the Tower of London and Tower Hill Pageant

The town crier at the Tower of London.
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Transcript

LONDON TOWN CRIER: Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! This is Peter Moore, London's town crier. Welcome to the Tower of London and the Tower Hill Pageant. Remember, Johnson said, "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for in London that is all that life can afford."

God save the queen!

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