Dorset Criers' Competition - The Stanley Mansbridge Perpetual Trophy

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👉Saturday 13th September 2025 - 10:45am - 12:30pm

🏆Blandford Forum Town Crier, Liz Rawlings won the title in 2024. Hence we are hosting this year, for the 38th year of the competition, and it will coincide with the Mayor's Civic Day!

🎼10:45am - Come and hear the Blandford Ukulele Group play

📜11:30am - The First Cry! Hear criers from across the county who will be judged by local judges on content/delivery, diction/clarity and best dressed.

📍Woodhouse Gardens & Pavilion, The Tabernacle, Blandford Forum, DT11 7GQ

😍Followed by a civic procession of Dorset Mayors, Town Criers and Clerks through the town led by Piper, Lyndon Wall.

🅿️Free parking in Dorset Council car parks - time limits still apply.

You may also like the following events from Blandford Forum Town Council:

• Next month, 12th September, 10:00 am, Dorset Architectural Heritage Week - Cemetery Chapel Day in Blandford Forum
• Next month, 13th September, 02:00 pm, Blandford Stour Valley Band at the Parish Church (part of the Mayor of Blandford Forum's Civic Day) in Blandford Forum
• This November, 7th November, 10:30 am, Schools' Remembrance Service in Blandford Forum

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