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Sorry I am a bit absent at the moment, a busy time here, we were out last night and are out again tonight too.

This is the town crier welcoming the train and passengers to Maitland at the Steamfest.

This is the train we had a ride on to Branxton and back to Maitland. A very enjoyable ride.

[Margo]

proud man

[Hazel]

Certainly dressed for the part. Like the reflections in the shiny train.

[Yao RL]

Nice to have someone dressed like this welcoming the passangers.

[Denise Wood]

How wonderful :)

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such an impressive figure and a great addition to the steamfestival

[Poppo Livy]

I thought he was ringing the bell for school

[Connie Little]

Very impressive.

[Catherine]

Beautiful colourful photograph and he looks very happy in his job.

[Catherine P]

Great candid shot

[Casablanca]

Tremendous costume, great character. Love him!

[Margaret Obey]

Oyez! Oyez. Love this - a great capture of tradition!

[sally agnew]

An elaborate costume, like his shadow :)

[Jenfurj]

A very elaborate jacket he has on.

[Sam]

I love a good town crier - not enough of them around anymore!

[Nadiya Bilovodenko]

So lovely tradition!!! Great that he has this awesome suit!!!!

[Sue Cooper]

A great capture. He looks impressive.

[Chris K]

love to see a Town Crier. When we were passing through Chester. UK a few years we chanced upon a International Town Crier competition. Their cries and costumes were magnificent and we even saw one from Australia.

[gloria jones]

Great capture, light and shadow and details

[Jennifer]

great sight and shot!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great candid capture.

[ChristineL]

Great shot, he looks perfect for the role of town crier.

[carol white]

A super capture, great costume

[Margaret Brown]

Love the capture and costume!

[Peter]

What a fantastic outfit beautifully lit and captured Babs stands out so well against the train:)

[Pyrrhula]

Great capture. Beautiful old fashion train shot.

[Sally Ings]

Very swish!

[Jessika Panteleios]

Nicely captured! Cool costume and custom.

[KWind]

Love his outfit! Nice clear portrait!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Looks a bit unusual to see the modern train and the vintage greeter. Good catch!

[Islandgirl]

Nice candid!

[Dawn]

A lovely candid

[Marnie]

Great candid.

[Gayle]

Wonderful capture! Love his costume! :-)

[Ron]

Awesome! That's the genuine look there! Nice capture!

[Richard Brown]

Very colourful outfit I wonder if his personality matches.

[leggzy]

Nicely captured.

[Babs]

@777margo @quietpurplehaze @yaorenliu @gilbertwood @beryl @terryliv @littleconnie @megpicatilly @cmp @casablanca @ceilidh @hermann @hermann @365projectorgjenfurj @gigiflower @olenadole @susiemc @seattlite @jesperani @mittens @inthecloud5 @carolmw @craftymeg @pcoulson @pyrrhula @salza @jessikapanteleios @kwind @radiogirl @dawnee @golftragic @gaylewood @stray_shooter @leggzy thanks. He was quite a character. He had a busy day as he welcomed all the vintage trains on the day of the Steamfest and also introduced bands and other events taking place too.

[Babs]

@rjb71 His personality did match his outfit. I had a chat to him earlier and also took a photo of him, before I knew he was going to welcome this train which we rode on to Branxton and back to Maitland.

[Babs]

@olivetreeann Although this train isn't terribly old, it is a vintage train, It was built in the 1930s in Redfern, Sydney and has S Class street side corridor carriages. I am going to post a shot of one of the carriages today.

[Babs]

@cruiser A town crier competition must have been a sight to see.

[Casablanca]

I have a friend who is a town crier. He absolutely revels in the role and gets involved in all sorts of events because of it. Certainly a job for someone with a good sense of humour and slightly eccentric character!

[Stephanie]

Nice capture Babs, how vey British! Did he say Oyez Oyez before making an announcement?