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Early SigAlerts had rather a small-town feel, like a town crier.

In Lisburn, events begin early with a D-Day proclamation read by a town crier from the Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum at 08:00.

A town crier will read a proclamation at Enniskillen Castle from 08:00, with a service held at St Macartin’s Cathedral at 20:00.

Southampton’s town crier, Alan Spencer, will begin the city's commemorations at 08:00 on 6 June with a special proclamation on the Civic Centre steps.

The first written evidence of cheese rolling was found in a message to the Gloucester Town Crier in 1826, though it is clear the event was already an old tradition even then.