Whitehaven's town crier, Marc Goodwin, has taken part in a town criers’ competition at Windsor Castle. 

The Platinum Jubilee National Town Criers Competition was held on Saturday, August 20, in the castle grounds. 

Crowds of people from across the globe watched on as Marc along with 15 other criers from across the country did two shouts. 

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Mr Goodwin said: "It was a brilliant day, there were 16 town criers from across Britain and we did two rounds of cries. 

"Things such as clarity and inflection were judged, and it was held right outside the castle. 

"There were fantastic crowds who stopped off to enjoy the competition. I was really pleased to be able to do a cry about Whitehaven. I hope some of the visitors will have found out a bit more about Whitehaven and will hopefully come and visit the town."

Gerard Richardson, who controls the office of the town crier in Whitehaven, praised Marc's participation in the competition claiming that it will be a great thing for Whitehaven. 

Mr Richardson said: "Back in 2008 when we were marking the Queen's visit, we were marking the 300th anniversary of one of the market charters. 

"The town crier at the time wanted to enter a competition, but we went one step further and hosted the competition in Whitehaven. 

"That was when we realised that we had to make the town crier a civic position, meaning that it was totally independently run. 

"After not entering the competition for a number of years Marc decided as the new crier that he wanted to enter. 

"It was amazing and as it was a special occasion all of the town criers were invited along to take part in the procession of the changing of the guard, it was a once in a lifetime experience for Marc and was truly fabulous."

Recently Whitehaven celebrated the 350th annual shout from the town crier making it one of the few places in the country to have made such an achievement.