Town crier

Hear ye, hear ye! The crier would inform the townspeople, many of whom could not read, of the latest news and information, before attaching the message to the door post of a local inn — hence why newspapers often feature the word “post”! Town criers had a range of other duties outside of shouting out the news to the locals; they also had to patrol the streets after nightfall, arrest troublemakers and haul them off to the stocks, and ensure people had put out fires after the curfew bell, as well as to read out why a person was being hanged and cut them down after the deed was done.