RIPON AND ITS HORN
TOWN GETS A BIG “BLOW.” Since the day w'hon Alfred the Great presented the city of Ripon with a horn in token of the Qharter, it has been continuously used in that quaint old Yorkshire town to sound the close of each day. Sharp at nine o’clock the official horn blower, garbed in ancient costume. parades the market-square find sounds three loud, clear notes which echo throughout the town. The Wakeman’s horn was given to the city in the year 886, and 700 years later an ordinance required the horn to be blown according to ancient custoan at the four corners of the cross each evening. Later three blasts are sounded outside the dwelling of the Mayor. The horn itself is regarded as a wonderful example of old workmanship, and to this day is worn by the Ser-geant-at-Mace on ail ceremonial occasions.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 302, 22 December 1933, Page 8
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