O yay! Town criers honour London's 'perfect raconteur'

For him the bell tolls: Paul Gough, town crier for Nuneaton and Bedworth, pays his respects Photograph: Graham Turner Photograph: guardian.co.uk Peter Moore's coffin leaves St George's Cathedral in Southwark. Canon James Cronin said Moore was the 'perfect raconteur' and an ambassador for London Photograph: Graham Turner Photograph: guardian.co.uk Town crier's escort for Kidderminster, Sophie MacLeod-Whitehouse, peruses the order of service Photograph: Graham Turner Photograph: guardian.co.uk Bells and whistles: Pearly kings and queens outside the cathedral Photograph: Graham Turner Photograph: guardian.co.uk Little voice: a town crier's badge Photograph: Graham Turner Photograph: guardian.co.uk Horses in funeral plumes pull the hearse Photograph: Graham Turner Photograph: guardian.co.uk Pearl's peal: Pearl Capewell, town crier for Peterborough Photograph: Graham Turner Photograph: guardian.co.uk Town crier John Robinson joined mourners in the borough Photograph: Graham Turner Photograph: guardian.co.uk Town criers form a guard of honour as the hearse leaves the cathedral bound for Honor Oak cemetery in south London Photograph: Graham Turner Photograph: guardian.co.uk