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Hungerford celebrates Tutti Day

During the day tutti men or women, visit local homes and businesses to collect kisses in return for an orange.

They have been trading oranges for kisses in a town in Berkshire today in a tradition that goes back hundreds of years.

Hungerford is one of the last villages in the country that still takes part in Tutti Day. It started 650 years ago when Tutti Men used to collect tax.

At 8 o'clock this morning, as is the same every year, the Town Crier, stands on the balcony of the Town Hall, sounds the Lucas Horn, and summons all commoners to the court with the words:

"Oyez! Oyez! All ye Commoners of the Town and Manor of Hungerford and Liberty of Sanden Fee, are requested to attend your Court House at 9 o'clock this morning on pain of being fined. God Save The Queen, Duke of Lancaster!"

– Town crier