ICONIC characters from our TV screens popped up around Diggle for the village’s annual Scarecrow Trail, raising £4,300 for Diggle School.
Despite awful weather, this year’s theme of ‘All Things Television’ brought more than 30 crafty creations to the area, from The Simpsons and Supertato to Del and Rodney Trotter.
The trail, organised by Friends of Diggle School (FODS), ran over two weeks in the Easter break, raising the much-welcome funds for the Sam Road school.
And hundreds of votes were cast by residents and visitors to pick their favourite scarecrows.
FODS said: “A huge thank you to everyone who came to visit our scarecrow trail. Despite some horrendous weather, we made it to the end with (most) scarecrows unscathed!
“We are thrilled that we raised a huge £4,300, all of which will directly benefit the lovely children of Diggle School.
“We had hundreds of votes for all of the scarecrows, it was hard to choose as there were some amazing creations.
“A huge well done to all our winners but also to all our makers as there were very few votes between a lot of them.”
The winners are:
Adults Category
- Strictly Come Dancing
- The Traitors (Prize put back into prize fund as it was organiser’s scarecrow)
- The Simpsons
Kids Category
- Gladiators
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Supertato
Makers Vote (Scarecrow makers vote for the most creative) – three-way tie:
Bing
SuperTato
Gladiators
- Next year’s trail will have the theme of ‘Heroes and Villains’. And don’t miss the annual Spooky Trail on October 25 to November 3 this year. Find out more about the Diggle Scarecrow Trails online: https://tinyurl.com/bdf7k63p
Far and away the absolute worst Scarecrows ever; but that’s what happens when it stops being fun and gets turned into someones, “nice little earner.”
The best Scarecrow by far and much better than this horrible stuff last year, were in Denshaw.