A HOST of music stars will descend on Diggle for some Easter holiday fun.
It will not quite be the celebrities themselves though but impressive duplicates in the form of scarecrows around the village.
The Friends of Diggle School have organised the trail once more to raise funds for the Sam Road primary school and it will run in the Easter Holidays from April 1 to 16.
Friends of Diggle School said: “Last year’s scarecrows were so creative. We really can’t wait to see this year’s!”
Take part in the trail to see how many scarecrows you can find and identify. Maps can be collected from The Gate Inn, Diggle Hotel, Diggle Lock and Grandpa Greene’s from Saturday, April 1.
Maps cost £3 and all profits will go to benefit the children of Diggle School. You can also buy a map online at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/friends-of-diggle-school?fbclid=IwAR3xgZ5QQGfRJ96DL3MSp2lORAjawOelvFb_tRcetbdnwm7KaD59k_flf2Y – simply buy a ticket and show it to one of the venues above to collect your trail map.
Another wonderfully daft Saddleworth tradition that’s been high-jacked and turned in someone’s nice little earner ?
This used to be huge fun and I can still remember the first time a came across these scarecrows quite by accident, (I can still remember the big Dinosaur and Bee Happy and a pair of legs with wellies on sticking out of the top of a hedge,) and they really made me smile, somehow this sucks much of the fun out of it.
It also feels a lot more competitive than it used to and not in a good way; such is life I suppose ?
Ban it loads of people in village not local seeing what you have, worst thing ever , damage to walkways, path, illegal car-parking , issue is this village cannot take this, it is a disgrace, above all this should be held on the Diggle school primary school land , I hate it very tacky indeed