FROM the Spice Girls to Freddie Mercury, there were a host of rock stars lurking around Diggle for the annual scarecrow trail.
The famous faces were creative and eye-catching entries for this year’s contest, which has raised thousands of pounds for the village school.
A whopping £5,000 will now go to Diggle Primary to help fund projects and activities for the children.
The winners have been announced with votes gathered by both children and adults who enjoyed the event.
ADULTS’ VOTE
- Madchester
- The Spice Girls
- The Village People
- Freddie Mercury
- Mary Poppins (number 10)
- Nirvana – Nevermind
KIDS’ VOTE
- Miss Trunchbull
- Glastonbury
- Humpty Dumpty
- The Muppet Show
- Frozen
- Shrek
This was much much better and much more fun when it was just a few people having a laugh with their friends and neighbors.
I haven’t seen any scarecrows anywhere this year; so I assume they must all be in Diggle, but to judge only from the photographs the quality and the amount of care that’s gone into making the scarecrows has plummeted this year.
All in all, not a pretty sight.
BAN IT AWEFUL EVENT SHOULD BE HELD IN THE SCHOOL GROUNDS
NO WONDER BREAK IN’S HAVE INCREASED
AWFUL WHEN YOU LIVE HERE IN THE DIGGLE ITS NOT WELCOME ALL LOCALS HATE IT
Yet again from this negative person, a judgement on the quality of the Scarecrows,it was the Diggle event,not saddleworth wide .
We
had a nice afternoon looking and seeing them with my family ,anyway the money raised is fantastic for the school, Stop being so stupid the money will go a long way,did you contribute , £5000 for DIGGLE Wonderful.
Just as long as, “someones,” making a quick buck out of it then of course nothing else matter does it ?
Certainly when contrasted with previous years, to judge from the photographs here this year’s entries were anything but, “wonderful,” in fact and let’s be honest most of them are pretty ghastly.
I live in Diggle. Next door to one of the scarecrows. There were lots of people about, but the majority were no trouble. What is the problem with families enjoying some time in the fresh air?
To say all people who live on Diggle are opposed to this is simply not true.
Ad for the standard of the scarecrows, the photos say it all. They were fantastic and added so much to an evening wander round the village.
Reply to Paula Butterworth , what s stupid comment, i live in the village as well, i cannot understand why this is allowed, litter, damage on our woodlands really not acceptable. A major issue is the parking and zero respect of outsiders coming in just see what you got, i agree with previous comment should be held in the school grounds, you most likely not from this area and moved in and do not know about village life, it attracts sadly a lot of unwelcome vistors pissing up against the village post office and weeing around the duck pond , i seen this with my eyes i do not wear glasses , Diggle Village is wrecked, this disgusting event just leaves me so sad to reside in this village , open your eyes diggle is a small village and i see this out of control, too large and common but hey ho it takes all sorts to make this world tick, i am disgusted by this tack a true shame all the scarecrows where pathetic home made pieces of crab ashamed to reside here if honest