As advertised in the Village Newsletter.
Photographs of the Scarecrows on the next page.
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NO 1. KILN FARMHOUSE, MANOR ROAD.
NO 2. RECTORY FARM, LITTLE STREET
NO 3. SULGRAVE HOUSE, LITTLE STREET.
NO 4. CHAPELSTONE, LITTLE STREET.
NO 5. LITTLE STREET.
NO 6. FLEET FARM, LITTLE STREET.
NO 7. THE CHESTNUTS, LITTLE STREET
NO 8. BELMONT, LITTLE STREET.
No 8 is so popular it’s apparently already been sold!
NO 9. ORCHARD VIEW, LITTLE STREET.
NO 10. THE OLD FORGE, CHURCH STREET.
Photographs by Tony Keatley.
NO 11. THE STOCKS, PARK LANE.
NO 12. THE OLD VICARAGE, MAGPIE ROAD.
NO 13. BENGAIRN, MANOR ROAD.
NO 14. KIRKLEYS, MAGPIE ROAD.
NO 15. 14 SPINNERS COTTAGES, MAGPIE ROAD.
NO 16. THE OLD FARMHOUSE, MANOR ROAD.
NO 17. QUEEN’S HOUSE, SCHOOL STREET.
NO 18. MERTYNE, SCHOOL STREET.
NO 19. CHAPMAN’S CLOSE, SCHOOL STREET.
NO 20. LITTLE TOW, MANOR ROAD.
NO 21. APPLE ACRE, MANOR ROAD.
NO 22. ASBY HOUSE, MANOR ROAD.
NO 23. 2 SPRING GARDENS, MANOR ROAD.
NO 24. MANOR ROAD.
NO 25. THE STAR INN, MANOR ROAD.
NO 26. THE STAR INN, MANOR ROAD.
NO 27. TOWRISE
NO 28. THE ALLOTMENT GARDENS, TOWRISE.
NO 29. THE THATCHED HOUSE, MANOR ROAD.
NO 30. LOWICK, MANOR ROAD.
These were the most lifelike scarecrows I came across! I thought the stuffed dog was particularly realistic.
Finally, the sad story of a real working scarecrow:
It stands near to the former Windmill and can be seen from the footpath to Culworth. It has become rather tattered with age and is far too busy keeping birds off the apple trees to join in the village competition……
Colin Wootton