What do Spider-Man, Alice Cooper and Humpty Dumpty all have in common? They’ve all been greeting passing motorists for this year’s Stoke Bardolph Scarecrow Festival.
The annual festival sees residents in the village decorate the outside of their homes or roadside verges with a colourful array of homemade straw-filled sculptures over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Over 30 of the residents took part.
Among the best scarecrows this year include a CSI team investigating a murder, an eco-friendly Hulk made from compostable bags and a karate instructor.
Trent Valley Councillors Mike Adams and Sam Smith were invited to judge the event and chose the village tennis match as winners.
This year’s scarecrows were on display from Saturday, August 27 until the festival ended on Monday, August 29.
Money raised, which is believed to be around £200, will be donated to the winner’s chosen charity.
Photos by Jim Bethall
A great idea and we could do one in our town imagine the great people of Arnold taking part in this and having a town event with hundreds of scayrecrows. Let’s get this done next year people of Arnold and cheer the visitors who come to our town our capital our London
That sounds a great idea 🙂