Get stuffed...village's message to lockdown boredom as scarecrow festival is launched

Get stuffed...That was the message to lockdown boredom in Ackworth as hundreds of people were asked to join an unofficial scarecrow trail after the virus put paid to the village’s summer events.
By Nick Frame
Published 27th May 2020, 12:30 GMT
Karen Campbell with her creation.Karen Campbell with her creation.
Karen Campbell with her creation.

And residents wasted no time in stuffing their own straw-filled stars, with at least 160 ready for the launch this weekend.

The idea was first uploaded to Facebook by Wakefield Road resident Karen Campbell, who says she has been blown away by the feedback.

She said: “I never expected the response we have had.

There will be over 160 scarecrows in the village.There will be over 160 scarecrows in the village.
There will be over 160 scarecrows in the village.
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“One or two people started making them and more kept asking how to enter so now we have over 160, it’s gone absolutely crazy.

“I think that because everybody is at home it’s been giving them something to do.”

People are being asked to make sure their scarecrows are in place by Saturday, May 30.

Check the Ackworth Scarecrow Festival Facebook page for further details.

Prizes are to be awarded for the best scarecrows, judged by special guest and Castleford Tigers coach, Daryl Powell.

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