Monday 14 May 2012

Scarecrow Village-Wray



Hidden in the crook of the Northwest of England is the small village of Wray, more commonly known as the scarecrow village. Every year this village of just over 500 residents sets up an unusual fair as a lead up to May Day. This year the Scarecrow Festival featured a theme of popular anniversaries, such as the bi-century anniversary of Charles Dickens, the 100th anniversary of the Titanic and the 400th anniversary of the Pendle Witch trials.

The village established this unique tradition in 1995 and to mark the occasion of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee this year, residents saw it fit to dedicate the festival to a theme of anniversaries. I went along to Wray to take a look at the village’s new additions and was greeted by an extraordinary array of exceptional straw creations.

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