Entries needed for Swinton Scarecrow Festival

A CELEBRATION of spectacular scarecrows returns later this month - and yours could be a winner.

Published 5th Sep 2019, 09:53 BST

Updated 5th Sep 2019, 10:02 BST

Fr Chris Barley with one of the entries from a previous year's festival

Swinton’s St Margaret’s Church is hosting its annual scarecrow festival over the weekend of September 20 to 22, with a town fair from noon to 5pm on Saturday, September 21.

Previous winners have included an impressive homage to the David Walliams book Grandpa’s Great Escape.

Organisers are appealing to residents, businesses, schools and community groups to get involved and build their own scarecrows for this year’s contest, which has a Yorkshire theme.

Visit the Swinton Scarecrow Festival Facebook page for details on how to enter.

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