The 2023 Scarecrow Festival was held in the village on September 22nd, 23rd and 24th. It made proceeds of £13,500.
There were 115 scarecrows registered that appeared in the TICKET/TRAIL GUIDE which contained a coloured map showing where all the registered scarecrows were sited along the three different routes, together with the scarecrow’s name and the name of the designer/builder. There were also be several other scarecrows on view which fell outside the normal routes. Photographs of all the registered scarecrows can be seen on the Scarecrow Festival website.
An article which appeared in the October 2023 Parish News magazine can be seen below.
Further details can be found on the Scarecrow Festival website.
A right royal festival!
A new view from the pulpit
In the pulpit at St Chad’s over the Scarecrow
Festival weekend was the Rev C Ewesoon – the
effort by the Parochial Church Council. He didn’t
say much but looked down on the congregation
with great interest! Like everyone, he hopes there
will be a new vicar there soon.
Pattingham’s biennial Scarecrow Festival had something of a royal touch, as visitors using the Rudge Road into the village were greeted with the Evans family’s straw palace – complete with leading royals (below) – while in St Chad’s, the bellringers’ depiction of the King presided over the main aisle. The festival attracted thousands of visitors. especially on a dry and generally sunny Saturday and was another outstanding success. Philip Sims. chairman of St Chad’s PCC, paid tribute to the organisers and
especially Chrissie Ringrose, calling her a “phenomenon”.
Bertie Basset. Mario and Luigi a and a brainy scarecrow
Invention, ingenuity, inspiration – and fun
Two takes on the crossing warden
Spiderman, Barbie and Ken, and the Gingerbread Man featured in a number of entries – and even Boris got in on the act.
(taken from the article which appeared in the October 2023 Parish News magazine.) Photography by Mike Moss
More details about the Scarecrow Festival and photographs of all the scarecrows can be found on the Scarecrow Festival website.