Scarecrows in the churchyard

during the All Saints Parish Church Flower Festival: 12th-14th September 2003 

St Ives
Cambridgeshire




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A personal view
by Philip Grosset




Scarecrow priest
Scarecrow skeleton
This is not what you'd usually expect to see in our local churchyard and some passers-by were visibly taken aback - but it was a very effective advertisement for the Flower Festival inside the church.

Scarecrow at night
Scarecrow ghost
Most of the scarecrows disappeared at night - but this one just climbed up a tree!

Scarecrow collapsed
Scarecrow head
It has been some 35 years since All Saints held a flower festival, but this one was very well attended and brought lots of people to the church who didn't usually go there. It raised some £7000.
St Joseph
Church interior




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