The VE Day 75th anniversary was celebrated in many shapes and forms across the Harrogate district and perhaps among the most imaginative came in North Stainley, where villagers created a scarecrow trail.

The main road through the village was lined with the painstakingly-produced characters dressed in 1940s clothing, while numerous Union flags fluttered in the light breeze of a sunlit day.



The figures ranged from the scarecrow soldier at North Stainley Primary School, next to a poppy design and the message 'Lest We Forget', to a Land Army girl outside a private house and the Vicar, celebrating Victory in Europe in gateway to the church of St Mary The Virgin.