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09
May 2020
Scarecrows in North Stainley tell the village VE Day story
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.
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