Wray Scarecrow Festival and fair makes a welcome return to the village near Lancaster on April 22 until May 1 with plenty of entertainment and lots of scarecrows.
In the meantime, we’ve put together a gallery of pictures taken by our photographers at the event during the years 1999 to 2010.
We hope you enjoy taking a look at them as we look forward to this year’s festival.
1. Wray Scarecrow Festival
Stacey Bowman looks out from her bedroom window in Wray in 1998 to find a giant scarecrow leaning against the house! Photo: DARREN ANDREWS
2. Wray Scarecrow Festival
Five-year-old Joe Bowman with his scarecrow Fred at the 1996 Wray Scarecrow Festival. Photo: DARREN ANDREWS
3. Wray Scarecrow Festival
Dave Hartnup and Richard Bull put one of the giant scarecrows in place ready for the 1998 Wray Scarecrow Festival. Photo: DARREN ANDREWS
4. Wray Scarecrow Festival
'Real' scarecrows at Wray Festival in 2000, from left, Anna Dwight, Sally Murray, Hannah Swindlehurst and Jess Murray, who were collecting money for Wray Institute. Photo: Garth Hamer