IN SEARCH OF SCARECROWS!
Sep 19, 2019
3 minutes
For me, scarecrows came to life in 1979, thanks to a bonkers TV show that somehow gained a primetime slot. Before then, the humble bird-scarer was a largely forgotten figure that watched over crops from the middle of a field.
Worzel Gummidge and Aunt Sally made me see these lonely guardians in a completely different way, and are undoubtedly responsible for stage two of our ‘eccentric Britain’ tour.
Ancient Egypt
Long before children’s TV, the first scarecrows were apparently set up on
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