There will be no groups of children roaming the streets of Sunninghill this Halloween. Instead, the Parent Teachers Association of our primary school has organized a trail of 47 scarecrows. Nobody seems quite sure why scarecrows were chosen rather than the more traditional British Guy for Guy Fawkes Day on 5 November. Perhaps the PTA wished to avoid any hint of the anti-Catholic sentiment that lies at the historical roots of Guy Fawkes Day.
I have not managed to track down all 47 scarecrows, but here is a good sample.
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| Our young neighbour Thomas is a Star Wars fan |
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| Another neighbour Finn likes dinosaurs |
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| This is a recyclable, environmentally-conscious scarecrow |
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| This installation is a reference to Julia Donaldson's characters Betty O'Barley and Harry O'Hay |
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| Not really a scarecrow, but inventive |
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| A working scarecrow |
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| The apparently drunken bride and NHS doctor were, in fact, blown askew by the wind |
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| Now, this is a traditional Guy Fawkes, to the detail of the carrot nose |
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| This Rotary Club scarecrow is a reference to the annual New Year's Day wheelbarrow race, now postponed to May 2021 |
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| A radically untraditional nautical scarecrow |
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| This presumably is a scared crow |
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| The window display of the party supplies shop |
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