This years festival was once again a great success! Despite the very blustery, occassionally wet weather we had a good day and managed to raise £1,270.55!
We would like to thank everybody who came out to support us.
The winning scarecrows this year were:
1st prize of £20 and a trophy for "The reluctant gardener" by Susan Humphreys
2nd prize of £15 and a trophy for "Humpty Dumpty" by Leigh Williams
3rd prize of £10 and a trophy for "The Minions" by Friends of Paxton Pits Nature Reserve
Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all those who made scarecrows this year.
Thank you to T.L.Cobbold of St. Neots who very kindly donated the prize money and trophies for our lucky winners.
Thank you also to Mass Consultants who judged our scarecrows this year and very generously gave a donation of £100 and a £5 prize to all this years scarecrow makers.
We would also like to thank the following for their generous donations of money, raffle prizes or services:
Classic Windows & Conservatories-£200
Little Paxton Parish Council-£200
First Choice Office Solutions- for all our printing.
Also:
Hotel Chocolat,
Constable Photography,
Gravely garage,
Mick George
Skips,
Wimpole Hall,
Thurleigh farm,
Nene Valley
railway,
Hamerton Zoo, Tesco
(Eynesbury),
Long Yuen Court Chinese
restaurant,
Gullivers World,
Sacrewell farm,
Hamiltons of St.
neots,
Barretts of St. Neots,
Waitrose (St. neots),
St. Neots One Leisure,
Morrisons
(Cambourne),
Peterborough greyhound
stadium,
Escape tanning and
beauty,
Little Paxton Pharmacy,
Body Flight (Bedford),
Gino D'Campo,
David Jason management
team,
Frosts garden centre,
Shepreth wildlife
park,
Spearmark, Kids World,
D.C. Engineering &
Manufacturing Ltd.,
Thank you also to those who helped to fill the craft hall and playing field:
Craft Hall:
Petes Sweets- Wide range of
sweets & chocolates
Ivor Mayes - Wood turner
Ian Arrowsmith- Garden
accessories and wooden crafts
Wags - Swarovski crystals
glass and fabric beads
Bernie Miller - Handmade
cheese cake keyline pies luxury chocolates
Tracy Williams - Hand
beaded items
Sandra Dickenson - Cards
using genuine photographs
Ryta Lyndley - Author of
children’s books
Fussies Doodles - Handmade
cards jewellery hair accessories
Tracy Ling - Handmade hair
accessories baby items
Caroline Jones- Handmade
jewellery
Lyn Owen- Tombola, pin to
prize gameBombtastic- bath / shower
products, skin care and scented candles
Susan Grindstead - Knitted
items
Friends Of Paxton Pits
Nature Reserve - Information & bird feed/boxes
Lyn Owen- Tombola, pin to
prize game
Linda Payne - Handmade
dolls clothes
Lisa Last - Glitter tattoos
Lauren Musk- Painted
Plaques and boxes
Sophie Whiffen - Osborne
books
Mel Jarvis - Embroidered
Baby Quilts and Framed Embroidered Pictures
Lisa Pilcher- Wooden
plaques, origami pictures, embroidered baby wear
Playing Field:
Idle Catering burger van
Scarecrow Marquee -
Merchandise, Ice-cream, Licensed Bar, Tombola, Raffle, Scarecrow
Competition, Photos and Information.
Representative of Saint
James Church Little Paxton
International Animal Rescue
Huntingdon and District
Riding for the Disabled
Mr and Mrs Fowkes -
Childrens roundabout, candy floss and ring the bell
East Anglian Air Ambulance
- Tombola and stationary
Little Paxton Garden Club
Eddy Page - Bean bag Crazy
Utility warehouse
John & Susan Fowkes- Roundabout, ring the bell prize stall, candy floss
Maureen Boxall - Costume
jewellery, coasters and key rings
Nicola Purslow - Gifts,
children s good.
Natty and New - Selection
of gift items
Selection of vintage
tractors - Case vas 1954 Vintage Tractor Case S1 1951 - Vintage
tractor Ferguson Vintage Tractor Super Dexter and a restored Vintage
tractor
Music by Segg a Mix Discos
by Gavin
St Neots Army Cadets
Royal Naval Association
The Kingfisher Church
Guide Dogs for the Blind
Nicola Purslow- Gifts,
children’s items
JMA Inflatables - Hook a
duck, assault course, bouncy castle, slide, cork shooter, zorb balls
Lisa Hedges - Tin can
alley, Hoopla game
First aid provided by St John Ambulance service.
Regards,
The Scarecrow Team.
