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The Thornton
Hough Scarecrow Festival was first held in 1999 and has been an
annual event ever since, apart from 2001 due to Foot and Mouth Disease.
The scarecrow theme was the idea of the Thornton Hough Millenium
Committee; a group of people that had a connection with the parish,
either in local business or in local organisations. The late Lord
Leverhulme was also an occasional observer at these meetings. The
festival held the world record for the most scarecrows in one place
in 1999, unfortunately that honour went to a Portuguese festival
later that year. But, from the world record of 1999, the Thornton
Hough Scarecrow Festival has grown every year since, not only in
reputation, but more importantly, community spirit
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The aim of the festival is to raise money so enabling the character
of the local villages to be enhanced and maintained in line with
the work started by Joseph Hirst and continued by William Lever
and his family. This year the festival aims to provide funding for
improvements to Thornton Hough Primary School in it's centenary
year, new windows and maintenance to the village pavilion and also
additional funding for our two churches; All Saints C of E and St
George's URC.
More information on past projects and ways in which the festival
has benefited the local community can be found on the Community
Trust page.
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