The archive images taken between 2013 and 2019 reveal how residents pulled out all the stops to impress in scarecrow festivals in and around Mansfield.
Do you recognise any of these imaginative creations?


2. Menace
Scarecrows welcome drivers through Glapwell over the weekend in 2013, which saw the village's carnival cancelled due to bad weather. Photo: Anne Shelley

3. Bedrock
Meet the Flintstones at Ollerton and Boughton Scarecrow Festival 2019 Photo: Rachel Atkins

4. Rural
Judging of the Huthwaite Scarecrow competition in 2018, pictured are Ali Lakin with Son Mason, three, Mandy Hernon and Coun Lee Anderson Photo: Rachel Atkins
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