SCARECROWS are set to appear across a village. Churches in Haworth are inviting people to create them for this year’s Christian Aid Week, starting on May 10. A special Facebook page has been set-up to showcase what’s being made and there’s a Just Giving site for anyone wishing to make a donation – the tag for both is ‘haworthscarecrows’. The venture is also being promoted to primary schools through the churches’ weekly video assembly. Rector of Haworth, the Rev Peter Mullins, said: “This is something people can do at home. It doesn’t matter whether the scarecrows are large for front gardens or small to display in windows.”
A SHARED grave at Haworth Cemetery where around 50 babies and children are buried may soon be given a special memorial. The burials took place in the currently-unmarked area between 1958 and 1971. Some families may have opted for a shared grave so their child wasn’t interred alone, or out of financial choice. Oakworth woman Caroline Henry, whose brother Steven is among those buried there, supports the idea. She said: “I know the lifelong sadness and pain my parents felt, keeping their terrible loss to themselves. We would love there to be a simple memorial which shows that the children – and their parents – are not forgotten.”