It’s a long time since a village like Orton had all the shops you’d need on the doorstep but there are going to be lots of opportunities for window shopping this Whitsun half term week.
From Saturday 25 May through to Sunday 2 June, the annual Orton Church Exhibition will take Window Shopping on the High Street as its theme and the Village Scarecrow Competition will feature local trades, jobs and professions.
“In recent years, the Church Exhibition team has created a Scarecrow Wedding that was a big success and then last year celebrated The Four Seasons,” says Brenda Iveson, one of the organisers.
“I think we surprised people with the variety, detail, creativity and work involved and we had lots of enthusiastic comments. For 2019, we wanted to do something different again and a team of volunteers has been working through the winter months to create “shop windows” that will fill the All Saints Church building with everything from a milliner and an optician to a greengrocer and a cake shop.
“We’re lucky to still have a Village Store as well as the chocolate shop, pub and café in Orton but this will almost be like having our own High Street.”
The combination of the Church Exhibition and the Scarecrow Competition means it’s a great day out in Orton with plenty of refreshments on offer and a chance for visitors to vote for their favourite scarecrows too.
Both the Church Exhibition and the Scarecrow Festival will open at 10am on most days (opening at 1pm on Sunday 26 May and Sunday 2 June) and will close at 5pm every day up to Sunday 2 June. Cream teas and refreshments will be available in Church throughout.
