BILLY GONELLY

Appeal to find Big Yin tribute stolen from near comedian's former home

- JACKIE GRANT

LOUISE Haggerty is clutching at straws trying to track down her stolen Billy Connolly scarecrow.

It was nicked from her front garden just a few hundred yards from where the Big Yin himself lived in the late 70s.

Louise, 65, whose late brother-in-law Davie was Billy's minder and best pal when he was a resident in Drymen, Stirlingshire, is hoping the comedian himself might make an appeal for the scarecrow's return if he reads the Record.

She said: "Every year as part of the Drymen Gala Day celebrations, there’s a scarecrow competition and this year we decided to do Billy with his banana feet.

"It turned out great and you have no idea the number of people who stopped to photograph it. Some even climbed up to our fence to have their picture taken beside Billy.