Bizarre bread stapling craze appears to have arrived in Stewkley!

A village in LBO land appears to be the target of an unusual online craze '“ where people attach slices of bread to unusual locations.
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There have been reports of slices of bread found attached to signs, postboxes and noticeboards.

Stewkley resident and LBO village correspondent Neil Shefferd said: “About a week or so ago I noticed a slice of bread was pinned to the Stewkley Village Hall noticeboard.

Bread stapled to the post box in StewkleyBread stapled to the post box in Stewkley
Bread stapled to the post box in Stewkley

“I removed it from the board, disposed of it and thought nothing more of it.

“I then learned that it was not an isolated incident and slices of bread had been put up in other places in the village.

“It’s very strange, personally I’m not sure what to make of it, but it’s not doing anybody any harm.”

The photo in this article shows a slice of bread taped to the side of a postbox on High Street South, while other reported sightings of bread have been at a bus stop on Soulbury Road and on one of the village entrance signs.

The craze has split opinion on the Stewkley village Facebook page with some users describing it as ‘hilarious’ and others as ‘intriguing’, while another user said they thought it ‘looked horrible and would encourage rats.’

This craze reportedly stems from a virtual online community called Bread Stapled To Trees who have almost 150,000 active members.

As the name implies, members go around stapling bread to trees and sharing photos.

The group states: “It’s pretty simple. We post pictures of bread stapled to trees. Send us your submissions for a chance to make it on the page. Exotic breads MUST be mixed with exotic trees. No basic bread on a nice tree, that’s just plain disrespectful.”

Since the formation of the group, the craze has been extended from trees to other unusual locations.

Has this bread-stapling past-time hit your area of LBO land? Email [email protected].