Residents of Judy Garland’s home town seek to buy Wizard Of Oz slippers

The ruby slippers were worn by Judy Garland in the The Wizard of Oz (Jeff Baenen/AP)

Residents of the home town of Judy Garland are raising money in a bid to purchase a pair of ruby slippers which the film star wore in The Wizard Of Oz.

People in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, where the late actress was born in 1922, are fundraising at the annual Judy Garland festival, which kicked off on Thursday.