Big day for Calendar Girls

THE original cast of a story that saw 11 members of a Yorkshire WI stripping off for a nude charity calendar that took the world by storm were in Leeds for the opening night of a play based on their achievement.

Members of the Rylstone Women’s Institute, who have helped raise £3m for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research, were given the red carpet treatment at the Grand Theatre & Opera House in Leeds last night.

Star Lynda Bellingham is pictured with, from the left, some of the original Calendar Girls Chris Clancy, Angela Baker, Beryl Bamforth, Tricia Stewart, Roz Fawcett and Lynda Logan at the Grand.

Calendar Girls runs at the Grand until Saturday March 19. Book online at www.leedsgrandtheatre.com or call the box office on 0844 848 2703.

Picture: Simon Hulme