Former Lord Mayor to disrobe for calendar

A FORMER Lord Mayor, a senior city councillor and a retired police officer have decided to bare all for a charity calendar to raise money for a historic Yorkshire church.

Glen Miller, leader of Bradford Council Conservative Group, and Peter Hill, former Lord Mayor of Bradford, have joined other community figures in the project to raise money for St Michael and All Angels’ Church in Haworth.

Inspired by the Rylstone Women’s Institute original, which led to the hit film Calendar Girls, residents of Haworth and the Worth Valley are hoping the sales will contribute towards the £1.25m cost of repairs at the church, where the sermons were once delivered by the Rev Patrick Brontë.

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After initial concerns about whether a naked calendar was an appropriate way to raise funds for a church, so many volunteers came forward that organisers have decided to publish two versions, one for women and one for men. There is understood to be some rivalry between the sexes about which will prove the more alluring.

The men’s line-up also includes John Huxley, chairman of Haworth Parish Council, who is pictured on the cover alongside Coun Miller and Mr Hill in the village stocks. The retired officer has not been named but is someone organisers say many in Haworth “will certainly recognise”.

The women’s cover features Nikki Carroll of Firths Boutique in Main Street, Haworth, wearing less than the mannikin she is dressing in the shop window.

The calendars are available in shops in Haworth or can be ordered online at www.haworthcalendar.co.uk.

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