Women of Castleside, Durham Dales, have stripped for a charity calendar

The women of one village were set on doing something rather more risque to raise funds for their crumbling community hall – volunteering to strip for a charity calendar

Some feared the calendar would damage the reputations of villagers in positions of responsibility, while others argued the idea was a little tired, after the success of Calendar Girls starring Helen Mirren, the hit movie based on the antics of the Rylstone Women’s Institute in North Yorkshire

But for those brave enough to flick through the pages, the calendar starring the ladies of Castleside in the Durham Dales is perhaps more daring than the original, in which strategic positioning of cakes helped protect the modesty of the models.