Braintree's very own calendar girls who bared all have handed over the fruits of their labours to a good cause.

Covered up - Fern Lodge manager Jenny Woolliams, left, with calendar organiser Lily Frankcom, residents, friends and family at the presentation. Picture: ROB SAMBROOK 40880-2

A group of women have raised more than £1,000 for Fern Lodge Care Home in Bocking by selling their calendar at local golf clubs.

The idea to tastefully reveal all came from a relative of one of the residents at the home.

She persuaded a group of friends to pose naked, inspired by the characters in the hit film Calendar Girls.

Jenny Woodrams, manager at the home, said that staff had not yet decided what to spend the money on.

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Published Monday, February 7, 2005

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