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A Women's Institute from the heart of rural Devon has recreated the naked images made famous in the film Calendar Girls - but there's a terribly British twist!

Rather than pose in the nude themselves, the ladies of Halwill WI decided to knit the figures instead.

And the result has proved so popular they have had to order more copies from the printers.

The calendar was the brainchild of Halwill WI president Ann Goodspeed, who previously masterminded a secret yarnbombing of the village.

Ann said: "We are known for our knitting in Halwill.

"Three years ago we decided to knit hats and scarves for all the bollards in the village, but didn't tell people it was us. The locals loved it, so eventually we owned up.

"The last two years we have done knitted snowmen, but this year we wanted to try something different."

Ann saw a book of knitting patterns called "Nudinits" which featured an entire village naked, complete with amusing back stories and double entendres.

She said: "It was such a great idea, I loved it. I thought we could recreate the famous WI naked calendar that featured in the film Calendar Girls.

"I took the idea to our meeting in February this year and they loved it too - immediately I had six volunteers to help me create it."

Ann said it took a hardcore knitting team around seven months to complete all the characters, while husbands and friends were roped in to help recreate the furniture from the original pictures.

Ann said: "Six of us did the dolls, another lady helped us with the crocheted sunflowers and two of our husbands helped with the furniture and photographer.

"Fortunately one of our members is in the printing business so that was also very helpful."

The calendar has been so popular that the initial copies have already sold out.

Ann said: "We ordered 100 and sold them all straight away. We've had to order another 100 from the printers.

"The money raised from the sales will go towards a number of local projects - including new loos for the village hall and a new kitchen for the local Baptist church."

The calendars cost £6 each and are available from the local shops in Halwill.

You can also order them by email by contacting Ann on anniemail49@gmail.com.