Volunteers at a pensioners’ day centre have shed their inhibitions – and their clothes –to pose as pin-ups for a Calendar Girls-style calendar.

The team, whose members are all of a certain age themselves, launched the cheeky project to help Newport Pagnell;s Brooklands Centre.

The idea came about when Chair of Trustees Sandy Payne was thinking of new ways to raise money funds for desperately-needed storage sheds at the venue.

She persuaded some of the centre's other volunteers to throw off their aprons along with the rest of their clothes and found a local photographer,

The women at Brooklands Centre had great fun doing the photoshoot

placeholder image — The women at Brooklands Centre had great fun doing the photoshoot

After a brilliant two-day photoshoot and lots of laughs, the result was a saucy themed photo for each month of the year.

Thanks to volunteer Frances Campbell who organised the printing and production, a complete calendar arrived just a few weeks later.

It was launched this month by the town’s Mayor Paul Day, who described it as “fantastic”.

Meanwhile, Sandy Payne said: "Who says we oldies can't have fun? Brooklands is a fun place to be!"

There is a cheeky picture for every month

The centre provides food, fun and friends for over 55s in and around Newport Pagnell and volunteers cook them a hot lunch and provide entertainment. It hosts day clubs, seated exercise sessions, Tai Chi lessons, gardening groups, bingo, a book club and art club. Its main aim is to help people retain their independence, live in their own homes and remain in the local community.

More detail are on the Brooklands website here.

The calendars are now on sale at £10 each from the Centre on Ousebank Street in Newport Pagnell.