Alternative WI Calendar 2000. Rylestone Ladies Original UK and USA Versions
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The chance to own two pieces of Great British History. The Original Alternative WI Calendars. UK and USA versions.The Calendar which inspired the 2003 hit film Calendar Girls starring Helen Mirram and Julie Walters. Both in fantastic condition with documents from Jennings Brewery. Here's what Wikipedia says about the story behind the Calendars:The fundraising phenomenon of the Calendar Girls was inspired by the death of Angela Baker's husband John Richard Baker, an Assistant National Park Officer for the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, who died from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at the age of 54 in 1998. During his illness Angela's friends began to raise money, initially with the aim of purchasing a sofa for the visitors' lounge in the hospital where John was treated. Nothing could have prepared them for the way their original calendar took off. To date they have raised over £3 million for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research, the UK's leading blood cancer charity. The photos for the 2000 Alternative WI Calendar, as it was named, were taken by Terry Logan, a former professional photographer who was married to one of the models. It was released on April 12, 1999 and became a runaway success, selling out in the first week. 10,000 additional copies were printed, all of which were sold within three weeks. Nine months after its launch, the
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