Twenty young ladies, including a few wives and girlfriends of Burnham on Crouch Lifeboat Station Volunteer Crew members, have taken part in a photo shoot to help create the ‘Burnham RNLI Calendar Girls’.

Phoebe Tunbridge-Steeds, an electrician at Bradwell Power Station and friend of the local stations crew members, is running the 2010 Virgin London Marathon in aid of the RNLI. To raise money, she and a few of her very brave friends decided to create the calendar. All the models are local girls and the wives and girlfriends were also happy to help out.

Phoebe said “The idea came about after a conversation at work with a colleague in early November and by the time the venues and photographers Lewis Walsh and Ryan Stripe, were sorted out it was a few weeks later.

The calendars were so much fun to make and include wives and girlfriends of the crew – and even a female crew member! The pictures were all shot on location in Burnham so there are a few places people will recognise. I’m really grateful to all my friends for putting in their time and effort to help raise money for such a great cause. Most of the pictures were taken outside, so as you can imagine it was very cold!”

The calendars are on sale for £10 each and if you would like to get your hands on a copy, they are available at the following locations in Burnham on Crouch …

The Queens Head, Providence

The Ship Inn, High Street

Videoland, Station Road

Jacaranda, Station Road

Marine Store, Burnham Yacht Harbour

Trackside Fitness, Station Ind. Est, Station Approach