08-05-2011, 05:43 PM
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The lovely thing is that is was all in suggestion 
The film is also very good, but obviously has a bigger story line and the trouble the calender created in the WI (Women's Institute).
At the end a banner was lowered to say the 'real' Calender Girls had now raised 3 million pounds!
It starts with one of the women's husband dying of Cancer and her group of friends decide to buy a Sofa for the Relatives room because the one already there was really moth-eaten and uncomfortable.
At the end of the play Anne (the wife) gets a letter to say the calenders had raised, £500. Then she reads it again £500,000. The comment is, 'blimey, where are we going get a Sofa for £500,000?'
A whole new hospital wing has been built for leukaemia suffers since and still supported by WI funds.
If you can find the film Joan I strongly recommend it, but have a box of hankies ready, for both of you.
The film is also very good, but obviously has a bigger story line and the trouble the calender created in the WI (Women's Institute).
At the end a banner was lowered to say the 'real' Calender Girls had now raised 3 million pounds!
It starts with one of the women's husband dying of Cancer and her group of friends decide to buy a Sofa for the Relatives room because the one already there was really moth-eaten and uncomfortable.
At the end of the play Anne (the wife) gets a letter to say the calenders had raised, £500. Then she reads it again £500,000. The comment is, 'blimey, where are we going get a Sofa for £500,000?'
A whole new hospital wing has been built for leukaemia suffers since and still supported by WI funds.
If you can find the film Joan I strongly recommend it, but have a box of hankies ready, for both of you.
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