A vicar has celebrated his church's 100th birthday by stripping off for a saucy calendar.

Canon Michael Storey, 66, posed as Mr October with only a filling cabinet drawer to protect his modesty.

The Barney Babes charity calendar was the brainchild of one of Mr Storey's parishioners at St Barnaba's Church in Crosland Moor, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

The bold priest has already sent a copy of the calendar to his bosses including the Archbishop of York the Most Rev Dr David Hope.

Selling out quick

"It was all just a bit of a laugh to commemorate 100 years of the church," said Mr Storey.

"No one has complained yet and I am amazed at the level of interest it has generated for the church. I might even do it again.

"Everything has happened so quickly that we haven't even decided which charity to donate the proceeds to.

"We printed 100 calendars at first but that has already doubled and they are selling out quick."

The eldest model in the calendar - which includes saucy pictures of parishioners - is in his 70s while the youngest is in his mid 20s.

The �3 calendar was launched at the church bazaar on Saturday morning.