The group first met at Prince Henry's School in Evesham in 1953 and have gone for a pint ever since.

Charlotte Lay was then able to save her husband's life by helping him get a cancer diagnosis.

When Betsy had stomach pain, her GP put it down to a virus - but the five-year-old had cancer.

Finlay-Jay regularly gives out bags to ambulance staff at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

Mini was rescued after a BBC Eye investigation that exposed a global online monkey torture ring.

The group, who are all now in their eighties, have met for their catch-up for more than 56 years.

The competition helped mark the 50th anniversary of Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue.

The cathedral hopes the calendar will spread that word it offers a warm welcome to dogs, it says.