THE original calendar girl has experienced an emotional reunion with the nurses who treated her husband at both Airedale and St James’s Hospitals.
Ahead of the afternoon dress rehearsal of 'The Girls' musical at Leeds Grand Theatre on Saturday, Angela Baker met with Sue Rabett, the last nurse to treat John Baker before he died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 1998.
It was the first time that Mrs Baker, who lives in Skipton, had seen Ms Rabett since John’s death.
Ms Rabett was joined by colleagues from St James’s, as well as a group who cared for John in the early stages of his treatment at Airedale Hospital.
The group were among a packed audience of cancer nurses and patients who were treated to the first glimpse of Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s new musical inspired by the story of Mrs Baker, her husband John and the alternative Women's Institute calendar.
Collections will be held for blood cancer charity Bloodwise – formerly known as Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research and long associated with the Calendar Girls’ story – after each performance.
It is hoped the musical will add to the £3 million the Girls have already raised for the charity.
Performances of The Girls musical at Leeds Grand Theatre run until December 12.
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