A few drinks in a pub, the attention of young women, a little male bravado - and three weeks later five men were waiting in the wings petrified at the thought of baring all to dozens of screaming women.

You may have thought the Full Monty craze was over but these lads proved that the idea of men getting their kit off is still pulling in the crowds.

The box office hit which took the country by storm featured five jobless steel workers in Sheffield who decided to strip off to earn some money for themselves.

But the function room at the Wheatsheaf pub, off High Street, Oxford, was packed full of people - women only - as the five brave Oxford lads stripped off uniforms borrowed from Armstrong Security, Blackbird Leys, to raise money for breast cancer research.

And they all have their day jobs to go back to. George Dunne, 56, of Iffley Turn, Iffley, works for Linacre College; Derek Dover, 23, of Kennington Road, Kennington, is an assistant pub manager; Richard Blann, 23, of South Parade, Summertown, is a house repossession co-ordinator; Chris Dore, 21, lives at the Wheatsheaf where he is a barman; and Andy Jolliffe, 27, of Moorbank, Blackbird Leys, is a bus driver. Their audience screamed as the lads, with bodies tanned for the occasion, strode on to the stage to the familiar strains of Tom Jones' You Can Leave Your Hat On. They gyrated their hips and gradually peeled off their clothing down to their skimpy pants.

The women had been waiting an hour and a half for this moment, and were they ready for it, after being entertained by stand-up comedian Caroline Quinlan.

When the time finally came for the Full Monty, the lads did not hold back and even came back on for an encore - wearing hats to conceal what had already been revealed. Manager Hugh Williams told the lads they could do it as long as it was for charity.

He said: "The guys are very brave and it's all for an excellent cause. It's interesting that you have got guys doing it for a women's charity."

They hope to have raised about £500 for research into breast cancer which they want to give straight to a college in Oxford which takes part in such work.

Choreographer Angela O'Connor, 27, of Parker Street, east Oxford, who works as an administrator at Oxford's College of Further Education, was behind the boys all the way.

She said: "It was a typical night in the pub and a couple of girls asked the lads to take their shirts off so they could take a picture.

"After this happened they came back saying 'We're so gorgeous. We could do this for a living, we could do the Full Monty'.

"They have been really working hard together and have kept saying all the way through that this is for breast cancer which I think is fantastic."

She took a day off to work out the steps in her sitting room and they practised after work every day for three weeks to pull off a very professional performance, although they were terrified earlier on.

Derek said: "We are trying to get some women to strip off for testicular cancer now. As long as it's an enjoyable evening and we raise lots of money that's all that matters.

"It was off the scale. It went brilliantly and as soon as we took our pants off, the scream was deafening.

"I might do it again but money in my pocket this time, I think. I'm not doing it on my own."

The women certainly approved. Karen Swell, of Norris Close, Abingdon, said afterwards: "I thought it was good.

"We didn't know what to expect but they looked a lot better than we had imagined. They were very professional."

Kristin Gregory, 28, of Jericho, Oxford, said: "I thought it was kinky. They were really nervous but it was better than we thought. Their butts were really nice."

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