Drinkers at a Chorleywood pub are aiming to raise £5,000 for charity by selling self-designed rugby shirts.

Regulars at the Rose and Crown, including residents Roger Foord and Cliff Smith, and former Wasps and England player Rob Lozowski, have combined the England rugby logo with their own logo to raise money for Great Ormond Street.

Mr Foord, 70, said: "It was pub talk to be honest. We were drinking in the Rose and Crown when we came up with it.

"I always had it in my mind to do something for charity during the Rugby World Cup - and because the pub is called the Rose and Crown, and of course the symbol of the England team is the rose, it fit, and Great Ormond Street seemed like a great cause.”

Mr Foord said the idea started around January this year, and that they had been working on it throughout the year. They have sold around 100 shirts for £50 each, which are sponsored by shops in Chorleywood. He said most local businesses in the village had said yes to the idea.

The backs have local names written within the number 2015 on the back, in the style of a school leaver’s hoodie – with names ranging from local school childrens’ to those of pet dogs - and the 15 sponsoring shops have space on the back of the shirts as well.

“We had 100 shirts on order at the start”, said Mr Foord. “Now we’re aiming to sell more than that. Bigger sizes went quickly so we are getting more of those. We’re also getting in baby sizes as people are keen on those too.

“We’ve ordered another 50, and we’re hoping to make around five or six grand. We’re hoping to sell 120 in total now. If we could have sold 1,000 we would.”

Mr Mr Foord, who works for Lloyds Bank, said he had no previous design experience at all, but that Mr Smith, who runs a design business, was useful for the artistic side. He also said Lozowski, who made 263 first team appearances for Wasps, was extremely useful.

He said that he was hoping to organise more events once the Rugby World Cup begins at Twickenham on September 18, including an attempt to get a record number of people onto Chorleywood Common.