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'Del Boy' Reliant Rialto stars in farmer's calendar | 'Del Boy' Reliant Rialto stars in farmer's calendar |
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A farmer who was gifted an Only Fools & Horses-style three-wheeled car by friends has created a calendar based around the classic motor. | A farmer who was gifted an Only Fools & Horses-style three-wheeled car by friends has created a calendar based around the classic motor. |
Robert Wrinch, of Old Newton near Stowmarket, Suffolk, was given the Reliant Rialto - named Madge - for his 50th birthday by friends last year. | Robert Wrinch, of Old Newton near Stowmarket, Suffolk, was given the Reliant Rialto - named Madge - for his 50th birthday by friends last year. |
The group decided to create a 2016 calendar, depicting the car in a series of farming situations. | The group decided to create a 2016 calendar, depicting the car in a series of farming situations. |
Mr Wrinch said Madge is "always busy as there's plenty to do on the farm". | Mr Wrinch said Madge is "always busy as there's plenty to do on the farm". |
Mr Wrinch said that although the car in the BBC comedy was a Reliant Regal, his friends delivered the Rialto dressed as Batman and Robin - aping the Del Boy and Rodney Trotter characters in the programme. | |
"We've got a real good bunch of friends and every year somebody has a bright idea for a calendar and it's become a bit of a tradition," he said. | "We've got a real good bunch of friends and every year somebody has a bright idea for a calendar and it's become a bit of a tradition," he said. |
"Madge has been helping with the harvest, herding turkeys, pigs and helping with dairy cattle - she's always busy as there's plenty to do on the farm." | "Madge has been helping with the harvest, herding turkeys, pigs and helping with dairy cattle - she's always busy as there's plenty to do on the farm." |
Proceeds from the calendar's sale will be donated to the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution. | Proceeds from the calendar's sale will be donated to the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution. |
"If we can do something good out of something like this, then happy days." | "If we can do something good out of something like this, then happy days." |
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