A Perth pensioner who sparked national headlines for her scooter-riding antics has inspired a fashion line.
Barbel Roerig, aka Perth Scooter Gran, is the face of four charity T-shirts designed to raise funds for Age Scotland.
The shirts take their inspiration from sources as diverse as American-style warning signs and the famous March of Progress image, which depicts the evolution of man.
The T-shirts are on sale online with a price tag of £10, with 100% of the profit, believed to be around £3, going to the charity.
But Scooter Gran has revealed she is not a fan of the comedy T-shirts and would prefer a different organisation to benefit.
Images of the clothing range were posted on the Perth Scooter Gran Facebook page on Friday
Retired architect Mrs Roerig became a national celebrity after The Courier revealed her identity last week.
The 74-year-old grandmother of two had become an internet sensation after a Facebook page was set up to document sightings of her across Perth.
The page now has more than 5,000 likes, with more than 2,000 in the last week.
But Mrs Roerig said she had not been told that her image was going on the T-shirts and had different ideas about where the money should go.
”They didn’t tell me, they didn’t ask me and some of them I don’t like,” she told The Courier. ”The one with the monkeys going behind I don’t like at all and I’m not sure about the white one with a drawing of my face on it. I don’t know if I can do anything about it, though.
”I’d rather the money went to Save the Children, as it’s the shop I use the most. I suppose (Age Scotland) is an appropriate charity, maybe if they did the money half and half that would be ok.”
A spokesman for Age Scotland praised the OAP for her scooter antics and welcomed the funding boost her popularity could bring them.
”We applaud Mrs Roerig for scooting over stereotypes about what an older person should do and how they should behave,” he said.
”We’d like to see a Scotland where older people can scoot, cycle or rollerblade down the street without anyone batting an eyelid.
”For now, however, we’re certainly very appreciative of any funds that come our way thanks to this Facebook phenomenon and will put these to good use in making Scotland a better place for older people.”
The German-born senior citizen, who moved to Scotland in 1971 with her husband, started using her scooter nine years ago to stop her knees from becoming sore.