I think it was summer 1968 and I was walking up the High Street when a car passed by quicker than normal, mounting the pavement narrowly missing Mrs Sillars who with her back to the car had just by chance stepped into a shop doorway avoiding being knocked over.
Mr Hitchings who had been following the car decided he would try and overtake the car then cut it off bringing it to a halt. This he did giving chase, they swerved around the junction by the Market Cross into Gloucester Street where he shot passed and pushed the car into the railings just passed the old White Lion Inn.
Many of the shoppers in the High Street rushed to see what was going on and found Mr Hitchings helping a very shocked lady out of her car. What appeared to of happened was the throttle on her car had jammed open and she panicked stopping her from thinking of putting her car into neutral, pulling on the hand brake and turning off the ignition.
Luckily Mr Hitchings who has his own car body repair business was able to arrange repair of all the damage whilst other shoppers went into the shop and explained to Ann Sillars quite unaware of all the commotion, how in a split second she had so narrowly avoided being run over.
