Amy Wilson, 89, uses her red, three wheeler transporter tricycle that she bought in 2011 every single day for all purposes including getting out and about, shopping and going to church, while also taking her dog with her.
But she now has to walk around, after noticing that the bike had been nicked from her home in the Murray Bank Holiday Units.
“I use it to go everywhere, more than every day, it won’t be any use to anyone,” Ms Wilson told The Free Press.
“They can’t even start it because it needs a key. I’ve got to ride to keep on doing what I do. I won’t let them take my independence.
“It’s sad to think that there are people to do that, but I’m really grateful that they didn’t take me.”
Ms Wilson and her late husband both used the tricycles to get around town, with the 89-year-old saying her husband wouldn’t want anyone else to have it.
“To the person with such a great need themselves that they were prepared to steal, from under her own home, an elderly lady’s form of transport for shopping, appointments, exercise and enjoyment, I hope you feel some sort of guilt, but I somehow doubt it,” Amy’s daughter Jenny said.
“I’m sure many people have enjoyed seeing this lady and her dog on many occasions riding down the street.
“Thanks to the two lovely police officers who came on Sunday morning and even offered to take her to church as her transport was gone.”
Ms Wilson and her family are urging people to keep an eye out for the tricycle which plays an important role in her life.
“I don’t have my license, I couldn’t get on the road with all those cars everywhere,” Ms Wilson said.
“I really need the bike for things.”
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