A GANG of plucky pensioners in Lymm braved a busy Cherry Lane on Tuesday afternoon to protest about a traffic boom which is robbing them of their independence.

Six pensioners, all aged in their 80s and 90s, took to the streets with banners to make their feelings known to the council.

Elderly people from Booths Hill House and Booths Hill Close say that they are sick of lorries speeding past their homes, and they want measures put in place to make drivers slow down so that they can get to their local shop, which is across the road from their homes.

Doris Harper, aged 80, from Booths Hill House, said: "There are some very, very big lorries which come down Cherry Lane and drive up and down outside our home.

"Some of the people go out for a walk to the shop with their carers and the lorries go round the corner like nobody's business.

"Many a time we have a fear of someone being knocked down."

Doris says that for many of the pensioners, a trip to the shop over the road gives them independence, and that treasured freedom has been taken away because they are too scared of the traffic.

She wants a police constable to look at the traffic on the road and to make sure that safety measures are put in place by the council.

And Caroline Moseley, Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for Warrington South, has given the group her full support.

She said: "They feel like they are putting their lives in their hands when they cross Cherry Lane.

"At the very least, prominent warning signs should be placed to make drivers aware that people may be crossing."

A spokesman for the borough council said: "No complaints regarding pedestrian crossings or signage on Cherry Lane have been received by the council, but any complaints received will be investigated and acted upon.

"Traffic problems on Cherry Lane are currently under investigation by the council."