I would like to thank all those passers by who were driving down Copthall Road West on Friday, January 30 at around 3.30-3.45pm, who failed to stop and help my mum who had tripped over on the pavement and was unable to get up.

Apparently, there were about four or five cars that just passed her by. If they failed to see her, they must have been driving too fast!

She was walking to the post box on the corner of St George's Drive and Copthall Road West when she caught her foot on a paving slab and fell flat on her front.

She was very shaken and was finding it difficult to get herself up - she eventually managed to regain her composure and limped back home.

JOANNA DARVELL, by email.