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Elderly Couple Offer Reward for Car Missing After Forgetting Where They Parked It

Emmanuel Elliott and Hilda Farmer with their recovered car

An elderly couple who forgot where they parked their car are offering a reward for anyone who can trace the vehicle.

Emmanuel Elliott, 81, and partner Hilda Farmer, 79, parked "within a mile and a half" of Cheltenham General Hospital on Friday whilst attending an appointment, only to later discover they could not remember where they had parked it.

After a five-day hunt to track down the silver Ford Fiesta, the couple from Gloucester has been reunited with the vehicle.

It was found on Tuesday in a car park about 900m from the hospital and had been ticketed three times by wardens.

Mr. Elliott said it was "marvelous" to have the vehicle back.

They offered £100 to anyone who can find the car after family and friends were unable to track it down.

Ms. Farmer had dropped her partner off for an appointment at the hospital before going to find somewhere to park.

It then took Ms. Farmer about 30 minutes to walk from the car, so it is estimated to be "within a mile and half" of the hospital, according to Mr. Elliott.

He said his partner parked the silver Ford Fiesta - registration EJ12 VSP - in "a really nice, quiet street" at about 2.30pm on Friday.

"There were houses just on one side, and all the cars were parked in their driveways.

"On the other side there was greenery - maybe a park or a field,” he told the BBC.

"Ours was the only car parked on that side of the road, alongside the greenery."

Police had told him they were "fairly confident" the vehicle will still be where it was left, he added.

Ms. Farmer said she didn’t know the area or Cheltenham very well as she was born in Gloucester, adding: "I'm frightened of Cheltenham. I [normally] always go on the bus."

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