ALL she wants is to be treated the same as everyone else in her final years.

Twice a week Roseanne Harding makes the half-a-mile journey to her bank to take out cash to settle her bills.

But since she was forced to use an electric wheelchair 12 months ago, Roseanne has been left stranded outside while her husband Barry goes inside.

The grandmother-of-three, who is suffering from cancer of the spine, hips and ribs, is stuck on the pavement in front of Lloyds TSB in Bishop's Waltham because bank bosses cannot make the branch accessible for wheelchairs.

Because of the bank's location on a street corner, there is no space for a ramp.

Managers then looked at the possibility of moving the door but fell foul of the fact that the centre of Bishop's Waltham is a conservation area.

Lloyds TSB has apologised for the inconvenience caused to the couple and assured them that they have looked into the problem and do have a call system in place where staff will come out and assist customers.

Roseanne, 58, of St Swithun Close, Bishop's Waltham, said: "These people do not seem to want to know. It is so degrading.

"I cannot walk because the cancer has penetrated my spine, hips and ribs but I want to spend my time trying to do normal things, like shopping and banking, so I can enjoy my life like everyone else does.

"Having to do your banking out in public is totally humiliating and not safe when you consider privacy issues to do with bank details."

Her husband Barry is furious he has to leave his wife waiting outside the bank.

Barry, 60, said: "It makes my wife feel terrible because they are emphasising the fact that she is disabled and that should not be allowed to happen."

The couple have now contacted Amanda Haynes, campaigns and development officer of the Hampshire Coalition of Disabled People, who is taking the issue to the Disability Rights Commission.

She said: "Where has Lloyds TSB customer care gone? Are disabled people no longer seen as customers? Is our money not good enough? Serving disabled people is a matter of good customer service, nothing more, nothing less."

A Lloyds TSB spokeswoman said: "Due to the location of the Bishop's Waltham branch we were unable to put in a ramp. We then looked at relocating the door further from the road. However because Bishop's Waltham is a conservation area, Winchester City Council said it would not be very keen for us to do that."

The council confirmed that because Bishop's Waltham is a conservation area it does favour applications that preserve the character of the area.