Mr Fare said if it had not been for a misfire, the toll keeper would have shot at the group.
But that did not stop them from continuing their night out.
“They screwed the shutters shut, painted them red then came all the way through town daubing various buildings in red paint,” he said.
“They ripped door knockers off, smashed plant pots, tipped caravans over, and the Marquess was lifted up to paint the white swan at the Swan Inn.”
The story may sound hard to believe, but more evidence of the event was found in the 1980s.
“There was a fire at the old Swan Inn in the 80s and when they were restoring the building, they took the Swan down to clean all the black soot and grime off it and they actually found traces of the red paint on there,” Mr Fare said.