Longtown Group Parish Council are pleased to announce that a new defibrillator has been installed outside Hopes of Longtown, which has been funded and will be maintained by the Parish Council. It has paediatric pads (for 8’s and under) as well as adult pads.This machine, and the other 4 in the Group Parish, are maintained and checked every 3 months and are registered on The Circuit so Ambulance Control know where to direct people to the nearest defib. The other machines are outside Walterstone Common Village Hall, Craswall Village Hall, St Mary’s Church, Craswall and inside the Vestry at St Bueno and St Peter’s Church in Llanveynoe.The previous Longtown defibrillator, which was old and sited around the back of the Crown Inn, has been decommissioned and the Parish Council would like to thank Sheila for allowing it to be there over the last few years.A huge thank you must be given to George Powell who has installed the new defibrillator outside Hopes, and has given his labour free as a goodwill gesture to the community.Thank you too goes to Christine for allowing the new machine to be sited in a more visible spot in the village outside the shop.
