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www.ilkestonlife.com ILKESTON LIFE August 2021 4
HAVE Our community has

YOUR Flea I was raised in Ilkeston but but the public support they every two weeks and that it is absolutely necessary so
funded 35 defibrillators

SAY market moved to the south coast at received has been so good it the devices are checked to there is nothing to be afraid
of.
has resulted in 35 defibril-
make sure they are in full
the age of 20. I still have
idea to
working order and rescue
lators now available for use
I hope this information is
family and friends in the
ready.
in Swanage and the Purbeck
helpful. For your informa-
town and thoroughly enjoy
boost town
reading copies of Ilkeston
volunteer defibrillator
A lot of the money raised
Defibrillator Partnership has
Life which my cousin John area of Dorset. We also have a team of tion Swanage Community
How about having a flea sends to me. has been through charitable guardians who check the a Facebook page.
market in Ilkeston? events, donations from char- cabinets and report back Deirdre Mersey
I used to go to one in Arnold I am particularly interested itable organisations, local to me that all is well, or if (nee Fletcher)
in the comments in the July
on a Wednesday night and it edition regarding defibrilla- businesses, individuals and there is a problem such as
was brilliant. tors and I thought it might legacies etc. Money needs pads needing replacement or Church
A lot of people are talking be helpful for me to tell to be constantly raised as low batteries. We can then
about ways of attracting you what we do here in the pads, batteries etc. need deal with this. When all the is seeking
more people to Ilkeston and my adopted home town of to be replaced and new ones reports are in, I inform the
I think this would be worth Swanage. bought from time to time. local ambulance service that ‘hands on’
trying. We live in a place where Our Defibrillators are locat- the devices are available for help
I have spoken to lots of peo- waiting for an ambulance ed in busy public places as emergency use.
ple on Facebook and they often takes a long time - an- well as at churches, sports In addition to keeping the Greetings from St. An-
are saying they would go ything up to an hour. Some clubs and schools. devices in full working drews, we hope that you are
to a flea market [a place for local people who work If anyone requires the use of order, our Partnership runs all well and staying safe.
people to sell their nick-na- in the public domain got a Defibrillator, they dial 999 familiarisation classes open We are trying to move
cks and other second hand together to form a partner- and the operator will direct to the public so anyone can things on at St. Andrews,
Get in touch with goods]. People could rent ship with the aim of raising them to the nearest cabinet learn how to use the equip- as we enter a time when
and give them the access
ment. The classes are run
your views stalls on, say, a Wednesday money for public access code to get in. At the same by a Senior Nurse from St there will be more freedom.
night in the summer months
By email preferably: – I think people would turn defibrillators in the area. time an ambulance/para- John Ambulance and other Following a recent Church
These people originally
letters@ilkestonlife.com out to see what bargains comprised a local police- medic is tasked to attend. people qualified in First Aid. Council meeting, it has be-
come clear that in common
Some people are nervous
This is how it works in this
By post: they could find. I’d love man, a lifeboatman, a senior area of Dorset. of using a defibrillator but with many organisations
The Editor, Ilkeston Life, to hear what others think nurse and a coastguard My role in the partnership I can assure you that the that rely on donations, all is
1 Bath Street, Ilkeston, about it. officer. Their aims were is to ensure that the defibril- device will not deliver a far from well.
Derbyshire DE7 8AH Tom Moran quite modest to begin with lator cabinets are cleaned shock to the patient unless The financial situation at >>
Despite Covid, plane crash A reply to Roy Lacey: put away. They did leave
behind some theatrical
The filming
dust which they said would
crew were not forgotten Rainbow at disappear, but of course it
of The
didn’t.
As verger to St Mary’s, I
BBC paid for my invaluable
Sadly, like so much due to be undertaken. The weather St Mary’s was there on hand, and the
help, which bought our fam-
Covid, the Annual W5795 was very kind to us despite ily a dinning room table.
Memorial Service was the forecast, and short- I read with interest Roy No Roy, you are not being
cancelled. ly afterwards Hilary and Lacey’s letter, Daffodils in picky, like most things we
As MOSVT Trustee, I held Adrian set off back home to Autumn? in last month’s don’t always have the full
a short distanced poignant Lincolnshire. Ilkeston Life. facts to hand.
Memorial at the Stanley After the Service, and due The year was 1988, the sea- Sue Attenborough
Bomber War Memorial in St to consideration of the son was spring, the vicar the
Andrews Churchyard. churchyard grass cutters, the Revd John Roff. The BBC ‘Invaluable
It was attended by Mr and families wreath was secured were doing a production of
Mrs Adrian and Hilary on the memorial, and the The Rainbow by D H Law- information’
Eddleston, representing all S&SCPC, MOSVT and rence. St Mary’s church
the families of the crashed RAFA wreaths were secured was portrayed as a church After reading the impres-
plane crew and laying a to the Stanley War Memo- in Derby. sive letter featured in July’s
W5795 Wreath on behalf of rial just outside the Stanley After Easter Sunday evening edition regarding the Covid
all relatives. St Andrews Church. service the night crew came vaccination. I must thank
Other wreaths laid were The Service next year will into church with props and the editor greatly for its
inclusion.
the Stanley Parish Council be held on 2nd July 2022 lighting, working all night.
Wreath representing the with the W5795 Service The day crew came in I The letter concerns the
Parish, an RAF Erewash at 11am, followed by the believe around 7 o’clock negative side of the jab
– the unfortunate deaths
Branch Wreath and finally Stanley Gala Procession at filming inside and outside of and adverse reactions it
an MOSVT Wreath repre- 12.30pm and Grand Gala. church using the small back has caused. I feel that this
senting all those ex Service A Battle of Britain Flyover vestry door as an entrance.
people and villagers who request has been submitted The action stopped for valuable information should
be widely publicised as
would normally attend this as per the cancelled event in the clock striking on the people are entitled to know
Service. 2020, and 2022. It will be quarters plus aircraft flying all the risks associated with
The RAF Flag was half- the 80th Anniversary of the overhead. injection before taking it.
masted and an individual Loss of W5795. We Will An old fashioned amuse- When making such an im-
named poppy cross placed Remember Them. ment fair was hired plus a portant decision, surely we
for each crew member lost. Terry Hall large coach full of extras for should be made fully aware
The RAF Flag was left at Hon. Secretary/Treasurer the market scene were used. of the possible dangers
Half Mast, as immediate- Derbyshire Submariners and At the end of filming either way.
Wreaths at the Wellington Bomber Memorial in Stanley ly after our 11am wreath RBL Poppy Appeal Organiser the night crew arrived to Janice Roper
village churchyard. laying a local funeral was to for Stanley dismantle everything and Another letter on this subject, P19