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A heart beat away
Life-saving heart equipment in Long Wittenhams redundant red telephone box should be in place and operational by the end of April. The Public Access Defibrillator or PAD costing nearly £2,500 will help save the lives of heart attack victims.
The parish council has put in £1,000 towards the cost of buying and installing the equipment .The rest of the money has come from public donations and Crispin and Beth Evans from Fieldside in memory of their son Guy who died four years ago at the age of 17. Guys heart stopped suddenly while he was riding his motorcycle and he died before paramedics could reach him.
Mr Evans said the public appeal raised £1,300 and more has been promised.
Extra money would be used to create a maintenance fund and refurbishment of the phone box. The council is to under-write £250 for refurbishment costs. Its also planned to use the kiosk as a book exchange facility.
Mr Evans said: We would like to thank everyone for their generous support in helping get this scheme off the ground. Our thanks go to the council and villagers. We have also received money from former residents of Long Wittenham.
On Friday March 30 Mr and Mrs Evans will host a social evening in the village hall to thank the village for its support. A representative from the Community HeartBeat Trust will give a demonstration on how to use the defibrillator. The machine is programmed to give simple, step-by-step instructions to the user who would not need specialist knowledge. It is planned to hold an official opening of the PAD on June 4 as part of the villages celebrations to mark the Queens diamond jubilee
Family Easter Egg Hunt – 2 April 2012
Neptune Wood, Long Wittenham from 11am-2pm. Easter eggs, treasure hunt and refreshments, Bring your own picnic.
£2 per child (adults free).
Held at Neptune Wood with kind permission of The Earth Trust.
Long Wittenham Preschool Open Day – 30 June 2012
Places available for 2 1/2 – 5 year olds. Please drop in and see the pre-school in action at the Village Hall, High Street, Long Wittenham.
For more details, contact Zoe Pepper
Long Wittenham Preschool Nearly New Sale – 24 March 2012
Long Wittenham Preschool are holding a nearly new sale this Saturday, 24 March from 10am to 12 noon in the Village Hall.
Contact Zoe Pepper for more information.
Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee
Long Wittenham has received the go-ahead for a street party in the High Street as part of the village celebrations on June 4 to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. South Oxfordshire District Council gave its seal of approval for the High Street to be closed from the Vine& Spice to the Plough between 10am and 6pm.
Plans are now being drafted by the Wittenham Jubilee Committee in conjunction with village groups for a range of events to mark the Royal event. The centre piece will be the High Street party between midday and 4pm. Villagers will be able to bring their tables and chairs and fill the road for the Big Picnic. They can bring their own food and refreshments or choose from special menus at the two pubs or the village barbecue.
A pageant covering the six decades of the Queen’s reign is planned. It’s hoped that village groups and children will take part. The idea is for the parade to assemble in the school playground and walk along to the garden of the Plough which will be the hub of a wide range of activities. There will be games for children in the garden followed by a tea party. In addition there will be a tug-of-war, Irish dancing, maypole dancing and stocks in which selected people will volunteer to have wet sponges thrown at them. The day will also be marked by the official opening of the Public Access Defibrillator which is being installed in the redundant telephone box in the High Street to help save the lives of heart attack victims. On the music scene its planned to have buskers moving around the garden and High Street. The Wittenham Singers will give performances and budding stars of the future will get their chance to show off their musical skills before judges at Wittenham’s Got Talent competition. Celebrations at the Plough will be rounded off with karaoke and a disco. The village history group plans to stage an exhibition of life in Long Wittenham from the 1950s to the present. The W.I. is to hold a cake competition in the village hall. The organisers are calling on resident to decorate their homes with flags and buntings and turn out in force for the activities to make the big community get together a huge success.
The next meeting of the organising committee is on Thursday April 5 starting at 7.30pm in the dining room of the Plough. Everyone is welcome.
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Church Plant Sale – 12 May 2012
If you are planting seeds or growing plants please put a few extra aside for the
CHURCH PLANT SALE
Saturday 12th May
Long Wittenham Village Hall 2-4pm
Bring along your excess seedlings and plants for us to sell.
Or simply come along to stock up on plants for your veg patch, borders, pots, baskets and more.
If you would like to help on the day, or if you need someone to collect your plants, please contact rose.gill@redpony.co.uk.
Mothering Sunday Service – 18 March 2012
St Mary’s Church Long Wittenham
Sunday 18th March 10.00am
Celebrating Mothering Sunday
A Service of Holy Communion: All Welcome
Council pegs spending
The parish council is playing its part in helping drive down costs in the straitened financial climate gripping every walk of life. The council has decided to freeze its spending for the new financial year starting in April. Councillors have agreed to set the precept at £16,153 the same figure as the current year. It works out at less than £50 per household per year.
Council chairman Tom Bowtell said: These are difficult financial times for councils, businesses and families and we decided to play our small part in helping to ease the pressure by holding down our spending.
Footpath to Clifton Hampden
The campaign for a footpath linking the two villages continues but the prospect of a new path along the main road looks increasingly unlikely.
With county council cash at a premium and the need to secure agreement with landowners this expensive option has faded leaving a cheaper and more realistic proposal – a link to the Thames Path towards Clifton via the weir. The council is to pursue inquiries with landowners and the Environment Agency about rights of way at the side of fields and over the weir.