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Defibrillator proposal for Coppermill Road ‘phone box provokes unbelievable response from Post Office

Posted on August 28, 2024August 29, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

A good place for a defibrillator?

Coppermill Road 'phone box

email to Post Office: Horton Parish Council is considering using the existing phone box (image attached) on Coppermill Road, Wraysbury (actually Horton) to house a defibrillator.   I am preparing a report for the Parish Council for us to fully refurbish the box (including a new door) prior to installing the defib.  Can you confirm the adoption ’ process please?  I believe that the box stands on RBWM Highways land.

email from Post Office:  Thank you for your email and interest in adopting  a kiosk.  I am afraid that this kiosk is not available for adoption.  Recent changes to Ofcom regulations around which public telephones we can remove mean there must be sufficient mobile coverage at the location in question. Unfortunately, it falls short in this instance.

1 thought on “Defibrillator proposal for Coppermill Road ‘phone box provokes unbelievable response from Post Office”

  1. Benta Hickley says:
    August 28, 2024 at 10:43 am

    Maybe then the post office (British telecom?) could replace the door and the broken glass so it’s a usable phone?

    Is there any possibility of it being a combined DeFib & phone – has this ever been done before?

    If BT refurbished the phone and HPC added a DeFib everybody would win!!!

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DATCHET

The name "Datchet" is thought to be Celtic in origin, and the last part may be related to cet ("wood"). In the Domesday Book it is called "Daceta".lla. Datchet is first mentioned between 990 and 994, when King Ethelred made small grants of land here.

HORTON

The village name "Horton" is a common one in England. It is Old English in origin and derives from the two words horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Hortune.

WRAYSBURY

The village name was traditionally spelt Wyrardisbury; it is Anglo Saxon in origin and means 'Wïgrǣd's fort'. Its name is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wirecesberie and as Wiredesbur in 1195. The name is seen again as Wyrardesbury in 1422.

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