A rotary club are looking for a new place to install a defibrillator after the original one was stolen a year ago. The Bolton Rotary Club had fundraised and installed a defibrillator at the Bolton Steam Museum , but this was stolen last summer. The former president of the club, Christopher Hill, said he was ‘disappointed’ to learn it had happened again, but this time for the Gilnow Arms on Deane Road.
He said: “It was pretty similar to what happened when we purchased one and installed it at Bolton Steam Museum, and someone had broken into it and stolen it. “We were shocked and disappointed because the reason we chose that location was because there wasn’t one in quite a distance from it that was also accessible to the community. “We were very disappointed that someone had taken it.
” The defibrillator was stolen from The Gilnow Arms pub just last week, leaving the new landlady, Monique Brennan disgusted when she came to find out. Chris said: “It brought back the same feelings when it happened to us last year, why would they take it from a public access place? “It seems like it was an act of vandalism. “The code would be accepted by phoning 999.
“It has been a random act of theft whether people are stealing them to sell them, I do not know. “The defib could be needed by anybody.” Chris is now looking to fundraise and install a new one but in a safer location where it will still be helpful and visible to the public.
He said: “We will look at a differe.
