Berriew knitters make teddies for child 999 patients

Posted by artigianati • June 15, 2010 • Printer-friendly

Paramedic Phil Williams with 'knitting nanna' Janet Speines at Welshpool ambulance station

Four "knitting nannas" have been thanked by the Welsh Ambulance Service after they "got the needle" and produced 40 woollen teddy bears.

The trauma teddies are soft toys carried on ambulances to reassure and calm distressed children.

Cath Owen, Janet Speines, Brenda Leach and Ivy Evans of Berriew Mothers' Union, a Christian group near Welshpool, took on the task.

The ambulance service said the teddies would prove invaluable.

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