by admin | Dec 18, 2005 | General news
This morning at 09:00 Hrs, the Bolton MRT assembled in Lever Park, Rivington for a familiarity exercise with the new North West Air Ambulance, Helimed 08, G-NWAA, named Katie. We were honoured to be the first Mountain Rescue Team in the region covered by Helimed 08 to...
by admin | Dec 16, 2005 | General news
Many years ago we rescued a young woman at Rivington who had broken her back in a winter sledging accident. The woman involved was Deborah Garlick and, with her husband John, she went on (after a full recovery we might add) to become a valued supporter of the team....
by admin | Dec 16, 2005 | General news
Every year we receive many Christmas cards from the organisations we work alongside, and from supporters of the team, so amongst others, many thanks to “C” Flight, 22 Squadron RAF Helicopter Search and Rescue, RAF Valley, David Crausby Member of...
by admin | Dec 16, 2005 | Donations, General news
With grateful thanks to the following team members, more donations have been received in lieu of them sending out Christmas cards amongst the team membership. Andrew Ryding £5.00, Fred Taylor £10.00, Chris Tennant £20.00, Ann Shaw £20.00, and...
by admin | Dec 14, 2005 | 2005, Incident
Well – the lack of incidents in December was broken tonight when, at the conclusion of our Wednesday evening exercise, we were contacted by GMP regards our urgent assistance with the search for a missing elderly lady. It was established that the person was...
