by admin | Nov 13, 2012 | General news
This morning at the invitation of Craig Lunt, Red Watch, Watch Manager at GMFRS Horwich Fire Station, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE and long serving and very experienced team member Gyles Denn, visited Red Watch to discuss some joint training opportunities, and...
by admin | Nov 12, 2012 | Donations, General news
In 2011, Her Majesty’s Government announced an annual grant to be utilised for team search and rescue equipment purposes, open to all teams within Mountain Rescue England and Wales, our national representative body. The grant from HMG administered and...
by admin | Nov 11, 2012 | Donations, General news
Today at the Lead Mines Valley Remembrance Sunday Service attended by the team, we met our long standing friend and supporter David Bisset. Way back in August 2005, Iain Bisset whilst climbing with his father and fellow climber David Bisset, at Ousel’s Nest...
by admin | Nov 11, 2012 | General news
In the early hours of the cold winters morning of Tuesday 16th November 1943, a Wellington Mk 1c twin engined bomber of 28 OTU (Operational Training Unit) Royal Air Force, crashed with the sad loss of all aircrew onto Anglezarke Moor north of Bolton, in the area now...
by admin | Nov 9, 2012 | General news
This afternoon, our Team Secretary and Support Group member Gillian Gregory, was delighted to visit Edwina and Tony Freeman at their home in Bolton, to receive a marvellous donation to the team of £273.00. This very generous amount was raised at their Golden...
