by admin | Jul 30, 2013 | Donations, General news
Today we are very pleased to receive three kind donations amounting to £45.00 all made in celebration of the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr and Mrs Walton of Bolton. In a card accompanying these thoughtful donations, Mrs Margaret Walton states ; “Please...
by admin | Jul 30, 2013 | Donations, General news
On Sunday 12th May 2013, the team provided full standby rescue cover for the fell run section of the Darwen Leisure Centre Aquathon. This event organised by Blackburn with Darwen Council, had as its fell run section a route from the Sunnyhurst Inn up onto Darwen Moor...
by admin | Jul 30, 2013 | Donations, General news
Regular readers will be aware of the large amount of equipment surplus to our requirements or superseded within our team by newer equipment items, which we have donated since last year to our colleagues at Norfolk Lowland Search and Rescue Team, the principal item...
by admin | Jul 28, 2013 | General news
The last Sunday in every month, the team holds its monthly Vehicles, Trailers, SAR Boat, and Base / HQ Valet and Vehicle checks, Search and Rescue Equipment checks day, at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ. With six team vehicles and a considerable amount of team SAR...
by admin | Jul 28, 2013 | General news
This morning at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ very experienced team members Steve Fletcher and Mike Marsh welcomed the Long Distance Walkers Association, to discuss a new LDWA event, scheduled for 2015, and taking place within the team primary operational areas of...
by admin | Jul 28, 2013 | General news
We are very saddened today to report the theft of money from a team Collecting Box at Vaughn’s Country Cafe at Roddlesworth, Tockholes. The customers at this very busy cafe location regularly raise very large sums of money for the team, with the proprietor...
by admin | Jul 27, 2013 | General news
Following previous training (Provided in-house and externally, including kindly by GMFRS) and to consolidate the previous Wednesday evening specific training events, early this morning six experienced team members met at our Ladybridge Hall base / HQ to journey south...
by admin | Jul 27, 2013 | General news
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received from Russell and Russell (Solicitors) acting on behalf of the estate of Miss Mary Alice Kelly deceased, the sum of £2,000.00 in respect of the legacy left to Bolton Mountain Rescue Team under her will. Miss Mary...
by admin | Jul 24, 2013 | General news
Bolton Mountain Rescue Team sends its congratulations to HRH Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge and his wife, Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, on the recent birth of their son, HRH George Alexander Louis, Prince of Cambridge, third in line to the throne. The Duke of...
by admin | Jul 24, 2013 | General news
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received an email from Olivia Brown, Senior Paramedic, Bolton Group, West Sector (Greater Manchester Area) regards the Bolton MRTs part in the tragic incident of the early hours of Sunday morning 7th July 2013, when a man...
