by admin | Mar 14, 2011 | Donations, General news
Today we are pleased to announce the receipt of a very kind £40.00 donation to the team at the request of Mr Andrew Calder. We understand that at a recent meeting of the Warrington Field Club, Mr Andrew Calder was their invited guest speaker. At the conclusion...
by admin | Mar 10, 2011 | General news
The team are delighted that once again our good friends in the Westhoughton Rotary Club have nominated Bolton Mountain Rescue as one of the charities they have chosen to support through their spectacular fundraising efforts involving supermarket collections,...
by admin | Mar 10, 2011 | General news
This afternoon the Team was visited at their Ladybridge Hall Base by a class of Y6 pupils from Gilnow Primary School. The pupils accompanied by their teacher Mrs Deborah Docherty, Teaching Assistants Miss Hil Farr and Miss Lauren Swallow. The pupils and their Teachers...
by admin | Mar 8, 2011 | General news
This morning Team Chairman, Ken Oakes, and Team Secretary, Gillian Gregory, attended Team Eagley Bank’s coffee morning held at the home of their member, Maureen Heggie to receive officially a cheque for £2,819.42 raised during a year of fundraising –...
by admin | Mar 8, 2011 | General news
On the evening of Tuesday 8th March our Chairman Ken Oakes, Team member, Martin Banks and trainee, Scott Beresford were pleased to welcome a party of scouts and cubs from the 1st Turton and accompanying leaders and parents, to our Ladybridge Hall Base, the group were...
by admin | Mar 8, 2011 | General news
Three team members attended an exercise organised by the Greater Manchester Resilience Training and Exercising Co-ordinating Group today at the Middleton Arena, Middleton, Rochdale. Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon, experienced Team Member Fred Taylor and Training...
by admin | Mar 7, 2011 | General news
Today, Team Life Vice President Tony McNally and Training Officer Elaine Gilliland were welcomed by six Year 10 pupils of the Kingsbridge Centre of Excellence at Rose Bridge High School in Wigan. By invitation of Headteacher, Mrs Maggie Biddlestone, Tony and Elaine...
by admin | Mar 6, 2011 | General news
This evening the team was contacted by Lancashire Constabulary after a walking group in the Rivington area had reported one of their number missing from the party. As the team was preparing to rendez-vous at Lower House Car Park, Rivington, it was reported to us that...
by admin | Mar 6, 2011 | General news
This morning five team members travelled to Bowland and Pennine Mountain Rescue Team Base at Ray Lane, Garstang to attend the MPSRO organisers, MREW recognised Fall Protection Equipment Inspectors Course delivered by Oldham Mountain Rescue Team member and Company...
by admin | Feb 28, 2011 | 2011, Incident
At 19:20 this evening our Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon was contacted by Greater Manchester Police, who were requesting the team’s assistance in searching an area of woodland in Tyldesley, Wigan. Earlier in the evening a concerned member of the public had contacted...
