by admin | Jun 13, 2010 | General news
With three of our Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulance vehicles approaching eleven years old this August, and our fourth Land Rover MR Ambulance approaching seven years old, the team has been anticipating and investigating their replacement for a couple of years now....
by admin | Jun 12, 2010 | General news
With most of the team at Bury Carnival, team call out list members Louise Jorgensen, Michael O’Brien and Stephen Kenworthy in our BM4 Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulance vehicle, joined by Support Group member Iain Clarkson, attended the Annual Garden Party at...
by admin | Jun 12, 2010 | General news
Today at the very kind invitation of the Lions Club of Bury, the team joint with our colleagues at Rossendale and Pendle MRT attended the Bury Lions Club Bury Carnival. Sunshine and hot weather greeted us and stayed with us all day, resulting in a very busy, well...
by admin | Jun 11, 2010 | 2010, Incident
At 14.50hrs on this very warm sunny afternoon, we were paged by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service to respond on a joint agency basis to an incident at Belmont, in the vicinity of Wards Reservoir. The initiating call out page was answered by team call out...
by admin | Jun 11, 2010 | General news
This morning our Team Training Officer Elaine Gilliland and Reserve Team member Diane Blakeley represented our team at the funeral of the late John Edwards, a long serving member of Oldham MRT and a well known figure in local, regional and national mountain rescue...
by admin | Jun 11, 2010 | Donations, General news
Thanks to the kindness of Allen Matthews of Holland Street Motors, the team now has a 4hp outboard motor for our new semi rigid inflatable team boat. Allen who is a diving buddy / friend of long serving team member and Team Equipment Officer Fred Taylor, donated the...
by admin | Jun 9, 2010 | Donations, General news
Today we received a very kind £30.00 donation (which will be gift aided) from team friend and supporter Mrs Yvonne Knight-Gregson of Urmston, Manchester. In a letter to our Team Leader accompanying her very kind donation Yvonne explained; “The £30.00...
by admin | Jun 9, 2010 | General news
Regular readers will be familiar with the walk from Adlington to Haworth recently undertaken by Jayne Bayliss in the company of two friends, to raise money for the Bolton MRT. Today we are very happy to have received from Jayne the ’first’ batch of...
by admin | Jun 8, 2010 | General news
Further to our website article dated Sunday 6th June 2010, we have now received more details on the Sponsored Parachute Jump undertaken by SLSCC member Brian Needham from his wife Lynne Needham. Lynne has proudly informed us that her husband Brian raised £254.50...
by admin | Jun 8, 2010 | Donations, General news
Today we are pleased to report another appreciated very generous £50.00 donation from Mr. Ismail Momoniat of Bolton, who sent his donation to us via the Charities Aid Foundation. The whole team extends its thanks to Mr. Ismail Momoniat for his continuing support...
