by admin | Apr 27, 2010 | General news
This evening our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was honoured to be invited to the 4th Annual Charity Giving Evening of the Freemasons of Bolton and Farnworth Lodges. Held in the Bolton Masonic Hall, Institute Street, Bolton, Freemasons from the twenty Lodges and eleven...
by admin | Apr 27, 2010 | Donations, General news
Today we are pleased to announce a very kind donation of £50.00 from our friends at Eccles Rambling and Social Club. The members of Eccles Rambling and Social Club have helped the team for many years now and we are very grateful for their kind and continuing...
by admin | Apr 26, 2010 | 2010, Incident
At 18.53hrs early this evening we were paged by NWAS (Manchester) Control for assistance with an incident in the Porter’s Wood area of Gathurst / Kitt Green, Wigan, with the report of an injured male in woodland down an embankment. By 19.00hrs a full team call out had...
by admin | Apr 24, 2010 | 2010, Incident
Team members already out in the area providing Standby Rescue cover for this years Pike View Hike Scout event (see separate report item) were alerted at 17.01hrs to an accident involving one of the entrants, a young Scout, aged 12, in a group with three other Scouts,...
by admin | Apr 24, 2010 | General news
Today at an incredibly early hour (of 05:30 in the morning!), a small number of team members journeyed to Bibbys Farm, Limbrick, the campsite of the Bolton Scout Trust, to provide the kit checking team for the 06:00 start of this year’s Pike View Hike. The Pike...
by admin | Apr 24, 2010 | Donations, General news
Craig Knights, immediate past Chairman of Bolton and District Round Table, kindly made the team his ’Charity of the Year’ for his tenure as Chairman over the 2009 / 2010 period. On 13th January this year, along with his fellow Round Tablers, Craig kindly...
by admin | Apr 24, 2010 | General news
Today we received a kind letter from Phil and Diana Thornley of Lostock, explaining how much they had both enjoyed visiting the team on Tuesday night, 20th April 2010, (National Womens’ Register, Bolton Group visit, see website news report dated 20th April...
by admin | Apr 24, 2010 | General news
Rather too early on Saturday morning Fred Taylor, who is Water Representative for the MPSRO, and Geoff Seddon, BMRT’s Deputy Leader made their way to Llangollen to meet with other Water Reps and prospective Trainers. After a quick handshake and brief everyone...
by admin | Apr 23, 2010 | General news
Congratulations today to team member Ana Toole, who has completed her twelve month long Trainee Team Membership period with the team and has today been accepted as a Full Team Member / Call Out list member. Ana, aged 41, is a Physiotherapist at Royal Bolton Hospital,...
by admin | Apr 22, 2010 | General news
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE and team Call Out list member (and Regional MR Water Officer) Fred Taylor journeyed to Cheshire Fire and Rescue Services HQ and Training School at Sadler Road, Winsford, to take part in an Incident Safety Assessment and Control...
