by admin | Mar 3, 2010 | Donations, General news
Today we are happy to report a very kind donation from valued team friend and supporter Mrs Margaret Holmes of Bolton. Margaret Holmes has been kindly supporting the team for a great many years now and her continued support of Bolton Mountain Rescue Team is...
by admin | Mar 3, 2010 | General news
Tonight team member Dave Carter stepped down from the team membership after serving just over a year and a half on the team callout list. Due to a new job, Dave will be unable to make the team’s weekly Wednesday night training commitments, combined with a...
by admin | Mar 2, 2010 | General news
This evening twenty Cubs and nine Leaders and parents visited our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ for a look around and a demonstration of our search and rescue equipment and team vehicles garaged at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ. All were from St. Joseph’s Cub Scout...
by admin | Mar 2, 2010 | General news
Today we upgraded our black only photocopier at our Base / HQ after a lot of discussions with Ordee Repro (Roy Dutton) with a brand new Olivetti d-Color MF 220 copier. Roy of Ordee Repro has given us years of excellent customer support, and offers the team a very...
by admin | Mar 2, 2010 | General news
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received a very kind letter from Darren Hurrell, Chief Executive of the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust. In his letter to Garry and the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team membership titled “Mountain Rescue work over the...
by admin | Mar 2, 2010 | Donations, General news
Today we were very pleased to receive a kind letter of thanks from Chief Superintendent Russ Jackson, Greater Manchester Police, Divisional Commander Manchester Metropolitan Division. In his letter addressed to our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, Chief Superintendent...
by admin | Mar 2, 2010 | General news
Jill Riding today contacted the team very kindly offering to support us as her chosen charity for 2010. The team expresses its thanks to Jill for this appreciated personal support.
by admin | Mar 1, 2010 | General news
Tonight our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received the fantastic news from Carolyn Booth, Horwich Carnival Secretary, that the team has been selected as the sole charity beneficiary for the 2010 Horwich Carnival. This year the Horwich Carnival is being held on Sunday...
by admin | Mar 1, 2010 | General news
Our end of February 2010 Collection Box total income came to a marvellous £782.49 comparing to £349.88 for the same period last year. This is a fantastic 2nd month of the year total to report and bodes well for the rest of the year. Obvious thanks are due...
by admin | Feb 28, 2010 | General news
Since starting with the team on 27th January 2010, ten Probationary members remain with the team, and today they all received pagers so they’ll no longer have to rely on their Call Out list ’Buddy’ members to pass on all the messages that are...
