by admin | Dec 14, 2009 | Donations, General news
Today the team received a very large, kind and thoughtful donation in the memory of the late Stephen Moore. With this extremely generous donation was a letter explaining that the teams details had been sought from our members present at Darwen Gala on Saturday 22nd...
by admin | Dec 14, 2009 | Donations, General news
Today we received a very kind and thoughtful Christmas donation from our very valued friends at St Marys, Horwich and the walkers of Chorley U3A ‘The University of the Third age.’ The donation of £168.30 was included with a Christmas card wishing all...
by admin | Dec 14, 2009 | General news
Our current sales of the Goodyear Tyres sponsored Mountain Rescue England & Wales calendar have now reached 19 sales so far. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Norma Hibbert, of Bromley Cross, who ordered one of the calendars and in place of the...
by admin | Dec 14, 2009 | General news
Today our Team Leader and Deupty Team Leader were contacted by specialist officers from Greater Manchester Police regarding the possibility of loaning specific items of equipment (i.e. our stretchers) to GMP with regards to the recovery of a body. In the event, GMP...
by admin | Dec 14, 2009 | Donations, General news
We are very pleased to announce today the receipt of a Christmas card and a very kind donation of £25.00 from husband and wife long term team supporters Deborah and John Garlick of Locking Stumps, Warrington. In January 1996 we were involved in the rescue of...
by admin | Dec 10, 2009 | General news
Today callout list members Matthew Hailwood and Mark Scott attended a book launch at the University of Bolton. They had been invited because they are both featured in the book – called “Leap” – by a photographer Ian Beesley who has a national...
by admin | Dec 9, 2009 | Donations, General news
Many thanks to the team’s Equipment Officer (Communication & Lighting), Dave Healey, who tonight very kindly donated £20 to the team’s funds in lieu of Christmas cards within the team.
by admin | Dec 9, 2009 | Donations, General news
On October 6th 2009, Mr Roger Thurstan Kay of Georges Lane, Horwich, sadly passed away aged 78 years. His funeral service and committal took place on Wednesday 14th October 2009 at Overdale West Chapel, Bolton. Today we received seventeen very kind and thoughtful...
by admin | Dec 9, 2009 | General news
Further to our website article of Saturday 5th December 2009 (See ’news’ section) the team has now received to date 14x orders for the Mountain Rescue 2010 Calendar as sponsored by Goodyear Tyres, and featuring mountain and moorland views of England and...
by admin | Dec 9, 2009 | General news
We have now received to date 31x on line membership applications to join the team, all of whom have received an invitation to attend our Thursday evening January 21st 2010 and all day Sunday January 24th 2010 recruitment sessions. To date 11x persons have confirmed...
