by admin | Jan 22, 2009 | General news
This evening 28 Guides and their two Leaders from the 7th Tyldesley (St Ambrose Barlow) Guides visited our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ. Our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE had to be on his best behaviour as amongst the young Guides attending was his niece Hannah Rhodes....
by admin | Jan 21, 2009 | General news
As reported on Sunday 18th January 2009, at 9:30 this morning valued friend of the team Dr Brian Iddon, MP for Bolton South-East, brought an adjournment debate to highlight work done by mountain rescue teams across the UK, with a view to securing financial support and...
by admin | Jan 18, 2009 | 2009, Incident
At 11:55 today our Team Leader was contacted by NWAS (Greater Manchester) about an incident in the Beaumont area of Bolton. Three of our Bolton Mountain Rescue ambulances had just arrived at Hordern Stoops area of Winter Hill, where seven full team call-out members...
by admin | Jan 18, 2009 | General news
On Saturday May 31st 2008, Dr. Brian Iddon, Member of Parliament for Bolton South East very kindly met with our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE and our Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon, to further research the current state of Bolton Mountain Rescue Team with respect to...
by admin | Jan 17, 2009 | Donations, General news
The team is pleased to have received today the donation of a brand new upright ’Vax’ T1300 vacuum cleaner and a brand new ’BT’ Paperjet 55 multifunction 3 in 1 Phone, FAX and PC Colour Printer (A4), both for use at our Ladybridge Hall base / HQ...
by admin | Jan 17, 2009 | 2009, Incident
At 11.38hrs this morning we were paged by NWAS (Manchester) Emergency Control Centre regards the report of an injured mountain biker in the Georges Lane area on the edge of the moors overlooking Horwich. Having established more details on the location where this...
by admin | Jan 17, 2009 | General news
On Sunday 11th January 2009, whilst in the team area on Winter Hill, team members in a Team Landrover were approached by a male mountain biker who had found a wallet in the vicinity of Rivington Pike, the mountain biker passing it on to the team to see if we couild...
by admin | Jan 11, 2009 | 2009, Incident
At 13:41 today we were made aware of a casualty who a suffered a suspected sprained ankle in the Pigeon Tower, Rivington area. Two of our Mountain Rescue Ambulance vehicles were already out visiting the site of a previous incident in Farnworth when the United...
by admin | Jan 10, 2009 | Donations, General news
Today we are pleased to announce the receipt of a £10.50 donation from Bolton CHA Rambling Club. The amount was donated by a member who had been unable to attend an event held by the club. In a kind letter enclosed with the donation Bolton C.H.A. Rambling Club...
by admin | Jan 10, 2009 | General news
Today the team received a complimentary copy of issue 54 of the Technical Rescue Magazine. Our Team Leader subscribes to the magazine and occasionally they send an additional copy for the perusal of other team members. The magazine is a specialist rescue publication...
