by admin | Dec 13, 2008 | General news
This afternoon saw the marriage of Team Callout Member Michael O’Brien to his fiancee Christine. Eight team members attended the evening celebrations in Leigh, with Laura Millichamp and Paul Jorgensen showing the team how to Jive. All the team would like to...
by admin | Dec 12, 2008 | General news
This evening between 6pm and 9pm, 10x call out list members and 1x Support Group member took part in our last store collection of this year, at the Tesco Store, Middlebrook, Bolton. Thanks to the kindness of this evenings shoppers £205.35p was raised by our 11x...
by admin | Dec 12, 2008 | General news
This evening our BM1 Landrover Ambulance, together with 4 Full Team Callout members and one Support Group member travelled to Grappenhall, Warrington to visit the base of 25th Warrington East Scout Troop, St Wilfrid’s, Grappenhall. Following a visit to our team...
by admin | Dec 11, 2008 | Donations, General news
Today we received a very kind £25.00 donation from the membership of Garswood Rambling Club. Colin Boardman, Secretary of Garswood Rambling Club, explained in a letter with the donation that “it is the practice of our club to make a donation to Mountain...
by admin | Dec 10, 2008 | Donations, General news
Further to our news article dated Saturday 29th November 2008, Tricia (Patricia) Dorgan visited our Ladybridge Hall base / HQ this evening to hand over donations to the Bolton MRT arising from donations made in celebration of her recent 50th Birthday. Tricia was met...
by admin | Dec 10, 2008 | General news
This evening the team held a Special General Meeting at the start of its usual outdoor exercise to elect an Equipment Officer (Stretchers and Rope Rescue) to the team council as a result of the previous elected postholder, Gyles Denn having to leave the team recently...
by admin | Dec 10, 2008 | General news
This evening the family of former team member and ex-Deputy Team Leader, Jenny Field, visited our Ladybridge Hall base / HQ to look at the plaque we erected at the teams HQ in memory of Jenny, who died in October 2007. (see news articles dated 25th October 2007, 9th...
by admin | Dec 8, 2008 | 2008, Incident
At 11.45hrs late this morning our Team Leader Garry Rhodes was contacted directly by NWAS (Manchester) Emergency Control Centre for the teams assistance in evacuating an injured walker in the Greenmount area of Bury. Our Team Leader was requested to liaise directly...
by admin | Dec 7, 2008 | General news
Today three of our Full Team Callout members Peter Heeley, Elaine Gilliland and Stephen Kenworthy attended an off road training day, organised by Hummer Extreme in conjunction with Bauer-Millet of Manchester. Meeting at 11:30 at the Pheasant Inn at Higher...
by admin | Dec 6, 2008 | General news
Today our Team Leader of near twenty years in office, Garry Rhodes MBE, attended the annual MR (E&W) Team Leaders day, hosted this year by our colleagues in Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team at their Garstang vehicle and training base. Attracting Team Leaders,...
