by admin | May 9, 2008 | Donations, General news
It’s not often you get a cheque from your Council, it’s normally the other way round – you end up paying them ! Today, our TL Garry Rhodes, received a £50 donation from Bolton Council to the Team for our ’Standby Rescue Cover’...
by admin | May 8, 2008 | General news
It was with great pleasure that this evening we welcomed 18 members of the Rotary Club of Westhoughton to our Ladybridge Base. Over the years, the Rotary Club of Westhoughton have been tremendous supporters of the team, and in March this year made another generous...
by admin | May 8, 2008 | 2008, Incident
Today was a stunning sunny day and most Team members were dreading their journey to work, when at 09:05 Hrs North West Ambulance Service (Greater Manchester Area) paged the Team for assistance in the Kersal area of Salford. A full Team call out was paged at 09:16 Hrs...
by admin | May 4, 2008 | General news
Early this morning, Team members Chris Greenhalgh, Fred Taylor and Becky Roberts travelled down to the National Whitewater Centre in Bala, Wales to take part in a Swift Water Awareness day. They were also joined by members from other Mountain Rescue Teams in the Mid...
by admin | May 3, 2008 | 2008, Incident
Late this evening at 22:52 Hrs North West Ambulance Service (Greater Manchester Area), paged the Team for assistance with an incident. The call was answered by one of our Call Out Contacts, Dave Healey, a full team call out was paged at 22.58 Hrs for an heavily...
by admin | May 3, 2008 | General news
Today was another collection day for Team members and we saw the Team having a presence at Sainsburys in Leigh. The Team would like to thank the shoppers & staff of Sainsburys for donating £344.47 to the Team. Thanks must also go to the 8 Call Out list...
by admin | May 1, 2008 | General news
Today Garry Rhodes, our TL, was at Buckingham Palace to receive his MBE, which was awarded to him in the 2008 New Years Honours List for service to the Bolton MRT. Garry, his partner Ann and Garry’s mum & dad, Frances & Vernon, had travelled to London...
by admin | Apr 30, 2008 | General news
Today, North West Ambulance Service (Greater Manchester Area) telephoned our Team Leader, to give the Team a heads up for our possible involvement in a body recovery within a wooded area at Drinkwater Park, Agecroft, Salford. As Garry was on the train heading towards...
by admin | Apr 30, 2008 | General news
On this evening’s training exercise, the Team welcomed 9 guests from Bolton Lever Rotary Club to join us to see what we do and to experience some hands on rescue work in the outdoors. The Rotarians, who visited our Ladybridge Base in September last year, and who...
by admin | Apr 30, 2008 | General news
Alex Bullock is a 14 year old pupil at Bury Church of England High School. Since the age of eight Alex has been an active member of Radcliffe Scouts and has always shown a keen interest in Bolton Mountain Rescue. As such Alex was participating in the Duke of Edinburgh...
