by admin | Feb 29, 2016 | Donations
Readers will recall that we are constantly on the lookout for new collection box locations, given that our existing collection boxes generate a healthy and welcome income for the team. Experienced Bolton MRT team operational member Steve O’Hara has been doing his bit...
by admin | Feb 28, 2016 | 2016, Incident
Very late this evening at 23.57hrs, we were paged by Lancashire Constabulary in regards to an urgent and developing search for a missing 43 years old man in the Earnsdale / Sunnyhurst area of Darwen, in circumstances giving Police concern for his welfare. The call was...
by admin | Feb 28, 2016 | Training
Every three years those holders of the MREW Mountain Rescue Casualty Care Course, have to renew their certificate, which commences with a BLS assessment and concludes with a stringent written examination and medical and trauma casualty care practical exercise...
by admin | Feb 27, 2016 | Donations
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received within the post a truly marvellous donation from The Order of Women Freemasons, Lodge Eccles No.308. In a letter from Margaret Cowburn, Treasurer of The Order of Women Freemasons, Lodge Eccles No.308, Margaret states;...
by admin | Feb 27, 2016 | Donations
Readers of our website may recall that on 29th August 2010 we recorded within our website, the huge donation (still the largest ever single donation in the Bolton MRTs existence) of £40,000.00 from the East Lancashire Mark Benevolent Fund Limited. The East Lancashire...
by admin | Feb 26, 2016 | Donations
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received within the post, a letter from Bromleys Independent Funeral Services, informing the team, that at the funeral of Mr John Aspbury, donations had been thoughtfully requested to Bolton MRT in lieu of flowers. In total eight...
by admin | Feb 26, 2016 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
Today our Equipment Officer – Base and Catering Paul Copley and Training Officer Alistair Greenough, alongside Alistair’s daughter Hannah, visited The Bnos Yisroel Primary School (Orthodox Jewish Girls Independent School) in Salford. We had been invited to the school...
by admin | Feb 25, 2016 | 2016, Incident
Some of the photos in this article are credited to John Collins aboard Helimed75. You can follow John on Twitter. A husband and wife couple (from Widnes) out walking this wintry and very cold afternoon, both slipped in muddy conditions at the base of the moorland...
by admin | Feb 25, 2016 | General news
We have previously mentioned on our website, the recent death of Peter Lyn Howells OBE M St .J (see In Memorium report within our ‘News’ pages dated Wednesday 27th January 2016) a true mountain rescue stalwart, both within his own team Central Beacons MRT, within...
by admin | Feb 25, 2016 | General news
Following the below incident (27/2016) our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted by Kev Camplin, the Team Leader of Bowland Pennine MRT, regards a request for the services of our Trailing Search Dog. The call was passed to our Trail Search Dog Handler Steve...
