by admin | Jul 25, 2007 | Donations, General news
We are pleased to announce the receipt today of a £25.00 donation via The Bolton Guild Of Help from Mrs M.A. Holmes of Bolton. Mrs Holmes is a long standing team supporter via the Bolton Guild Of Help, and we are very grateful for her continuing kindness and...
by admin | Jul 25, 2007 | General news
This evening the team welcomed a visit to its training night by Astley Rotary Club Vocational Chairman David Rothwell and his wife, on a fact finding ’ mission ’ to find out what the team gets up to, in connection with the fantastic news that Astley Rotary...
by admin | Jul 25, 2007 | General news
Today, members of the team were invited to assist Lancashire Constabulary Neighbourhood Policing Team with an awareness day on Water Safety. In conjunction with United Utilites Ranger Service, the Police gave out leaflets and information highlighting the dangers of...
by admin | Jul 24, 2007 | Donations, General news
Thanks to a £1,000.00 donation from Bolton Lions Club earlier this summer, the team has purchsed six sets of ’Kendrick Traction Devices,’ a relatively simple to apply traction device for arm and mid shaft of femur fractures. These very lightweight...
by admin | Jul 22, 2007 | General news
Congratulations to Trainee Team Member Peter Heeley (who joined the team in February this year) on becoming a proud father (for the second time around) when in the early hours of this morning his partner gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. Remember now Peter, you can...
by admin | Jul 19, 2007 | General news
We are very pleased to announce today that the incoming President of Bolton Lever Rotary Club, David Bolton, has kindly decided to make the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team his main charity objective of his year in office. Bolton Lever Rotary Club are a mixed gender Rotary...
by admin | Jul 18, 2007 | Donations, General news
We are pleased to announce the receipt today of a wonderful total donation of £104.00 from the ladies of Over Hulton Womens Institute, who kindly raised this money for us at a recent quiz event. Our thanks are expressed to all who were involved in this quiz, and...
by admin | Jul 17, 2007 | Donations, General news
Last year we received a call to assist two NWAS ( Lancashire area ) crews at a residential address in Chorley, where a man had collapsed outside his home and the specialist lifting equipment of the team was required to enable the Ambulance crew to get the man into an...
by admin | Jul 16, 2007 | Donations, General news
This evening the team played host to 19x Brownies from the 41st Bolton Lostock Brownie Unit, who visited our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ to have a look at what we get up to in the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team. Accompanied by their Leaders, Brown Owl (Karen Bibby), Snowy...
by admin | Jul 15, 2007 | General news
The team has been approached and agreed to help provide Standby Rescue Cover for the run section of the Rivington based Triathlon event of the (Liverpool) World Firefighter Games 2008. The World Firefighter Games is a biennial competition in which Firefighters and...
