by admin | Jul 15, 2006 | Donations, General news
Something we have not recorded until now has been the donation of two paper shredders to the team. The team prints and circulates a huge amount of information, some of which contains sensitive information given the nature of our business and operations. As a result we...
by admin | Jul 13, 2006 | General news
This evening GMAS, as part of a pre planned operation, requested our team and Oldham MRT to provide vehicles, if the need arose, due to a possible peak demand situation being made on GMAS. 13 Bolton MRT members were available to assist, and remained on immediate...
by admin | Jul 13, 2006 | General news
Team member Peter McKale, who joined the team on 19th June 2003, has sadly left the team to once more devote more time to his Kayaking interests. Peter, an Ambulance Emergency Technician with GMAS joined the team initially after calling us out a few times in his GMAS...
by admin | Jul 12, 2006 | 2006, Incident
In a GMP planned continuation of incident 110/2006, the search continued based in the Wigan area for the missing 36 year old man who was last seen on May 8th in the vicinity of the search area. The search commenced with a 18:30 rendezvous at the JJB Soccer Dome...
by admin | Jul 12, 2006 | Donations, General news
Back in mid May this year we were engaged in a search operation for the Reverend Michael Robinson who had gone missing in the North Cheshire area. Over two nights we searched over a wide area for the Rev. Robinson sadly culminating in the discovery of his body by a...
by admin | Jul 11, 2006 | General news
We have had some slight membership changes to our Call-Out list. Alan Livesey, a very experienced & valued Team Member, who joined the Team in August 1998 has stepped down from the Call-Out list for a temporary time, due to other commitments. Dave Sawyer, who...
by admin | Jul 8, 2006 | General news
Whilst collecting at ASDA (see separate story). Our collectors were approached by a very kind and lucky woman, who had just won £50 on the lottery and wanting some of her money, in her own words, “…to go to a home based charity…” She had...
by admin | Jul 8, 2006 | General news
At the team’s fundraising collection at ASDA, Moss Bank Way, today, the members of the team’s Support Group ran the show, and with the generosity of the shoppers and staff present at ASDA, the grand total of £316.74 was raised. It must be mentioned...
by admin | Jul 8, 2006 | 2006, Incident
GMP contacted the team on Thursday 29th June, with regards to a large-scale Mountain Rescue search operation which was planned to commence today in relation to a long term missing person in the Wigan area. A 36 year old Wigan man, resident in the Beech Hill area went...
by admin | Jul 7, 2006 | General news
We are proud to announce once again that senior Bolton MRT team member Mike Marsh has had the honour of organising and coordinating the Mountain Rescue England & Wales National Party Leader’s Course. Mike has been associated with this course, and its...
