by admin | Jan 25, 2006 | Donations, General news
This evening a small number of team members met with Mr John Sunter of Worsley to receive donations to the memory of his son Tom, tragically killed in a kayaking accident late last year in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland. Tom, a former pupil of Bolton...
by admin | Jan 22, 2006 | 2006, Incident
At 06.40 Hrs this morning the team was paged by Lancashire Constabulary to lend its assistance to Bowland Pennine MRT, who were set to continue a search started the previous evening for a missing 72 year old Chorley woman. 24 Bolton MRT members responded to join 12...
by admin | Jan 22, 2006 | General news
As the previous incident was concluding, our Search dog handler dave Marsh was paged to assist Rossendale and Pendle MRT with a search in the Heptonstall area of Lancashire. He had requested a navigator when news came in he was not required. This has not been recorded...
by admin | Jan 18, 2006 | General news
Tonight’s training night was organised involving the search and rescue of a hot air balloon that had been seen to land in distress, and may have crash landed. Contact was made with Graham Church, the chief balloon pilot of Pendle Balloon Company, based on...
by admin | Jan 17, 2006 | General news
Readers of our website will recall that on Sunday 7th August 2005 (#article#923#Incident 73#) we rescued a very experienced teenage climber from Ousel Nest Quarry, Chapeltown, who had fallen from a climb sustaining back injuries. We received afterwards many kind...
by admin | Jan 16, 2006 | Donations, General news
With thanks we have received today the donation of £20.00 from Miss M.Kelly of Morris Green, Bolton, a friend of the mother of our Dog Handler Dave Marsh.
by admin | Jan 15, 2006 | 2006, Incident
At 17:24 Hrs GMP, paged the Team for assistance with a search for a missing male in the Radcliffe area of Manchester. A full Team call out was paged at 18:08 Hrs and members began to respond to the RVP. Call out contacts were already in talks with GMP as to where...
by admin | Jan 14, 2006 | 2006, Incident
At 14.41 Hrs Lancashire Constabulary paged the Team on behalf of Lancashire Ambulance Service for assistance in the Rivington area. A full Team call out was instigated for an injured mountain biker within the Terraced Gardens area of Rivington. Helimed 08 was also...
by admin | Jan 13, 2006 | Donations, General news
Back in August 2003 we rescued Mrs Phyllis Horner in the Rivington area, when she had the misfortune to fall and suffer a dislocated knee, whilst out walking in the company of her husband Stan. Since this date Phyllis and Stan have been stalwart team supporters, and...
by admin | Jan 12, 2006 | Donations, General news
Our Treasurer today had the good fortune to receive on behalf of the team a donation for £50.00 from Miss E.A. Green. There was no other enclosure with the cheque donation, so a huge thanks via our website to Miss E.A. Green for her kindness in supporting...
