by admin | Oct 28, 2005 | General news
Long serving team member Chris Moody attended (as a representative of the Bolton MRT) a debrief on the Carlisle Storms of earlier this year, hosted by Lancashire County Council Emergency Planning. The full day event was held at the Lancashire Hub, Longridge, near...
by admin | Oct 27, 2005 | Donations, General news
With many thanks to Over Hulton Women’s Institute, who promised at a lecture that they would help the team, we gratefully received today the wonderful surprise donation of £365, which is a tremendous amount and we thank all the kind ladies of Over Hulton...
by admin | Oct 27, 2005 | General news
At tonight’s monthly Support Group meeting the usual agenda items were dealt with, including the latest progress report on the Support Group’s plans to produce an Annual Report for publication in March 2006. Excellent news on the collecting Box front, with...
by admin | Oct 26, 2005 | Donations, General news
With thanks to ROELS (the Rescue Organisation Equipment Loan Service), the team received today a very kind donation of seven different Ordnance Survey maps covering the team area, two Greater Manchester Street Atlases, airways and a cervical collar, a six-person...
by admin | Oct 21, 2005 | General news
With a history stretching back from 1982-1999, when such courses were held and organised annually by our regional body the MPSRO, this year’s Joint Foundation Course had its current origins with Bolton MRT and Rossendale & Pendle MRT combining to provide...
by admin | Oct 19, 2005 | General news
Held at our Ladybridge Hall base this evening was an SGM to elect a new team Fundraising Officer, following the resignation earlier this year of the previous holder of this post. Team member Lisa Fair was elected to this important post within the team council, and now...
by admin | Oct 16, 2005 | 2005, Incident
The team was contacted directly by United Utilities ranger service to inform us of an accident in the Rivington area to a horse rider. A team member nearby in the area responded to the incident at the rear of Rivington & Blackrod High School, Rivington. At the...
by admin | Oct 15, 2005 | General news
Today the team were collecting at two locations in Leigh; at the Safeway and ASDA supermarkets. With 16 team members and 4 team supporters in total, we collected £136.13 from ASDA and £368.29 from Sainsbury’s. A total of £504.82 was collected...
by admin | Oct 13, 2005 | 2005, Incident
Mid evening our Team Leader was contacted by GMP for assistance with a search for a missing 48 year old woman in the Dane Road area of Sale. We had previously been involved in searches for this same woman in August (see incidents 77 and 78/2005), after which she...
by admin | Oct 11, 2005 | General news
One of our Team Vice Presidents Derek Thomas and his wife Lisa have come up with a simple competition that any of our readers can enter. They both go walking regularly in the British hills, and took this picture recently. All you have to do is name the mountain they...
