by admin | Aug 2, 2005 | General news
Last Friday children from Belarus had a treat courtesy of the team; today it was the turn of large numbers of Boltonian children who were due to enjoy the annual “Taxi Treat” in which lots of of Bolton taxidrivers take them on a day trip to the seaside at...
by admin | Jul 29, 2005 | Donations, General news
In March this year, the team presented a lecture at Lymm Cruising Club, and subsequently we received the news that the team were chosen as the Club’s charity of the year. Tonight, we were again invited back to the club, where team members John Carlin, Steve...
by admin | Jul 29, 2005 | General news
Well the team may not be very proficient in the Russian language, but smiles all round certainly got us off to a good start, as the team played host to children from various parts of Belarus who have in some way been affected by the events in Chernobyl. As part of a...
by admin | Jul 27, 2005 | General news
We are sad to announce today the retirement of team member Richard Janicki. Richard, besides being a callout list member, contributed a tremendous amount of his personal time, in his capacity as a self-employed builder, in carrying out a lot of the heavier building...
by admin | Jul 26, 2005 | General news
At 11:05 today our search dog team of Dave Marsh, search dog Chi, and navigator John Carlin, were put on standby for a search for 2 missing youngsters in the Poulton-le-Fylde area of Blackpool. At 13:05 the trio were stood down, with the news that the missing persons...
by admin | Jul 23, 2005 | Donations, General news
Four Team members attended the ASDA, Middlebrook, Horwich store this morning to receive a wonderful £500 donation arising from our involvement in providing all day casualty care and standy rescue duties, for the many events associated with the Horwich Carnival...
by admin | Jul 18, 2005 | General news
Our readers will recall that on Good Friday this year (March 25th) the team was called to an incident on the slopes of Rivington Pike, where a young boy had fallen down the side of the steep slopes and had fractured his leg very close to the knee. Working alongside...
by admin | Jul 17, 2005 | General news
Readers of our website may recall that late last summer, the team purchased an additional number of PFD’s (Lifejackets) for waterside search & rescue operations. The funding of these items was in part thanks to a large donation from the 25th Warrington East,...
by admin | Jul 17, 2005 | General news
On this incredibly warm and humid Sunday, 9 persons turned up for a full day’s practical introductory session into the work of the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team, with a view to joining as team members. Originally 28 people expressed an interest in joining which...
by admin | Jul 16, 2005 | 2005, Incident
Whilst providing navigation instruction to members of Bolton Countryside Ranger Service at Smithills Country Park, the two team members present were requested by on-scene staff to attend to a visitor in the nearby cafe buildings, who was suffering from a fit....
