by admin | Jan 28, 2016 | Donations
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received within the post, a very kind donation to the team from St.Paul with Emmanuel Parish Church, Vicarage Street, Bolton, BL3 5LE. A letter from Miriam Higham, accompanying the donation, kindly stated; “I enclose a cheque for...
by admin | Jan 28, 2016 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
This afternoon, our Equipment Officer – Base and Catering Paul Copley, accompanied by Heath Doran, took our Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulance ‘Bolton Mobile 2,’ to meet and visit the nursery class at Marsh Green Primary School, Kitt Green Road, Wigan, WN5 0EF. Here...
by admin | Jan 28, 2016 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
This morning our Team President Bob Hutchinson (a former Bolton MRT Team Leader) visited the members of Atherton Probus Club, at their St Richard’s Parish Centre, Mayfield Street, Atherton, meeting venue, to give a presentation on the work of the Bolton MRT. A kind...
by admin | Jan 28, 2016 | General news
This morning at 08.46hrs the team was paged by Greater Manchester Police regards a missing person enquiry from the previous day. The call was answered by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, who then subsequently contacted a GMP Missing Person Search Manager at 08.58hrs....
by admin | Jan 27, 2016 | General news
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received within the post a very kind donation from the Line Dancers of St Benedicts, Chapel Street, Hindley, Wigan. Accompanying the wonderful £60.00 donation was a letter from T.Dermott of the Line Dancers: “Enclosed is a cheque...
by admin | Jan 27, 2016 | General news
It is with great sadness that those of us within the national mountain rescue community learnt of the death of Peter Howells OBE on the morning of Monday 25th January 2016, after succumbing to illness. A great many tributes to Peter have appeared from across the whole...
by admin | Jan 27, 2016 | General news
This evening our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received a long distance telephone enquiry, via our Base / HQ telephone, from a mother in Brisbane, Australia. Very sadly she explained that her son was believed drowned in a local river, but efforts to locate his body...
by admin | Jan 27, 2016 | General news
This evening seventeen operational call out list members met at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ from 19.30hrs to prepare things for the first session, tomorrow evening, of our 2016 Recruitment Intake. We are currently expecting twenty two persons to attend, from...
by admin | Jan 26, 2016 | General news
Today our Team Training Officer Alistair Greenough took delivery on behalf of the team, of a very important new addition to the team. Purchased from SP Services (UK) Limited, this new team member came in a very large padded carry case. Costing £3,718.75p, this new...
by admin | Jan 26, 2016 | Training
This afternoon, our Equipment Officer – Ropes and Stretchers Nigel Booth, carried out another rope technique training session, this time concentrating on pulleys and mechanical advantage systems. Joining him in the informative session that commenced at 14.00hrs was...
