by admin | Feb 12, 2005 | General news
Congratulations are in order for our colleagues in Cheshire Lowland Search and Rescue Team, a member of ALSAR (the Association of Lowland Search and Rescue Teams, a sister organisation to our Mountain Rescue of England and Wales organisation). As reported on their...
by admin | Feb 12, 2005 | General news
Bessie Crossley, a member of our 250 Club, enquired about Gift Aid on her 250 Club “stake” monies. Unfortunately Gift Aid cannot be applied to this, but Bessie still wanted to do a little bit more for the team. ( well a lot really ). She has now very...
by admin | Feb 11, 2005 | Donations, General news
Received today was a £25.00 donation, via an anonymous internet donor, through the Charities Aid Foundation. So a big thankyou to whoever is our anonymous supporter. (and we have a great many!)
by admin | Feb 10, 2005 | General news
With thanks to North Turton Parish Council, we received today the fantastic news of a £120.00 donation. North Turton Parish Council are regular and valued supporters of the team, and as ever, we are very grateful for their kindness this year via this wonderful...
by admin | Feb 9, 2005 | General news
As part of our on going MRC Casualty Care Course training that has almost totally occupied our Wednesday nights for the last couple of months, this evening’s session included maternity and emergency child birth. Thanks to a long friend of the team, Peter Idle, a...
by admin | Feb 5, 2005 | 2005, Incident
The Team was contacted on Friday the 4th of February, in connection with a large scale search planned for today in connection with the continuing Police enquiry and associated search for a missing 30 year old Bolton man. It had previously been announced that this man...
by admin | Feb 4, 2005 | General news
Due to a new comprehensive financial reporting system our Treasurer, after much hard work, has been able to come up with a very detailed idea of our overall running expenses, excluding capital purchase items. With increasing demands on the team’s expenditure and...
by admin | Feb 4, 2005 | Donations, General news
Some good news concerning the previously reported £205 donation received at the 40th birtday party of Team member Andy Ryding. The overall donation, in lieu of birthday cards and presents, has been boosted by the £15 donation from Mrs S.M. Morris. This...
by admin | Feb 3, 2005 | General news
Regular readers will be familiar with our reporting of the many types of incident we get involved in, not generally reported is the small number of calls the Team Leader and Deputy Leader get throughout the year, generally from the Police, which are then redirected to...
by admin | Feb 1, 2005 | 2005, Incident
At 10:34 in the morning the team was contacted by GMP to futher assist in the continuing search for the still missing 30 year old male in the Bolton area. Given that most of our team had been deployed throughout the previous late evening and morning, a request was...