by admin | Dec 30, 2004 | Donations, General news
We received today a Christmas card and a £10 donation from a very good friend of the team, Mrs. Phyllis Horner of Adlington, Chorley (and her husband, Stan). Readers of the website may recall we rescued Phyllis back in August 2003, when she dislocated her knee...
by admin | Dec 29, 2004 | 2004, Incident
At 11.31 Hrs the Team Leader was contacted directly, for the Team’s assistance, for an incident in the Rivington area, at first there was an intial rendezvous point at Lower House Car Park, Rivington. The incident concerned a mountain biker who had dislocated...
by admin | Dec 26, 2004 | 2004, Incident
With darkness rapidly falling, and whilst packing up kit from Incident 90 ( and kit we still had to pack up from Incident 89 ! ) we received a call from GMAS at 16.23 hrs to go to Winter Hill summit, where there was a report of a person with diabetic problems at the...
by admin | Dec 26, 2004 | 2004, Incident
Whilst personnel were returning equipment to the team vehicles, parked up on an hillside track, at the conclusion of the previous incident, the team became aware of another incident immediately nearby at 15.28 hrs. A 72 year old man out with his wife, had apparently...
by admin | Dec 26, 2004 | 2004, Incident
GMAS initially contacted the team at 13.51, with regards to the report of an incident in Rivington, the exact location of which was unknown. Team members already in the general area quickly responded, as the call was then passed to LAS. The team met up with the 999...
by admin | Dec 26, 2004 | General news
A glorious sunny day, with snow ( and much ice ) prevailed throughout our team area on Boxing Day, bringing out the sledgers, the walkers ( it was a Sunday after all ), mountain bikers ! and parapenters to our local hills. Something was bound to happen given the...
by admin | Dec 25, 2004 | General news
With the North West experiencing a wonderfully festive Xmas Snowfall, our Team Leader was contacted by, and in contact with, GMAS Ambulance Control, during the evening of Christmas Eve on Friday 24th December, regarding the availability of the team if required, if the...
by admin | Dec 24, 2004 | General news
The end of year total for monies raised from collection tins now stands at £885.01. We think this is a tremendous amount of money that you the public have given to us in 40 locations around the Greater Manchester, Lancashire, and Cheshire area. This kind of...
by admin | Dec 23, 2004 | Donations, General news
We received today a Christmas card, “Best Wishes” and a donation of £20.00 from our dear friends Deborah Garlick and her husband John, of Warrington. Some readers may recall seeing Deborah on Granada TV, regarding our new base opening back in April...
by admin | Dec 23, 2004 | Donations, General news
Further to the website entry of Saturday 13th November 2004, we were very pleased today to receive a kind donation of £48.00, from the Friendship Lodge 2488 R.A.O.B., G.L.E. Ltd. (Horwich), which was raised for the team at a bingo night held at the Crown Hotel,...
