by admin | Mar 16, 2004 | 2004, Incident
Early evening, 31 team members responded to a multi-agency response, including GMAS, GMP, and GMFRS, to a report of a person injured in an off-road motorcycle accident, at Hardy Mill quarry, Harwood, Bolton. It was quickly established on scene that the call was a...
by admin | Mar 7, 2004 | 2004, Incident
At 15:24, whilst in the team area, we were alerted to a nearby Motorcycle RTA by a member of the public, who had just passed the accident scene. Two team Landrover Ambulances quickly arrived on scene, and alerted LAS, who despatched an Ambulance. Both the male driver...
by admin | Mar 5, 2004 | General news
Team members John Carlin, Steve Fletcher, Mark Dooley, Pete McKale and Nick Stafford visited the headquarters of the 25th Warrington East Scout Troop on Friday, to give the Scouts a practical and theoretical demonstration on what to do if they were to come across an...
by admin | Mar 4, 2004 | General news
Mark Dooley, our Fundraising Officer has been out and about recently, and with the assistance of other team members, has been emptying and counting up the contents of some of our many collecting boxes out in our team area and local community. Individual letters of...
by admin | Mar 2, 2004 | 2004, Incident
In the early evening, our Dog handler Dave Marsh and his Search Dog Chi, were requested to assist Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team, in the search for a missing 80 year old man, in the Oxenhope area of West Yorkshire. Assisted by team member John Carlin as his...
by admin | Mar 2, 2004 | Donations, General news
Following our visit to the 40th East Beavers (Christ’s Church, Stitch-mi-Lane, Harwood, Bolton) of the Scout Association, last November, the young Beaver Scouts have got together and raised £22.25 for us, which is a marvellous effort.
by admin | Feb 28, 2004 | General news
After a break last year, team members Claire Morrissey and Alison Yates, picked up the reigns and set to organising another team Ceilidth this year. Held at St. Marys Church Hall in Horwich, and featuring the talent of our friends in the “Toll Bar Band”,...
by admin | Feb 27, 2004 | Donations, General news
A £100.00 donation has been gratefully received from our friends at Darwen Masters Swimming Club, for all the help we have provided for them, by way of Standby Rescue Covers at their many events, we have attended in 2003. (They organise runs as well as swims, we...
by admin | Feb 27, 2004 | Donations, General news
The team has received a very kind donation of £50 from the St John’s Ladies Fellowship. The team is always very grateful for these “out of the blue” donations, that allow us to continue with our (expensive) work!
by admin | Feb 27, 2004 | General news
The second team social Winter Mountaineering trip returned home a day early today, in advance of being caught out by the extreme winter weather forecasted for all parts northern. Eleven team members, including some of our “team trainee members/winter...
