by admin | Dec 18, 2002 | General news
saw our Team Leader Garry Rhodes received his Bolton Civic Medal. Garry’s account of the day follows beneath, here is the Bolton Evening News article on it. On Tuesday 17th December, our Team Leader, Garry Rhodes, was honoured to attend a Civic Luncheon at...
by admin | Dec 17, 2002 | General news
Team members Neil Aspinall & Steve Fletcher try to ignore Father Christmas as he goes past.
by admin | Dec 11, 2002 | General news
What’s 26 metres high and has smiling faces at the top of it ? and the answer: the working platform on the end of a fully vertical boom on a GMC Fire Service “Simon Snorkel” or to give it it’s proper name an Hydraulic Platform Vehicle, the...
by admin | Dec 8, 2002 | 2002, Incident
Lancashire Ambulance Service paged the team at 11:00 requesting assistance with an incident at woodlands alongside Turton and Entwistle Reservoir. Helimed 08 and a GMAS crew also attended, together with officers from Lancashire Police – the incident was a 68...
by admin | Dec 7, 2002 | General news
Today our Team Leader, Garry Rhodes attended the fourth annual National Team Leaders one day seminar, held at Preston. 21 Team Leaders and Deputy Leaders attended, along with the MRC Chairman and MRC Vice Chairman. (our Tldr reports numbers were down on previous years...
by admin | Dec 3, 2002 | Donations, General news
A big thankyou to all at Lancashire Caving and Climbing Club, for their marvellous early December donation of £255, to the work of our team. The donation came about as a result of team member Gerry Ryan,who is an Accident and Emergency Nurse, offering to run a...
by admin | Dec 1, 2002 | Donations, General news
A great start to this Xmas month, with a wonderful present (donation) of £120.00 from Miss Shiela Hart of Lostock, Bolton. This fantastic sum was raised by Miss Hart from the sales of homemade jam and marmalade throughout the year.
by admin | Nov 30, 2002 | General news
The weekend of 30th November/1st December, saw a unique gathering of ” senior ” ex and current team members in the North Lakes. Our 2nd in post Team Leader (TL 1969 – 1973), Derek Motorshead, was joined for a weekend of ” it was better then,...
by admin | Nov 24, 2002 | General news
Today saw 26 team members provide Standby Rescue Cover for the annual Darwen Biathlon, (the fell race part, we do not have any swimming pool lifeguards !). A fine winters morning saw 47 competitors on the short course around Tockholes and Roddlesworth, race around...
by admin | Nov 23, 2002 | General news
Throughout today ten team members spent the day at the Bolton, Moss Bank Way store of ASDA, on a team fundraising collection. Once again the kind generosity of shoppers in supporting the team, saw us raise an amazing £368.82. The management of ASDA have already...
