Our thoughts and condolences are with the Royal Family following the sad news of the death of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Many of our members were inspired to enjoy the outdoors through the DofE Award. The picture shows members meeting the Duke in 1979. pic.twitter.com/SSTC30CcPB
At 4.56pm yesterday we were requested by NWAS to assist with a 22yo male who had fallen at Tiger’s Clough. The team treated him with pain relief & placed a vacuum splint around the injured ankle, then stretchered him to the waiting ambulance.We wish him a speedy recovery. pic.twitter.com/ZEbrt4vaLT
1/2 From all of us at BMRT we would just like to thank every one of you that donated to us this weekend. It was a hard decision for us not to do our usual Easter meet and great around Rivington but for the safety of our team members, we decided against it. pic.twitter.com/xkNOo8equX
It's been a busy start to 2021 for the team. Three months in & we are already on our way to more callouts than we had last year. If you can support us in our work, please feel free to donate via boltonmrt.enthuse.com/#!/ #BoltonMRT #Volunteers #Donate #Rescues #BeenBusy pic.twitter.com/KhDxLT92N8
1/ Today is usually a busy and important day for the team. With so many people visiting the Rivington area in particular, we would usually have our displays set up around the area to help educate people about outdoor safety. pic.twitter.com/0iKNZaqWU1
Thank you to everyone who nominated us for these awards and huge congratulations to Ricky Lomax for winning the Emergency Service Award 🥳 #BoltonNewsLockdownHeroes twitter.com/TheBoltonNews/…
Our water team has been very busy over the past few weeks! Congratulations to our new MOD2’s and well done to our MOD4’s for passing their refreshers course 🥳 facebook.com/58756182794365… #BoltonMRT #WaterSafety #Training pic.twitter.com/3MaO6XkOnF
If you see a fire in the countryside, report it immediately 🔥 Leave the area as soon as possible and dial 999 📱 If you witness illegal activity report it to Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 pic.twitter.com/I7eRXLwQx4
❓ Did you know that moorland and wildfires can be started in a number of ways? Sadly, many are started deliberately, however, some can break out by people being careless with barbecues, campfires or not disposing of cigarettes properly 🔥 pic.twitter.com/WDHdEHFcXA
We appreciate this encouraging message of support from our colleagues at NWAS twitter.com/NWAmbulance/st…
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Jul 20 2012
Very thoughtful donations received in the memory of the Late Mrs Barbara Leigh
On May 26th 2012, Mrs Barbara Leigh very sadly suddenly passed away at the age of 74 years at her home address.
The late Mrs Barbara Leigh was the mother of former team member and ex Deputy Team Leader Ian (‘Micro’) Leigh, and the Mother in Law of Ian’s wife, current team member Gill Leigh.
At her funeral service and committal on Friday June 8th at Overdale East Chapel, Bolton, it was requested by her family that donations be made to the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team in lieu of flowers.
On Sunday 9th June 2012, we reported the receipt of a very thoughtful £20.00 in this respect from Mr D.J.Pollitt of Paderborn Court, Bolton, a dear friend and neighbour of the late Mrs Barbara Leigh.
On 30th June 2012, a number of kind and thoughtful donations were received by the team totalling £180.00 from family, friends and colleagues of the late Barbara Leigh.
Furthermore on the 18th July this week, we received a number of individual donations, totalling £50.00 in thoughtful memory of the late Mrs Leigh.
In total the team has now received donations of £250.00 in lasting memory of the Late Mrs Barbara Leigh, with sincere thanks to all who have kindly remembered Mrs Leigh in this much appreciated and thoughtful way.
Our fullest condolences are expressed to Ian and Gill Leigh, and to all the family and friends of the late Mrs Barbara Leigh.
The late Mrs Barbara Leigh was pre deceased by her husband, the late Mr Eric Edmund Leigh, who passed away on 26th July 2010, with donations to Bolton MRT requested in lieu of flowers at his funeral. (In total £270.00 in donations was received by the Bolton MRT in memory of the late Mr Eric Edmund Leigh)
Please also see website ‘News’ reports dated Sunday 9th June 2012, Monday 1st November 2010, Tuesday 7th September 2010 and Saturday 28th August 2010.
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