by admin | Oct 25, 2012 | General news
Bolton Mountain Rescue Team were kindly invited by Ian Hallam, Duty Officer at the University of Bolton, to attend an open evening for its new, indoor climbing wall. Here is a report by David Crawford on a successful and enjoyable evening. “Team call out members...
by admin | Oct 25, 2012 | General news
Over the past couple of months Bolton Mountain Rescue have been advertising for interested parties to join the operational side of our voluntary service. Tonight was the first session of three to learn a bit more about the team (webmaster: and discover how much Garry...
by admin | Oct 25, 2012 | General news
Today at the kind invitation of Bolton Council, the Bolton MRT attended the ‘Get ready for Winter in Bolton’ event, held on Victoria Square in front of the Town Hall in Bolton. Organised by The Civil Contingencies Unit at Bolton Council, todays event was...
by admin | Oct 25, 2012 | General news
Today we are very pleased to announce the receipt of a truly wonderful donation from St Anne’s Parish Church, Turton. (In the Church of England’s Turton Moorland Ministry in the Diocese of Manchester) In a letter to the Bolton MRT, Kathleen Smith,...
by admin | Oct 24, 2012 | Donations, General news
On Sunday 7th October 2012, the Bolton MRT was involved alongside Cheshire SART (Who we called upon for extra search personnel) and GMP resources, in the search for a missing man. Unfortunately the search had a tragic outcome with the discovery of the missing mans...
by admin | Oct 24, 2012 | General news
On Sunday 7th October 2012, the team took part in a major exercise organised by GMFRS on the River Irwell in Salford (Please see illustrated website report dated the same) Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received the following kind letter from GMFRS Borough...