by admin | Apr 23, 2015 | General news
On the evening of Tuesday 18th November 2014, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE and team member Michael Wakerley attended the Annual General Meeting of Chorley Ramblers, to give a presentation on the work of the team, at which a fantastic impromptu donation resulted in... by admin | Apr 23, 2015 | General news
Today our trainee mountain rescue air scenting search dog handler, Jess Ellsmore, and her trainee search dog Blitz, headed off to Princetown, Dartmoor, to attend the SARDA England Search Dog training weekend, commencing tomorrow, Friday 24th April until Sunday 26th... by admin | Apr 22, 2015 | Training
This evening, our weekly training was an indoor session, commencing at 20.00hrs at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, focusing on the important casualty care topic of airway management. Our Training Officer Alistair Greenough, via his contacts at Warrington and Halton... by admin | Apr 22, 2015 | Donations
On Tuesday evening, 24th March 2015, we hosted a visit to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ by Leaders Jo and Amber Taylor and the young members of 25th Bolton (Lostock) Beavers. The seventeen Beavers present were met by full Call Out List team members Paul Copley, our... by admin | Apr 22, 2015 | Training
As part of the continuing process to review our rope access training, and as a direct follow on to the training received on the recent visit by five team members to Lyon Equipment on Saturday 18th April 2015 (Please see website report dated the same) this morning two... by admin | Apr 21, 2015 | Training
This evening our trainee mountain rescue air scenting search dog handler, Jess Ellsmore, with Blitz her trainee air scenting search dog, were out in the Wilderswood area above Horwich, during this clear and warm spring evening, undertaking some search dog training.... by admin | Apr 21, 2015 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
On the evening of Tuesday 18th November 2014, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE and team member Michael Wakerley attended the Annual General Meeting of Chorley Ramblers, to give a presentation on the work of the team, at which a fantastic impromptu donation resulted in... by admin | Apr 21, 2015 | Donations
Today we are very pleased to announce the receipt via the Charities Aid Foundation, of yet another thoughtful, generous and much appreciated, kind donation of £30.00 from Team friend and very valued supporter, Mr John Thornley of Horwich, Bolton. As ever, all the team... by admin | Apr 20, 2015 | General news
Readers will recall our report with sadness, that following a long illness, Mrs Joan Charles, passed away on Friday 10th April, aged 71 years. Joan, along with her husband Len – who survives Joan, were both members of our Support Group in the late 1980s and in to the... by admin | Apr 19, 2015 | Training
Over the past two days, team members Mike Marsh and Paul Brain, both experienced Search Managers, travelled to Smelt Mill in the Trough of Bowland, the operational base/HQ of our neighbouring Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team. Bolton and Bowland Pennine together...