by admin | Dec 26, 2014 | General news
Some regular readers may recall that we decided this year to replace our team issue mountain jackets, namely our Keela Munro jackets, originally purchased for every operational call out list member in January 2004. Following an exhaustive evaluation period of many... by admin | Dec 26, 2014 | Donations, Lectures/Presentations/Displays
Today, as on Boxing Day 2011, Boxing Day 2012 and Boxing Day 2013, at the very kind long standing invitation of Go Outdoors, Wigan, Store Management, we were invited to hold another team collection alongside the stores Boxing Day Sale Event. Taking with them Team Land... by admin | Dec 26, 2014 | General news
With the Boxing Day festivities at Rivington including the traditional meeting of the Holcombe Hunt, for a great many years we have had a team presence in the area throughout this day. Meeting at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ at 11.30hrs, three Team Land Rover... by admin | Dec 24, 2014 | General news
To all our truly appreciated friends who follow our website, please note that we regularly update our website reports by adding more details and often photographs. Additional reports are sometimes placed in their correct date order, back dated so to speak. One little... by admin | Dec 24, 2014 | General news
This evening our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, received the following kind festive email message from our valued friend Ben Levy of GMFRS ; “Happy Christmas to you and the Team, Garry. Wishing you all the best for 2015. Ben Levy, Group Manager, Operational Assurance,... by admin | Dec 24, 2014 | General news
This evening our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, received the following kind festive email message from our dear friend Paul Chamberlain of Norfolk Lowland Search and Rescue Team; Garry, ”A slightly late seasons greetings to all at Bolton MRT from Norfolk….. I... by admin | Dec 24, 2014 | Donations
We are very pleased to announce today the receipt of a kind Christmas Eve gift of an £83.68p donation from Bolton Parish Church. All in the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team wish to extend our sincere thanks to all at Bolton Parish Church for this kindness. by admin | Dec 24, 2014 | Donations
We are very pleased to announce today a surprise Christmas Eve donation from Councillor Colin Shaw, Deputy Mayor of Bolton. In a letter addressed to our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received today from the Mayor’s Parlour, Bolton Town Hall, Councillor Colin Shaw,... by admin | Dec 24, 2014 | General news
With most team members (if not all) pre occupied by late Christmas shopping, family duties and festive preparations, our Equipment Officer – Base and Catering, Paul Copley, had the task early today of replacing all our Call Out food and drink stocks, held at our... by admin | Dec 23, 2014 | Donations
On the evening of Tuesday 15th May 2012, we were called out to assist NWAS (Greater Manchester) Emergency Ambulance staff with the rescue and evacuation of a 13 year old boy who had suffered an ankle fracture in fields, in the Mosley Common area of Worsley. (Please...