by admin | Nov 12, 2014 | Donations
In July this year our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received a letter sent in June to his former house address, which he left in 1999. The letter from BSG Solicitors of Preston informed Garry that they were dealing with a bequest of £1,000.00 via Garry’s listed... by admin | Nov 12, 2014 | General news
As reported in these pages on Thursday 6th November 2014, the funeral was held this afternoon of our late friend and great supporter, Jean Mulvaney, former leader of the Victory Stompers Line-Dancing Club. Our Team Secretary, Gillian Gregory, was joined by fellow... by admin | Nov 12, 2014 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
This morning team members Matthew Hailwood and our Equipment Officer – Base and Catering Paul Copley visited SS Simon and Jude Primary School, Newport Road, Bolton, arriving at about 10.00hrs to be greeted with a lovely cup of tea The object of the morning was KS1... by admin | Nov 11, 2014 | Training
This evening our Trainee air scenting dog handler Jess Ellsmore and her trainee air scenting search dog Blitz, undertook some joint training with Bowland Pennine MRT / SARDA England air scenting mountain rescue search dog handler Alison Nicholson and her search dog... by admin | Nov 11, 2014 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
Tonight we were pleased to welcome to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ 17th Bolton, Markland Hill Scout Group. The group of eight Scouts and three leaders were met by experienced Team members Matthew Hailwood, John Dickinson and Naomi Horan. Their evening began with a... by admin | Nov 10, 2014 | Donations
This evening at 20.00hrs we welcomed to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ four representatives from Bent and Bongs Charitable Trust, Tyldesley, Wigan. They were visiting to hand over to the team a very large donation raised at the Bent and Bongs Beer Bash Festival in... by admin | Nov 10, 2014 | Donations
Further to the reported visit by Denise Hicks, accompanying her friend Paula Cocker to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, this evening, Denise kindly handed over to our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE a wonderful cash donation of £20.00 to the team. On Sunday 9th November... by admin | Nov 10, 2014 | Donations
On Tuesday 21st October 2014 we reported that with great sadness we had been informed that Eric Unsworth, a great friend and supporter to this team, had recently passed away due to the ravages of dementia. Eric was known to many of our longer serving members as the... by admin | Nov 9, 2014 | Training
Following the below exercise, all five of our Team Call Out contacts met up at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ for a training awareness session on the use of the SARCALL system, used to mobilise MRT responses, co ordinate such responses and log the incident itself,... by admin | Nov 9, 2014 | Donations, General news
On Sunday 2nd November 2014, we reported within the ‘News’ section of our website that Len and Joan Charles, long time supporters of the Team (since the late 1980s) and parents of very long serving team member Gillian Leigh (nee Charles), celebrated their Golden...