by admin | Nov 9, 2014 | Training
Following our involvement in todays Remembrance Sunday Service at Lead Mines Valley, a small number of team members went on to undertake some steep ground stretcher handling work with our Bell Mountain Rescue Stretcher on the flanks of Winter Hill, overlooking the... by admin | Nov 9, 2014 | Donations
Whilst in attendance today at the Lead Mines Valley, Anglezarke, Bomber Memorial Remembrance Sunday Service, team members were handed two impromptu cash donations. One kind donation of £10.00 was made anonymously, whilst a second equally kind donation of £10.00 was... by admin | Nov 9, 2014 | Donations
Today at the Lead Mines Valley Remembrance Sunday Service attended by the team, we met our long standing friend and supporter David Bisset. Way back in August 2005, Iain Bisset whilst climbing with his father and fellow climber David Bisset, at Ousel’s Nest... by admin | Nov 9, 2014 | General news
In the early hours of the cold winter morning of Tuesday 16th November 1943, a Wellington Mk 1c twin engined bomber of 28 OTU (Operational Training Unit) Royal Air Force, crashed with the sad loss of all aircrew onto Anglezarke Moor north of Bolton, in the area now... by admin | Nov 7, 2014 | General news
Today we were made aware by his mother, of the progressing recovery of the young 12 year old boy injured mountain biking with his brother and father on Thursday 28th October 2014, on the Lyons Den track on the flanks of Darwen Moor. A text was received by our... by admin | Nov 6, 2014 | Donations
Our Equipment Officer – Base and Catering Paul Copley, a BT employee has received the following fantastic news via email from BT which we are now very pleased to publicly announce; “Dear Paul, I am delighted to inform you that your application for a BT People Award... by admin | Nov 6, 2014 | General news
On Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th November this week, our DVSD Dog Handler Dave Marsh with his DVSD Search Dog Sasha was involved in an NSARDA public relations activity centred upon the Loggerheads area of north east Wales, supported by NEWSART, with amongst others,... by admin | Nov 6, 2014 | General news
We are very sad to report that news has reached us that on Saturday 1st November 2014, Jean Mulvaney, a great friend and very kind supporter of Bolton MRT, sadly passed away. We reported within our website ‘News’ section on 4th April 2014, that Jean was undergoing... by admin | Nov 5, 2014 | Training
This evening with our Training Officer Alistair Greenough and Equipment Officer – Medical Nigel Booth, both involved in training outdoors with our new probationary members, the operational team membership was up on an autumnally frosty Winter Hill summit area taking... by admin | Nov 5, 2014 | General news
Happy Birthday wishes are expressed to our friends at NPAS (National Police Air Service) Warton, callsign NPAS 23, who started off many years ago as the Lancashire Constabulary Air Support Unit, call sign Oscar November 99. They first went live with a Twin Squirrel...