by admin | Sep 2, 2014 | General news
Bolton Mountain Rescue Team needs your vote in the Lloyds Bank Community Fund Bolton MRT has been shortlisted for the Lloyds Bank Community Fund 2014 in the north-Bolton / Blackburn area. By encouraging the public to vote, Bolton MRT has a chance to be awarded a grant... by admin | Sep 1, 2014 | Donations, General news
We are very pleased to announce our August month end 2014 collection box figures, with £333.63p collected, against £232.86p for August 2013. Our year to date Collection Box total is £2,056.53p compared to £1,742.19p for this time last year. We currently have 125x... by admin | Aug 31, 2014 | General news
This afternoon four long serving operational team members, Team President Bob Hutchinson, Vice-President Alan James, Mike Marsh and Diane Blakeley travelled to the far side of the teams operational area to meet up with ex-RAF Mountain Rescue Service member Al... by admin | Aug 31, 2014 | General news
The last Sunday in every month sees Team operational and Support group members meet at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, for our valet day, encompassing a full clean up (Vacuuming, dusting, polishing, wiping clean) of our main building and toilet / shower block... by admin | Aug 31, 2014 | Donations
We are very pleased to announce the recent receipt of a £12.35p donation via the Charities Aid Foundation, our online donations portal, from Mr John Birkett of Bolton. We receive a great many donations in this manner via the Charities Aid Foundation, and we all thank... by admin | Aug 31, 2014 | General news
In the teams very early days a solitary cloth badge constituted the teams uniform / identity. In June 1985, a Team woollen sweater was introduced in to the membership, dark blue with two light blue chest stripes ….. and current team member Mike Marsh and our... by admin | Aug 30, 2014 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
This afternoon John Dickinson, Tony Dawson, Chris Tennant, Michael Eddleston, Paul Brain and Alan ‘General’ James, together With Di James and Maggie Allred, partners of Alan and Paul respectively, travelled to the Belthorn Village Fun Day held at The Dog... by admin | Aug 29, 2014 | General news, Lectures/Presentations/Displays
Today we were invited by Joanne Tarpey, Civil Contingencies Service, Wigan MBC to the awareness day part of Wigan Resilience Week, held in Wigan town centre. The day got off to a wet start as cloud after cloud emptied their wet contents onto the 6 team members who had... by admin | Aug 27, 2014 | General news
This evening Bolton MRT team member Steve O’Hara attended the fourth meeting of the Greater Manchester 3rd Sector (Voluntary Agencies) which as with the previous three meetings was held and hosted by the British Red Cross at its Cornbrook Estate, Manchester, offices.... by admin | Aug 27, 2014 | General news, Training
This cool and windy Wednesday evening, our exercise involved a female geologist who was reported to be injured whilst examining the boulder fields on Turton Moor. Readers familiar with Turton Moor may know there are two large boulder fields present, Andrew’s...