by admin | Dec 18, 2013 | Donations, General news
We are happy to report today the receipt of a very kind festive donation of £36.00 from the members of the Barlow Knitting Group, who meet at the Barlow Institute, Edgworth. In a note with this very thoughtful donation, Mrs P Clissold of the Knitting Group... by admin | Dec 18, 2013 | General news
We are very pleased to announce that all eight of our current Trainee Team members have now been accepted in to the team as Full Team Call Out list members. All eight members started with the team on our October 2012 new team member intake, and have since gone on to... by admin | Dec 17, 2013 | General news
Further to the on going search enquiry in to the whereabouts of a 44 year old woman missing from the Bolton area, GMP again contacted our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE today at 16.08hrs for additional search advice regarding the possible deployment of our Trailing Dog,... by admin | Dec 17, 2013 | Donations, General news
We are happy to report today the receipt of a very kind festive donation of £100.00 from Lostock and Chew Moor Senior Citizen’s Club. In a letter accompanying this very kind and thoughtful donation, Mrs Carole Walsh, Treasurer, Lostock and Chew Moor Senior... by admin | Dec 16, 2013 | General news
This evening at 20.11hrs our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by a GMP Divisional Sergeant, regards an on going missing person search enquiry within the Bolton area. The enquiry concerned the capabilities of our specialist Mountain Rescue Trailing... by admin | Dec 16, 2013 | General news
Experienced Bolton MRT Call Out list member Paul Chisholm spent from Thursday 12th December through to Sunday 15th December, at Patterdale, Cumbria, on this months SARDA England Training weekend. Paul With Bella spent the weekend on their SARDA Air Scenting Stage 2... by admin | Dec 16, 2013 | General news
As readers of our website are probably aware, Bolton MRT Team Training Officer and former SARDA Air Scenting Search Dog handler, (Also current NSARDA Secretary) Dave Marsh is training his dog Sasha to find people who have unfortunately drowned. (DVSD; Drowned Victim... by admin | Dec 16, 2013 | Donations, General news
On the evening of Tuesday 15th May 2012, we were called out to assist NWAS (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 see... by admin | Dec 15, 2013 | General news
Today all MRTs were informed by David Allen, current Chairman of our national organisation Mountain Rescue England and Wales, that following a national ballot, Mike France has been appointed to the post of MREW Chairman from May 2014, when our current Chairman’s... by admin | Dec 15, 2013 | General news
Further to an earlier visit to us on Sunday 27th October this year, today very long serving BPMRT member Phil Lund, visited us at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, to continue his research in to the early history of Bowland Pennine MRT which formed in 1980, and its joint...