by admin | Nov 10, 2013 | Donations, General news
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 10, 2013 | 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 10, 2013 | 2013, Incident
Whilst en route to take part in the Lead Mines Valley Bomber Memorial Remembrance Sunday Service, Team Support Group member Iain Clarkson came upon an injured road cyclist, who had become dismounted after the bike apparently slid on the icy road surface in the... by admin | Nov 9, 2013 | General news
This morning Dave Marsh, our Team Training Officer and Trainee DVSD (Drowned Victim Search Dog) handler with his Trainee DVSD Dog Sasha, and team call out list member Dave Cook, journeyed to meet some colleagues from GMP and BPMRT / SARDA, to undertake some training... by admin | Nov 9, 2013 | General news
Congratulations to team member Paul Chisholm and his dog Bella, who as our regular readers will know, are in training with SARDA England to hopefully become a Mountain Rescue Air Scenting Search Dog Team. Paul with Bella attends regular training in this respect, some... by admin | Nov 9, 2013 | General news
On Wednesday 7th November 2013, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted by a GMP Officer who has become a very valued friend of the team, with the news, completely unbeknown to him and anyone in the team, that we had been nominated for a very prestigious award... by admin | Nov 9, 2013 | General news
We are extremely pleased today to be able to announce the receipt of a Silver CardiacSmart Award from the NWAS NHS Trust. Very experienced team Call Out list member Mark Scott recently applied on line for the team to be considered for such, and yesterday Friday 8th... by admin | Nov 8, 2013 | General news
On Wednesday 18th September 2013, we announced that Clevelands Preparatory School, Chorley New Road, Bolton, had very kindly decided to adopt us as their supported charity. On the morning of Wednesday 2nd October 2013, Team Call Out list member Nigel Booth, who is... by admin | Nov 6, 2013 | General news
Our usual weekly training session this evening took place involving two separate sessions at two venues. ‘Group 1,’ at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, saw the 2nd session for our membership of our Annual CPR and Basic Life Support Test / assessment... by admin | Nov 5, 2013 | General news
We are very pleased to announce our October month end 2013 collection box figures, with £240.25p collected, against £194.73p for October 2012. Our year to date collection box total is £2,306.77p against £2,654.15p for 2012. Having...