by admin | Nov 4, 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 4, 2013 | General news
On Monday 28th October 2013, we reported within this website on the start of a week long exhibition on the role of Mountain Rescue Teams and Cave Rescue Teams within England and Wales in 2013, being held in the House of Commons at Westminster, London, by our National... by admin | Nov 3, 2013 | General news
Early this afternoon, eleven team members assembled on Georges Lane, in the vicinity of Wilderswood, Horwich, to watch a demonstration of a mini UAV (Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle) multicopter with a real time downlink full colour video capability. (Gimble mounted... by admin | Nov 1, 2013 | General news
Today all the organisations involved in yesterdays very successful 2nd Annual ‘Get Ready for Winter’ event, Bolton, received a kind email of thanks from Cath Nally, Civil Contingencies Officer, Bolton Council, the organiser of the event; “Dear all,... by admin | Oct 31, 2013 | General news
Today at the very kind invitation of Bolton Council, the Bolton MRT attended the second annual ‘Get ready for Winter’ event, held on Victoria Square in front of the Town Hall in Bolton. Organised by The Civil Contingencies Unit at Bolton Council, todays... by admin | Oct 30, 2013 | Donations, General news
Apologies to those parties concerned for the short delay in announcing this, but on Thursday 10th October 2013, we took delivery of a further donation of Mountain Rescue jackets from our national body, Mountain Rescue England and Wales (MREW) Mountain Rescue England... by admin | Oct 30, 2013 | Donations, General news
We are very pleased to announce the kind receipt today of a wonderful £610.00 donation from New Trinity Masonic Lodge 4595. In a letter addressed to our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, accompanying this thoughtful donation, Michael Newman, Worshipful Master of New... by admin | Oct 30, 2013 | General news
A recent search / check of our Team Leaders ‘team’ email account spam trap revealed an email originally sent on October 14th 2013, and not previously published here on our website. This concerned what is now the eighth very kind email of thanks about our... by admin | Oct 28, 2013 | General news
On 8th and 15th October 2003, the Bolton MRT received a very kind donation from Phil and Denise Frain of “RescuEquip 1,” manufacturers of Fire and Water Rescue Training Equipment, based in Bolton, of two Training dummies (Or Casualty Simulators) The... by admin | Oct 28, 2013 | General news
Recently we ‘lost’ a radio antenna from the extendable radio mast on our Incident Control vehicle, and with no spares held by the team this effectively rendered the large extendable radio mast non operational. Our Team Equipment Officer (Communications and...