by admin | Dec 31, 2011 | General news
This evening as with all previous New Year Eve’s (for well over eleven years now) the team has had all four of it’s Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulances available, at the disposal of NWAS (Greater Manchester) who were expecting a very high volume of calls...
by admin | Dec 26, 2011 | General news
Today at the very kind long standing invitation of the Go Outdoors, Wigan, Store Manager John Harold (A former Bolton MRT call out list member) we were invited to hold a team collection alongside the stores Boxing Day Sale Event. Taking with them a Team Land Rover...
by admin | Dec 26, 2011 | General news
Each year the Holcombe Hunt has met in Rivington for its traditional Boxing Day Hunt, which now also attracts a great many other horse riders, their followers and members of the public, alongside the more usual visitors to the area. The team has also traditionally...
by admin | Dec 21, 2011 | Donations, General news
Today Team Call Out list member Martin Banks presented the team with a very generous £500.00 cheque from ‘AXA Hearts in Action’ his employers (AXA Technology Services, Part of the Global AXA Group) corporate responsibility programme. Martin noted...
by admin | Dec 21, 2011 | Donations, General news
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received a very kind card of thanks and a £25.00 donation from Colin and Julie Brown of Darwen, Lancashire. On Sunday 27th November 2011 Colin unfortunately stumbled in Sunnyhurst Woods, Darwen, suffering what was thought...
by admin | Dec 20, 2011 | Donations, General news
Once again the Team are pleased to announce a further very generous donation of £50 from Mrs. Janice Schaeffer, Janice is a friend and work colleague of team member’s, Ken Oakes’s wife, Barbara Oakes, MBE, and since becoming aware of the work of the...
by admin | Dec 20, 2011 | General news
Last weekend saw the final stage of the installation of new ‘Bolton Mountain Rescue Team’ signs for our Ladybidge Hall Base / HQ and Bolton Central Fire Station Garage locations by Team Member Martin Banks and our Base and Catering Officer, Chris Tennant....
by admin | Dec 19, 2011 | 2011, Incident
With wintry conditions still existing in the teams moorland (and most lowland) parts, we were not surprised to receive another winter related call out from NWAS. Yet again, as with yesterday morning, it was NWAS (Lancashire) Emergency Control Centre, who contacted us...
by admin | Dec 19, 2011 | Donations, General news
Support Group member Iain Clarkson who works for TDG in Trafford Park have a customer Holt Lloyd Car Care who store their products in TDG’s warehouse. Following on from the donation previously made to the team on 25th April 2011, we are pleased to announce...
by admin | Dec 18, 2011 | General news
Team member Mark Scott was pleased and honoured to be invited, as a representative of Bolton Mountain Rescue Team, to give a reading at the Town Carol Service today. The service was held in Bolton Parish Church at 6pm and other guests who gave readings included the...