by admin | Dec 2, 2011 | General news
This evening the team at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ hosted a visit by Bolton East Explorer Scouts, being met by very experienced team members Ged Clarke and Mike Marsh. Eight explorer scouts and two leaders arrived at 19:30 and spent the next two hours finding out... by admin | Dec 1, 2011 | General news
The Greater Manchester Emergency Services Liaison Group Meeting takes place on average, quarterly, and involves representatives from the Statutory Emergency Services in Greater Manchester, including GMP, GMFRS, NWAS, and also the North West Air Ambulance Service,... by admin | Dec 1, 2011 | Donations, General news
How apt on this the first day of this festive month, that we received a Christmas Card from a very valued team supporter (who wishes to remain anonymous) and who also very generously enclosed a £60.00 Christmas donation along with best wishes to all in the team.... by admin | Nov 30, 2011 | General news
This evening at the conclusion of our weekly training session, at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ and in the presence of the thirty one Call Out list members and one Support Group member attending, very experienced team member Ken Oakes, of Lostock, Bolton was awarded a... by admin | Nov 29, 2011 | General news
This evening at the kind invitation of Cancer and Us (Cancer Support Group) at St Ann’s Hospice, Little Hulton, very experienced team members Chris Tennant and Dave Marsh (also a former Search and Rescue Dog Handler in the team) visited the group to give a... by admin | Nov 28, 2011 | General news
In recent years we have decorated our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ for Christmas and the New Year, after all the pattern of recent years has seen a lot of team members spending a great deal of their festive break at our Base / HQ in-between frequent operational call... by admin | Nov 27, 2011 | 2011, Incident
At 17:59 this evening, the team was paged by NWAS Lancashire Emergency Control centre who were requesting our assistance at an incident in Adlington, near Chorley. With one team member still at the team base from the earlier fell race, and several others having only... by admin | Nov 27, 2011 | 2011, Incident
At the conclusion of this afternoon’s David Staff Memorial Fell Race in Darwen (see news article), and as team vehicles were preparing to return to base, at 12:38 today team Training Officer Elaine Gilliland (who was stationed at the fell race Start/Finish point at... by admin | Nov 27, 2011 | General news
Today the team provided standby rescue cover for the David Staff Memorial Charity Fell Race. This fell race takes in a course over 5.1 miles including 1200 feet of ascent, centred on Jubilee Tower, Darwen and Darwen Moor. The race organised by Jonathan Stubbs of the... by admin | Nov 24, 2011 | General news
This afternoon our Team President, Bob Hutchinson and Team Life Vice President, Tony McNally were invited to St William of York School in Great Lever to talk to Class Y4 about their current topic “Mighty Mountains.” Bob and Tony were met by class teacher...