by admin | Sep 10, 2015 | General news
This Saturday, 12th September, our team Support Group will be holding a collection day at ASDA Moss Bank Way, Astely Bridge, between 10am and 6pm. ASDA Moss Bank Way store are tremendous supporters of the team, having previously through their community support... by admin | Sep 10, 2015 | General news
With an entirely voluntary membership, changes in members personal circumstances results in inevitable membership comings and goings, as our regular readers will recall. Today Team Trainee member Carol Truman, who first came to the team in our late October 2014... by admin | Sep 9, 2015 | Training
This evening, our weekly training exercise took place fully in the dark, as late summer is flowing in to autumn. Our training exercise venue was the lower reaches of Lead Mines Valley (which is actually within our colleague teams, Bowland Pennine MRT primary... by admin | Sep 7, 2015 | Donations
On Sunday 14th June 2015 the team provided standby rescue cover for this years Prestwich Challenge Sunday event, organised by Prestwich Athletics Club. This was a new event regarding our involvement, a multi terrain 8 mile challenge event organised by Glenn Martin of... by admin | Sep 7, 2015 | General news
On Thursday 3rd September 2015 we reported on our website that our Team President Bob Hutchinson, at the invitation of Mrs Katherine Pyle, President of Horwich Inner Wheel, was honoured to be the lunch time speaker at the meeting of Horwich Inner Wheel. Bob... by admin | Sep 7, 2015 | 2015, Incident
On Sunday evening, 6th September 2015, a 69 year old man from Warrington, went missing from Grange Farm in Waberthwaite, Cumbria, after going out for a walk. Cumbria Constabulary with mounting concern for his welfare, called upon a number of MRTs and associated search... by admin | Sep 5, 2015 | 2015, Incident
At 16.20hrs this sunny afternoon, with some members present at the BMC Wilton Fest event, we were paged by GMP to assist immediately with a developing search for a missing 77 years old woman, in the Astley Bridge area of Bolton. Our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE... by admin | Sep 5, 2015 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
Excellent sunny and warm weather, with more importantly dry rock, greeted the BMC Wilton Fest Event, held today in the Wilton Quarries system, with activities centred upon Wilton 2 Quarry. The organisers put on a great event, and we had on display from 10.00hrs... by admin | Sep 3, 2015 | General news
This Saturday the team is pleased to have accepted an invitation from the BMC (British Mountaineering Council) to display one of our Land Rover Defender Mountain Rescue Ambulances and its associated search and rescue equipment, at the Wilton Fest Event being held at... by admin | Sep 3, 2015 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
At the invitation of Mrs Katherine Pyle, President of Horwich Inner Wheel, our President Bob Hutchinson, was honoured to be the lunch time speaker at todays meeting of Horwich Inner Wheel. The meeting at Ridgmont House, Horwich commenced at 12.00 noon today. More...