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Former Albright and Wilson/Rhodia employee- “The Rattlechain lagoon is our Chernobyl”

  One former employee Jim Gull got in touch with us to highlight how he was affected by the very chemical white phosphorus delivered, stored and handled, and of course dumped in ludicrous claimed “small amounts” in the lagoon according … Continue reading

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Rattlechain Lagoon 2005

  POST 500 A MILESTONE MOMENT.  For this 500th post, I wanted to capture the essence of why I started this blog, to tell the story of the victims of industrial pollution.  A very interesting find from the Dave Bagnall … Continue reading

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The Gower Tip cover up works commence

  It has been some time since I wrote about this satellite waste dump of Albright and Wilson connected to The Birmingham Canal navigations in the same way that rattlechain lagoon received waste originally by boat. In early 2022, following … Continue reading

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Dust and not so good vibrations

  Back in 1990 when Lineker and Gazza were “expressing themselves” in Italia 90, in Tividale a different type of game was starting to unfold. Messrs Hurst and Hurst were carving up land on a former tip on tips with … Continue reading

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Landfill Homes- an ugly blank canvas for fiction writers

  CAN YOU SPOT WHERE YOUR HOUSE WAS BUILT?  The area bordering three sections of canal and The Tipton and Dudley Road was once an agricultural marsh land punctuated only by The Rattlechain brickworks. When the crooked conman Sydney Sheldon … Continue reading

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We’ve been watching you- “Rattlechain Redevelopments Limited”

WLBRL INVESTIGATION- A COMPLEX WEB OF DIRTY BUSINESS DEALS For some time, I have been aware and monitoring two companies by the name of “Rattlechain Redevelopments Ltd” and “Coneygre Redevelopments Limited”– these directly relate to land interests off site of … Continue reading

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Residential victims of “reclamation”

WLBRL EXCLUSIVE Those living on The Temple Way estate have had a very rude awakening of how dubious outfits backed by Sandwell council do not care about ripping out views that were bought with the home, views that cannot be … Continue reading

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Sandwell planning officers- WHO DO THEY WORK FOR?

  Following numerous communications from myself as well as other local residents of Temple Way estate bordering the destructive activities of the landowner and their contractor, it is clear to see the lack of interest amongst local politicians who claim … Continue reading

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ECOCIDE- Misery and despair return to Temple Way!

  It is with a very heavy heart, that our worst fears about the Sandwell Plan are now arising and a sense of Deja vu on the former Duport’s Tip and surrounding roads has seen the mass destruction of hundreds … Continue reading

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Sandwell plan update- shifting goal posts and underhand methods

  The useless Sandwell Plan is now thankfully out of the hands of Sandwell planning policy and is to be reviewed by a supposedly “independent” inspector appointed by the Secretary of State- erm, the one who wants to build as … Continue reading

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