Author Archives: swanny

With Rattlechain lagoon again being in focus of late regards the ill conceived Sandwell local plan and its examination-( a further update on that for weeks 2 and 3 coming soon), it is with interest that a new sign has … Continue reading →

Albright and Wilson’s 1950’s advertising was somewhat creepy as well as bizarre, as I looked at on this page, and also in the previous post in their 1954 annual accounts. Another ad however I have found looks as though notorious … Continue reading →

  The post war Albright and Wilson, having benefitted heavily from that war were at the peak of their controlling powers in the early 1950’s. They ran Oldbury, and had for some time with ratty Wilson and fan boy industrialists … Continue reading →

This town, still the centre of political life in Sandwell has at its core a legacy of the worst kind of chemical polluting industries, glorified by useful idiots but mainly the political class who in some form have benefitted financially … Continue reading →

The idea of attempting to relink the demise of two brickworks operations, filled over with toxic wastes and foundry sands into some co-disposal super tip to use as a foundation for housing is absurd, and yet here we are with … Continue reading →

Having been contacted by many frustrated and worried people across the country about landfill sites in their backyard, it is clear that the Government’s insane Planning and Infrastructure Bill is a recipe for irreversible environmental damage and future human health … Continue reading →

Recently, the “tramp phosphorus” botherers were spotted on site doing their annual monitoring rounds of boreholes. This has been ongoing for some years but the reasons and rationale are not what they seem for the public point of view. The … Continue reading →

  Unfortunately, investigative journalism is a very rare thing these days, and few stories that aren’t verbatim given to many of these people never make the news. I have had great difficulty with some “journalists” over the years, who didn’t … Continue reading →

Petitions are worth signing.  Sometimes, as I have found out by direct personal experience, it is very difficult to wake many people up and get them to do anything. Others will happily sit on the side lines and let the … Continue reading →