Author Archives: swanny

This post features on The Friends of Sheepwash Nature Reserve site, and is an example of how industrial areas can be remodelled for nature instead of creating yet more unsustainable housing on old tips. A much preferable option to those … Continue reading →

#STOP THE GARDEN CITY   There is just a week left to oppose plans to build yet more houses on an unsuitable “crap site for residential” located on a former unsanctioned waste dump off Temple Way. This site has recovered … Continue reading →

#STOP THE GARDEN CITY     The trouble with bad plans is that some idiots just keep regurgitating them every few years in the hope that no one will notice.  🙄  Let’s get straight to it, “The Black Country Plan” … Continue reading →

    A turn of the century phosphorus suicide was reported in the 13th January 1900 Liverpool Daily Post.  A man had returned home to find his wife had been on the pop. Apparently it was a frequent occurrence, yet … Continue reading →

Zoiks, we have been here before…..  🙄 I had read in the phoenix entity “Rhodia limited” directors report document that they had intended to carry out remediation work on some of their sites in 2020, but had been foiled by … Continue reading →

On passing the infamous turquoise (and heavily rusted) gates to the hazardous waste lagoon in June, I had noticed that the site ID board information was missing. An inquiry to The Environment Agency stated that they had not given permission … Continue reading →

I must have been up and down The Birchills Locks at Walsall a thousand times over the years, but recently I noticed something of great significance for the first time on the pound near to the new housing conversion from … Continue reading →

  The world is now mapped out in small squares thanks to this app called What3words. As it states “We divided the world into 3 metre squares and gave each square a unique combination of three words. It’s the easiest way … Continue reading →

  I have looked previously about how several white phosphorus experiments went wrong within the classroom setting, principally because of how dangerous and unpredictable this chemical is in even “experienced” hands. This is another story of such an occurrence which … Continue reading →

This white phosphorus misadventure takes us to 19th Century France as reported by the 27th February 1875 Illustrated Police News. Though difficult to read the text, I have managed to decipher that a Mademoiselle by the name of Brigetté Burckel … Continue reading →