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I have looked previously at the location app called what3words in connection to rattlechain lagoon.   Some of the 3 square metre locations within the site offer some pretty hilarious and relevant 3 word unique combinations. I think my favourite is … Continue reading →

This white phosphorus misadventure involves yet another common theme, foolish youth associated with dangerous chemicals. I suppose some people never grow up and continue to play with them in industry- per Albright and Wilson.  😈 To Scotland then and the … Continue reading →

There is a major problem with Sandwell Council’s planning department in the way in which they are working for applicants and NOT for the public. Many examples have come to light about officers scheming with developers who just happen to … Continue reading →

    Well, this one concerns red phosphorus actually.  😛 I have looked at white phosphorus and accidents in schools in this post, when it used to be allowed in school laboratories. There was another case of misadventure where an idiot … Continue reading →

ALBRIGHT AND WILSON’S “ABSOLUTE AND UTTER SCANDAL”     Without doubt things began to unravel for this abysmal employer in the 1990’s along with their ultimate demise. The number of incidents at Trinity Street and elsewhere during this decade made … Continue reading →

  In 1951, Sydney Barratt, then vice chair of AW stated in the history of the company “100 years of phosphorus making”  ; “When at the close of the second war the company could take stock of themselves and make … Continue reading →

  It seems the berks in the Home Guard were not the only fools to dispose of P4 WMD, but whereas land was their preferred method, the regulars were at it using watery graves. A great piece from Chemistry World … Continue reading →

  I have compiled several recorded incidents of AW bomb discoveries previously, but here are a few more I have found recently which shows just what a pain they really were/still are. The first from The Spalding Guardian of 17th … Continue reading →

I have looked extensively at the production, use and ultimate abandonment of these useless but highly dangerous white phosphorus filled half pint milk bottles, manufactured by Albright and Wilson on behalf of The British Government during The Second World War for an anti-tank guerrilla warfare campaign … Continue reading →

The millennium came and went as the Coneygre site was left abandoned by Mintworth. With the dodgy recycling venture thwarted, it would be a couple of years before another housing development scheme entered the pipeline, this time on the adjacent … Continue reading →