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In 1951, Albright and Wilson celebrated their centenary anniversary of their official founding factory in Oldbury. A book was issued written by Richard Threlfall, which I have cited on many occasions on this website given that it reveals a number … Continue reading →

1990 appears to have been an annus horribilis for the management of Albright and Wilson- the dirty Oldbury chemical factory based polluter. Not only did they have problems at Portishead with a major fire involving white phosphorus, but closer to … Continue reading →

We all know that the jaw rotters of POBox 80 had a long and terrible odour issue, their trumps resembling the infamous pussy bouquet aka “The Oldbury smell”.  But events in February and March 1990 appear to have evoked the … Continue reading →

  There has of course been a long standing “wind” problem at the much troubled Trinity Street factory. Bad gas – or more succinctly Toxic gas appears to have a nasty historic habit of escaping from the Albright anus of … Continue reading →

Much has been made and still continues to be about the firefighting practice that the Trinity Street factory is prepared for with their own “fire service”, and also their alleged collaboration with the full time professionals, yet when it has … Continue reading →

  We live in very dangerous times, and the state police now appear to be everywhere watching our every move. A new piece of legislation, “The Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill” has gained large condemnation from civil rights campaigners and activists … Continue reading →

  The document below is a must read for anyone who lives next to or had their homes built on a historic landfill site. Unfortunately, what you will read in the file has probably already been deleted by the powers … Continue reading →

  Have you seen the Environment Agency dealing with a pollution incident in the last six months? From personal experience, I believe that they have gone Covid AWOL, and are now more concerned with deferring events onto private water companies … Continue reading →

One of my favourite TV shows as a kid was The Incredible Hulk- a story of a man with a secret who hid a monstrous creation of his own making, but travelled around from place to place picking up  casual … Continue reading →

    Chris Adams got in touch on reading recent posts about the area West of Rattlechain Lagoon off Rose Lane. She vividly recalls the agricultural land shown above, and fills out further information before it was turned into a … Continue reading →