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  A great man visited Sandwell  last Tuesday, The West Midlands Mayor Andy Street. The free event at the now festively decorated Oldbury Kremlin offered “A chance for residents of Sandwell and the wider West Midlands, to come and ask … Continue reading →

    Another in the continuing saga of “The Oldbury smell” – you just can’t keep that kitty down! I have previously outlined how this had all started in The Albright and Wilson Oil additives plant. This ongoing social menace … Continue reading →

There are so many layers comprised within the Rattlechain site and its history, and just when I thought I had got to the bottom of one aspect, up surprisingly pops another piece of the jigsaw which reveals a new set … Continue reading →

In a previous post I spoke about how one councillor had stood her ground and called out Albright and Wilson regarding their obscene pollution and smell blighting the local area of Oldbury. It’s just surprising she wasn’t replaced with a Stepford clone. … Continue reading →

  By 1957 people living locally in Langley had obviously been long suffering of a notorious “Oldbury smell”.  But before Mrs Gunn and her withered bush , it is clear from other articles published in the Birmingham Gazette that not only … Continue reading →

It is almost uniformly agreed, even amongst the shills and apologists of this longstanding industrial polluter that Albright and Wilson stank and pumped forth pollution so bad in terms of smell that it resembled the odour of cat piss. I … Continue reading →

For all the millions made and sold in Oldbury, the long suffering community of Langley has Arthur Albright to thank for a small park near to the factory. His generosity meant that for a reported 6 years he paid for it … Continue reading →

ENTER RHODIA Continuing how Albright and Wilson ended and Rhodia began in Oldbury– basically just the same dirty polluting business as usual. The first report in the Rhodia era outlines the complicated process of transferring around the large holdings of … Continue reading →

Some time back I put in a freedom of information request to The Health and safety executive concerning a serious fire at Trinity Street in 2009. This involved the release of a phosphorus vapour cloud and associated breakdown products over … Continue reading →

Recent events in Eastbourne have shown how chemical releases spark widespread media attention and also considerable public concern. A mysterious chemical haze last month appeared to come in from the sea affecting many dozens of people at the beach around the … Continue reading →