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Recently it was revealed that the January 2009 fire at the Trinity Street factory had resulted in a guilty admittance from the company that inherited the discredited French Rhodia outfit. Further to this the current site manager even felt obliged … Continue reading →

    Crow Goes Hunting by Ted Hughes Crow Decided to try words. He imagined some words for the job, a lovely pack- Clear-eyed, resounding, well-trained, With strong teeth. You could not find a better bred lot. He pointed out … Continue reading →

   On January 2nd 2009, a serious chemical fire occurred at Rhodia’s Trinity Street site. The investigation into this and the subsequent prosecution appears to have taken 7 (SEVEN) years which is quite astonishing, but today it was revealed that the … Continue reading →

  So 200 blogposts with the 200th page also now up.  This concerns Rhodia’s dirty dozen part 2. When I started this website it was with the intention of revealing the story behind many years of struggle to determine what … Continue reading →

  It has been many months since I have seen Rhodia/Solvay pumping water into the Birmingham canal, but with the weather of late being monsoon, it appears that they can no longer contain the volume in the lagoon without mechanically … Continue reading →

After the first swan tested for white phosphorus confirmed its presence, sadly predictable were more dead birds. Here we chronicle in detail what took place after their discovery in Rhodia’s lake of death and the subsequent tests which confirmed that … Continue reading →

When one thinks of Christmas, we are often drawn to “the works” do, or the office party. With a Quaker company originally like Albright and Wilson, one could hardly think that in times past these would have been riotous affairs, … Continue reading →

    Sometime in 2014 I was putting together the story of how wildfowl at rattlechain had first been identified to have been exposed/poisoned by the white phosphorus in the lake. Unfortunately whilst Rhodia claimed to be addressing the issue … Continue reading →

One of the most infamous cases involving the use of phosphorus based rat poison involved Louisa Merrifield. She was the care worker from hell, who ingratiated her way into the affections of an elderly 79 year old cantankerous spinster named Sarah … Continue reading →

A while back we reported on Solvay’s big band practice.  A recent press report appears to confirm that The Langley Band have now completed a move into the former police station fronting Trinity Street and are renting a room from the … Continue reading →