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China in your hands

The recent major catastrophic explosion in the Chinese port of Tianjin is still being dealt with and will be investigated so we are told. What is clear is that numerous toxic chemicals appear to have been stored in one place … Continue reading

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Smoke and mirrors

  We have looked previously how this deceptive element was used in World War one, particularly because of its smokescreen properties. By the start of World War Two its use had been perfected in the form of ballistic projectiles capable … Continue reading

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Mis-lead, chasing for the truth about Chasewater

This is a long post which covers a number of subject areas relevant to this website. Fundamentally it relates to investigating unexplained wildfowl illnesses and deaths which appear correlatively linked to certain sites, so much so that it is almost … Continue reading

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Why I’m not celebrating “Black Country Day.”

  Where is “The Black country”?  Even those who claim to live within it cannot answer with certainty, because the area itself does not really exist. It was largely invented in the 20th Century by white historians with a tale … Continue reading

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“Smashing” tanks?

This 1942 booklet is one of many advising the Home Guard of training techniques, which appears to be all that they really ever did. There is no description of who the author Derek Whipp was or how he had come … Continue reading

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oom pah pah oom pah pah that’s where it blows.

  From the aftermath of World War One to more modern times concerning the Trinity Street site. A couple of recent applications have been added to the continuing site development history page on this website. This series of pages are … Continue reading

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What price for a WW1 phosphorus worker?

  “The only good thing that comes from war is the stimulation of scientific research, primarily with the object of killing human beings but incidentally in finding substitutes for age-old materials and methods.” These are the opening words from chapter … Continue reading

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Pontoon

One of the most prominent features at Rattlechain, and the symbol of waste expulsion was the giant discharge pipe, removed early on in the cover up works of 2013. These were supported in the water by several large floating pontoons that … Continue reading

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MARTIN JOHN PRESTIDGE- A CLARIFICATION

  Correspondence from the above has been received where he took exception to the content and tone of a blog post entitled “The Rood End of Lord Langley”. The original post he asserts was “defamatory and offensive.” A number of … Continue reading

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The Sheepwash screwjob?

Following hot on the heels of the previous post concerning The former West Midlands County Council Waste Disposal and Pollution Control Committee, comes another revelation from the same meeting 22nd December 1977 at which the Rattlechain site licence was discussed … Continue reading

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