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It’s not all about Albright and Wilson/Rhodia/Solvay. There are other chemical manufacturers in the Sandwell area  whom have become well acquainted with their neighbours, but  not particularly for good neighbourly reasons. Oldbury has its Trinity Street behemoths manufacturing phosphorus whereas … Continue reading →

Recently in the now landscaped North embankment some curious diggings have emerged. Although this is probably some form of “monitoring” that the site owners claim to be undertaking, the fact that they appear to have exposed the surface of the … Continue reading →

Just a quick heads up on an interesting new page put up last week. Certainly an eye opener regards white phosphorus and the manner in which the polluters of the Rattlechain site thought it appropriate to dump their various safety experiments … Continue reading →

There are many chemistry books available detailing the properties and nature of the elements including elemental phosphorus. Some of the more interesting science based articles tend to be harder to find, and are usually older in nature. Such sources give … Continue reading →

Of late, time has had to be diverted away from matters Rattlechain and everything else, including rescuing birds due to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council’s clandestine cull of Canada geese. No sooner were Rhodia supposedly trying to prevent any more birds … Continue reading →

  There has been of late very little activity at Rattlechain lagoon. Certainly the birds appear to have deserted the site almost entirely. This makes the “environmental improvements” touted by those undertaking work at the site which commenced nearly two … Continue reading →

    There has been much rot written and broadcast about remembering the 1st world war, for some reason due to the roundness of the year 100.  The start of the hostilities between a group of aristocrats belonging to the … Continue reading →

For this article I am indebted to information from Roy Martin, canal enthusiast. One of the most prominent features of the Birmingham Canal Navigations on which much of the local industry including that at Rattlechain “prospered” is The Netherton Tunnel. … Continue reading →

For one last time– Let’s open door 24.     And so the toxic legacy of Albright and Wilson persists. These two toxic santas went down the chimney and landed in the lake of fire. Rattlechain lagoon is just one … Continue reading →

Let’s open door 23 The closure plan for the rattlechain lagoon was accepted by the Environment agency, where in a freedom of information request it was revealed that the company name had now changed to “Rhodia Limited” from Rhodia UK … Continue reading →