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What a joke this news story is, buried beneath the radar of a Tory reshuffle. “The UK has taken delivery of more than 200 tonnes of toxic chemicals from Syria….. It comprised “precursor chemicals” that “are handled and destroyed by … Continue reading →

  Rattlechain has a big brother! Barnett’s brickworks had other brickwork sites; one of them being in the Aldridge area known as “Barnett and Beddowes.”  To gauge what it may have looked like before Albright and Wilson, (along with their Ministry … Continue reading →

I’m always on the lookout for “suspicious activity” on the homefront at Rattlechain lagoon. I keep the Rhodia/Solvay lobby HQ number handy at all times should any German paratroopers or weasely stoats should turn up unannounced. Last week however there were … Continue reading →

LIFE Most swans hatch their cygnets in May, though there are some early birds that appear at the end of April. One particular pair that were being watched by us had had their original attempt wrecked by thugs after making … Continue reading →

Flaming June already and the sun is out! Even the ducks are taking the plunge to get out of the heat. Though traditionally a very quiet month for bird rarities, sheepwash turned up a little egret again last week on … Continue reading →

Roll up, Roll up, the circus has come to town! This circus is in the form of the national grid electric powerline wire replacement works taking place across a large swathe of the Blackcountry area, including the boundary of Rattlechain … Continue reading →

Figuring my way around an upgraded computer………back soon. So long as imagination can trump technology everything will be just fine.

  We said so in punning jest, as to how a dirty British chemical company with a dire pollution record were allowed a licence to dump toxic poisonous waste into the environment. He has been an excellent animal rights advocate … Continue reading →

Swans in the area love their oats, though they aren’t particularly keen on the quaker variety for some reason.

    The area once comprising the Rattlechain brickworks area appears to reveal a hive of industrial activity, though little trace remains of the actual works themselves. Brickmaking may have ended with a whimper in the 1960’s though the canal … Continue reading →