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  More activity today on the “beach area”. This time it was Bonaparte on duty, scooping up material and depositing it into a freshly dug hole on the Eastern embankment. Is this “a clean up” because it looks more like … Continue reading →

  The day started with a couple of newcomers to the Rattlechain lagoon, a pair of greylag geese. Not seen any on here before, and don’t really want to either. The oddest sighting on here apparently was an escaped flamingo … Continue reading →

Sometimes people take credit when others campaign for a long struggle. In 1888 the matchgirls strike resulted in the ban of white phosphorus used in matches concerning their quaker owners Bryant and May- mates or should that be “friends” of … Continue reading →

There are various signs now- more than ever around Rattlechain lagoon. A welcome addition or a reminder of the atrocious lack of information previously provided by Albright and Wilson and Rhodia? If you look at the list of licence breaches … Continue reading →

 An open letter to Colin Houston of the Food Standards agency, Chairman of the CHaIRS group. Dear Mr Houston Ref OPEN LETTER CHaIRS group meetings reporting of incidents involving white phosphorus poisoned birds As Chairman of this group I am … Continue reading →

There was another Rhodia press release printed verbatim without investigation in The Express and Star last night- the same usual message- Here’ s our observations “Contaminated pool is being cleaned up”- NO IT’S NOT THE TOXIC CRAP HAS NOT LEFT … Continue reading →

Over the last couple of days Goldmember has been the focus of activities. Initially the long snaking pipework stretching around the lagoon was connected up to his depository. Slurping up water, the cad slowly perused the subsidiary lagoon- perhaps trying … Continue reading →

  Towards the end of last week and upto the Easter break, a giant pipework network began to be created across the two pools. Part of this utilised some of the old pipe  previously dismantled by the contractors (how resourceful). … Continue reading →

 The rattlechain site is now starting to look like a film set given the amount of machinery and the erection of a giant pipe even bigger than the Guns of Navarone. One has to wonder what will appear next. Nothing … Continue reading →

  The atrocious weather has left the lagoon site looking strangely wintery for this time of year. Usually at this point coots would be busy gathering materials and making mountains around the pipe and pontoons, oblivious that the site is … Continue reading →