Monthly Archives: April 2013

OR HOW WILLY PETER MET BLUE PETER And here’s one we made earlier. How to turn a piece of old pontoon, some old drainpipe and a bit of hose into a makeshift pump. Those ingenious buggers at Trinity Street certainly … Continue reading →

Nothing is so beautiful as spring—   When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush;   Thrush’s eggs look little low heavens, and thrush Through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring The ear, it strikes like lightnings to … Continue reading →

Still observing what Bonaparte is doing on the Eastern embankment. According to my “Environment Agency source”, it is to do with problems concerning weed in the pool and “a trial” (What another one!) to reduce water content within it before … Continue reading →

  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 →