We all know that the jaw rotters of POBox 80 had a long and terrible odour issue, their trumps resembling the infamous pussy bouquet aka “The Oldbury smell”. But events in February and March 1990 appear to have evoked the spirit of bagpuss as reports from the 12th February 1990 Sandwell Evening Mail attest.
It is clear that this was a nuisance for local residents who had made calls to the emergency services about the stench of gas arising from the Trinity Street Albright and Wilson works.
Apparently, and as they always appear to do, the plod from the area play down the incident by stating that their mates down the road were just having a bonfire with some chemicals. 🙄 That the firm was “inadvertently” responsible for the smell is a priceless PR classic worthy of the many from the A&W archive of terrible environmental crimes.
But What’s up Doc? The following month we appear to get exactly the same occurrence as revealed in 28th March 1990 Sandwell Evening Mail. Once again the leak is blamed on a piece of equipment, and not the managerial methods and decision process for averting a statutory environmental nuisance.
It is now revealed that the chemicals being burned were pesticides! We now get the liar “Dr” Bloore in full head spinning mode, with the usual message that there was nothing to fear. 😆 I think I would have preferred to have a safety data sheet with the name of the chemical(s) released off site to make that determination for myself.
Unfortunately, this is the exact same bullshit that Bloore and others came out with when confronted with the substances at Rattlechain lagoon.
“It’s the stuff used in toothpaste”
Their “everyday chemicals” mantra is employed here again where they mention farms- which are not located in built up residential areas.
With so much chemical apparatus at their disposal, it’s a wonder they never found a suitable man sized bung to plug those troublesome orifices emanating from the toxic Oldbury bunker.
