It’s not just the chemicals that these scumbags made that was toxic in the community- some of their staff were outright wrong-uns and convicted criminals.
We have seen lags like The seaman saboteur James Pinel and metal thief Ernest Sulley disgracing Trinity Street Towers, and of course AW had a long line of environmental convictions as a company.
But in an apparent homage to the withering of Mrs Gunns’s bush from The Oldbury smell fame, one chemical engineer in question in 1986 nicked some unnamed acid- most likely phosphoric, from the Trinity Street stores.
The 21st January 1987 Sandwell Evening Mail reveals that Mr Telebak had ‘alf inched some acid from his employers and pursued a neighbourly feud against a man proud of his raspberry plants, no doubt turning them yellow after a tipple.
He was fined £50 and discharged if you’ll excuse the pun also being “reprimanded” by his employers allegedly. AW liked to pride themselves as being “good neighbours” with its pathetic sycophantic “residents committee” consisting of those well connected to the company or even employed by them FFS! Obviously some employees at least like this one were representative of their real demeanour in the community.
