{"id":3677,"date":"2013-10-20T20:34:09","date_gmt":"2013-10-20T20:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=3677"},"modified":"2013-10-20T20:34:09","modified_gmt":"2013-10-20T20:34:09","slug":"the-final-frontier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=3677","title":{"rendered":"The final frontier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The gestation period has nearly ended as we are delivered a newly improved hazardous waste site. Nine months of stirring, shovelling, sucking and dumping is drawing to a close as the Autumn winds begin to cover the area with a carpet of leaves.<\/p>\n<p>For the last couple of weeks there has been the sense of milking it out a bit. Only two Heyrmans remain and the activity on the site has been fairly staccato, though sometimes an early start has been noted.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4021\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/H2240004.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4021\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4021\" alt=\"H2240004\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/H2240004.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Napoleon and Willy in the dark<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All of a sudden the other day Napoleon decided to march out of the site with his companion behind him.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/H2220003.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"H2220003\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/H2220003.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/H2220004.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4023\" alt=\"H2220004\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/H2220004.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Where were they going?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The answer was making an even greater mess than before down the canal track and John&#8217;s Lane. I&#8217;m sure peple walking their woofers will appreciate it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/H2220008.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4024\" alt=\"H2220008\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/H2220008.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/H2230001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4025\" alt=\"H2230001\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/H2230001.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4026\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/H2220009.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4026\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4026\" alt=\"H2220009\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/H2220009.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The conquest of Napoleon<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/H2240012.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4027\" alt=\"H2240012\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/H2240012.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The new causeway path has also had a smooth makeover<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4028\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/H2250001.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4028\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4028\" alt=\"H2250001\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/H2250001.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The long-bow<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So it won&#8217;t be long now before the Solvay circus finally packs up and leaves\u00a0the lagoon, leaving all the white phosphorus that Albright and Wilson and Rhodia left behind them. I wonder if they told their shareholders about the environmental liabilities that they took on when picking up the poison chalice of the French company?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"lyrics_text\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And now, the end is here<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And so I face the final curtain<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>My friend, I&#8217;ll say it clear<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a title=\"white phosphorus is killing birds on this lake\" href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">I&#8217;ll state my case<\/a>, of which I&#8217;m certain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2030_0101rhodia0084.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4030\" alt=\"2030_0101rhodia0084\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2030_0101rhodia0084.jpg\" width=\"582\" height=\"459\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I&#8217;ve lived a life that&#8217;s full<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I travelled each and ev&#8217;ry highway<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And more, much more than this, I did it Solvay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2030_0101rhodia0131.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4031\" alt=\"2030_0101rhodia0131\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2030_0101rhodia0131.jpg\" width=\"534\" height=\"821\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Regrets, I&#8217;ve had a few<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>But then again, too few to mention<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I did what I had to do and saw it through without exemption<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I planned each charted course, each careful step along the byway<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And more, much more than this, I\u00a0screwed you\u00a0Solvay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4032\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2030_0101rhodia0142.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4032\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4032\" alt=\"They still don't like it up em\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2030_0101rhodia0142.jpg\" width=\"491\" height=\"529\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">They still don&#8217;t like it up em<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Yes, there were times, I&#8217;m sure you knew<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>When I bit off more than I could chew<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>But through it all, when there was doubt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20130403-151108.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4036\" alt=\"20130403-151108\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20130403-151108.jpg\" width=\"616\" height=\"311\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I ate it up and spit it out<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20130503-060707.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4035\" alt=\"20130503-060707\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20130503-060707.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I&#8217;ve loved, I&#8217;ve laughed and cried<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;ve had my fill, my share of losing<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>To think I did all that<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And may I say, not in\u00a0&#8220;The Rho-dia\u00a0 way&#8221;,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;Oh, no, oh, no, not me, I did it Solvay&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/H1540007.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4033\" alt=\"H1540007\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/H1540007.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>For what is a man, what has he got?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>If not himself, then he has naught<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>To say the things he truly feels and not the words of one who kneels<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4034\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20130502-171043.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4034\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4034\" alt=\"Albright and Wilson- ROT IN HEL\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20130502-171043.jpg\" width=\"590\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Albright and Wilson- ROT IN HELL<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The record shows I took the blows and\u00a0beat you\u00a0Solvay!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Yes, it was my way<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/H2200025.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3976 aligncenter\" alt=\"H2200025\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/H2200025.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/H2200001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3977 aligncenter\" alt=\"H2200001\" 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