Sign of the times

I recognised it straight away when I saw it this afternoon. To the untrained eye, just another piece of metal in the distance, but not to the Rattlechain lagoon stalker like myself. This was a piece of history.

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All is revealed below in this picture of the lagoon entrance from The Albright and Wilson era. Note the large island mounds in the centre of the pool (A CLEAR LICENSE BREACH!) which the EA warned them of many times. But look at the Danger Keep out sign to the bottom right.

 

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Yes that is what this was high up on the North Embankment this afternoon uncovered by Bonaparte and his chums. But how truely ironic that the name of “Albright and Wilson” is obscurred by mud- erased from history and now a piece of scrap metal not even fit for tat or even an E-BAY job.

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The long arm of Bonaparte

 

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WEE WILLY WINKIE

 

No matter how much they try, the associations with Albright and Wilson will remain, whatever name appears on the front gates, or whatever fate awaits the site ultimately. As long as the waste remains- so will the toxic legacy of this Oldbury company.

As the great man said

“You can stick lipstick on a pig- but it’s still a pig.”

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