Water tests from "I found a secret toxic dump" video - Toxicity Rising

Added: 2026-05-07

[00:00:00]Today it's about time that I did the water testing that I couldn't do at the end of the pen green video. And I tell you what, these results aren't looking very good here. So, um, yeah, come join me in this beautiful sunshine in the middle of Wixed Park and play with some toxic water and see what comes up. Hey, come on.

[00:00:26]Hello you beautiful lot. Welcome back to another episode of Toxicity Rising, all about Corby. And um in the last episode, we I kind of went and found something rather horrific, but I also grabbed loads of bottle samples of water from the uh Pen Green Brook. So, it's taken a little while to sort out the uh new test strips, and I should have a TDS and salinity meter coming through very soon.

[00:00:52]So, um yeah, but now it is time I kind of do the test. So, I've got me Tim Simplex bits and I am set up here in Wixie Park right at this uh yeah, these guys absolutely brilliant. Always put on a good show every Sunday. So, um yeah, I did say I'll take you to my back garden.

[00:01:11]And this is my back garden at the top.

[00:01:13]So, [snorts] here we are. We're all set up. All ready to go. And I got me big camera there. So, uh I'll slam this one down here so you can see what I'm doing.

[00:01:30]like so. And then I can still talk to you up there as well. So, um there here's a couple of things I need to kind of explain about that pen green that I found. Um it's I found there's an old photo that actually shows there were four massive ponds right there. And those ponds, those reservoirs would have served the boss plant, its basic oxygen, steel making. And there was a lot of rubbish that came off that site. So, um, in the reclamation when they were doing everything, they actually turned the bottom two ponds, excuse the wildlife, um, the the bottom two ponds were filled in as a landfill site. You remember I found that poster, the sign that actually said it was a landfill site. So on the other side, there were reports, speculative reports come through that when they were getting rid of a lot of the balancing ponds that had a lot of the sludge in around Corby, because there was a lot, they um they started pumping the sludge straight into certain areas. And I suspect the one that I found is one of those.

[00:02:46]So, um yeah, it looks like it was a it was a quarry and then it was a reservoir and then it was a dump. And um I did pop the question to um to the group I support. I I said, "Well, how comes over you've been fighting this for 20 years? I've been fighting it for a year. How how comes no one else had seen those skips?" And they literally said to me, "Age is a factor."

[00:03:14]And they haven't been there since around 9 1995.

[00:03:20]So whatever's happened, those skips were put in after then. And that falls in right with the reclamation. So h you got to remember as well the boss plant is the source of where all the red dust come from that caused the deformities and everything else. I don't mean to scare monger you. I mean the the place is probably so far down in the dirt that it isn't going to pose a immediate threat to humans but wildlife it could be a completely different story. So since uh Corby Town Council have kindly donated £4,000 to the group that I support and getting Earthwatch back to do more water tests.

[00:04:02]And of course, Earthwatch Europe came last uh during the winter. They did their tests on the back of these tests that the locals had done. Now, there was a thing in this report that said um these aren't the greatest things to use cuz they're not 100% accurate. They're a little bit of an overestimation.

[00:04:23]That's exactly what it said on Earthwatch. But still, you got to remember these have highlighted 39 out of 60 contaminated places. So, I've been told to keep going with these and keep getting the bottles of water. So, that's exactly what I've done. Yes.

[00:04:43]So, here are my uh simplex bits. You're welcome to pause that. I know I'm using rather a lot, but I don't want to waste the water. So, what I'm going to do is just put a dip. I'm just going to dip it 20 seconds and then see what they're like. So, this one was actually number five. This was the last one we did. This is Stevie Way. Um, but I'm going to do that first because that is actually the start of the way the river the brook flows. Of course, then there was the car park one which looked really bad. Um, and then just as I got past the first section, um, I took a water sample from that one. And then uh uh there was the little filtration catchment area near the skips that I got. That one's number three. And then of course at the end of those ponds when they went into the pen green um I also got a sample from there. So that's four.

[00:05:40]So we're going to we're going to do the last one first just cuz it's in syn sequence. But the rest of them all in order. As I do this I will put up the um what three words so you can match it up with the video. But make sure you go watch that video as well, the last one.

[00:05:55]It is definitely what I consider a secret toxic dump because there's no records of it and it's blatant. So yeah, get around that one. So test strip one.

[00:06:09][snorts] It's number [laughter] five.

[00:06:20]Gordon Bennett. [laughter] Right, in we go. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20.

[00:06:47][sighs] And then just immediately Oh, you got to give it one shake.

[00:06:53]Just one, it says. And then you just pop that over like that.

[00:07:01]So, what I'm going to do is I'm just going to pop that in there. There's one. Right. Uh, you got to give them 2 minutes or I don't know actually. You got to give I reckon it's a bit longer than 2 minutes. You got to let it dry out before it'll actually show you anything. So, this is the one that was coming off the carport.

[00:07:20]That was looking real grotty. It weren't looking nice in the slightest. Let's put that back on.

[00:07:30][clears throat] Come on. There you go.

[00:07:34]So, next one.

[00:07:42]1. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 [snorts] 16 17 18 19 20. Oh, [snorts] that's dark already. Oh, wow. Look at that. Okay, let me fold that round.

[00:08:14]It might have just been the way the light was on it, but that [snorts] didn't look nice at all.

[00:08:22]So, put that in there.

[00:08:28]Come up a bit.

[00:08:34]Don't touch it.

[00:08:38]Oh, where is it?

[00:08:42]Am I taking off the sticky bit now?

[00:08:44]There you go.

[00:08:46]Leave that. Yeah, that's definitely gone a bit darker there, aren't it?

[00:08:50]See if we can uh rearrange these a little bit so you can kind of see what we're playing with here.

[00:08:58]So, that's the car park one.

[00:09:01]I'll probably have to edit this out really bad at the minute, but you know, we'll work it up.

[00:09:08]Um, this was when I've got through the first gate and into that little area. So, this is pen green again.

[00:09:21]I suppose this is after that last cover we were looking at. 1. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20.

[00:09:51]So you can see what I'm doing.

[00:09:56]I didn't give it a shake, do I? Supposed to give it one.

[00:10:01][snorts] Lovely.

[00:10:10]Three.

[00:10:16]So this one here is the catchment pond just after the second culvert but near those um abandoned semi-permanent waste skips.

[00:10:32]Now the thing is with them skips the way the shootute looks and the way the skips are it looks like it's hanging just over the edge of the quarry. So, I mean, if you're dumping a load of slop, you don't want to hit it on the edge that you're trying to dump at because it will just corrode the edge. So, it looks like the skips are part they're just out far enough into the quarry or the old reservoir to be able to dump and not cause much damage to the side. And and that's that first one in the corner. I mean, the actual first one that I come across, that one looks like it connects to something and pumping underground. So I I'm I'm very suspicious of that one too, but not as much as I am with that one near closest to the brook.

[00:11:16]That is sketchy as anything.

[00:11:20]I probably get shot one day, but you know, at least it's all in vain and it won't be in vain.

[00:11:27]I got this right then. There you [clears throat] go. Get on. This one's not done either.

[00:11:37]>> [snorts] >> And [clears throat] then this one here, this is the last one. This is where the um where it would it was dried up at the time, but where the reservoirs would then overflow back into the brook and it would carry on towards Rockingham Speedway and Prior Hall.

[00:12:00]a prize hall development. I'm pretty sure there's been a few reports of people having problems out there. And of course, the Pen Greenbrook leads directly to it.

[00:12:10][snorts] If you have any of those problems, then I'll put this flyer up for you. It leads to directly to the proper group, the one group that I trust. I don't trust any others. I don't trust many people as it is, but there's only one group. And I only trust them because I've actually seen them in Toxic Town. I know they're good fighters.

[00:12:31]Anyone else, don't trust them. Don't do it. Don't do it. Don't do it. They may look like they're right, but nah. Too many red flags for me.

[00:12:40]So, shake that once.

[00:12:48][sighs] [snorts] Blimey.

[00:12:54]You know which one's the worst, don't you? the one that's leading out from underneath those car ports because under that is the boss site.

[00:13:08][clears throat] Once we let them dry, do you want to see what's actually going on out here? Cuz the um the the the ducks are all pregnant. Well, they got all their babies and stuff. It's a bit bright.

[00:13:20]Sorry, we're going into the light here, but you can just see all these babies here.

[00:13:26]Look. Oh. Oh, no. No. Not there. Not there. Not there.

[00:13:32]There.

[00:13:37]Ain't that beautiful?

[00:13:54]I got a smaller up there. That's what I was looking at.

[00:13:59]Bless him.

[00:14:03]Yeah. Very nice.

[00:14:06]See, you got to care about this stuff, man. We're not the only ones on this bloody planet.

[00:14:14]And you know what I didn't like is the fact Earthwatch Europe came in. They did their whole presentation and there was one line in there that it seems the the council have used to be able to dismiss all of it is these tests were done for aquatic life. Yeah. Yeah. That they are done for aquatic life. Yeah. But it's still showing exactly what is in the water. And that can't be dismissed no matter how much you want to fluff it up.

[00:14:47]Oh my days.

[00:14:51][snorts] Look at this. Look.

[00:14:55]Look at this one under the carport. I'm sorry, but this one is really bad. This definitely needs a check 100%.

[00:15:08]There they are.

[00:15:11]So, yeah, [snorts] I'll give it a little while cuz we are in the shade here. So, um yeah, give it a minute or two. Yeah.

[00:15:22]Crack back on. It's scary though, ain't it? I can't believe I actually found that lot. Really can't.

[00:15:31]And all I'm doing is following the waterways because I know every ironstone foundry needed a lot of water to deal with the products that they were creating, but also to deal with the furnace. And of course, Corby even built the steelworks built their own reservoir, uh, the Ibrook reservoir. It was boasted to be one of the only reservoirs not to actually swallow a village whilst it's being made. you know over the Pittsford reservoir swallowed a couple and Rutland water I think that swallowed a couple but all that water was pumped up to the top of Rockingham Road where there's a water tower and then from that one it would feed down to where the Corby candle is and then another one where the tube rolling is still going on with the steel works today. So all that water would have been rushing straight off into the land which is probably why they put in them big filter beds but the pen green hasn't got no filter beds.

[00:16:31]It's wrong side of the valley, I suppose, and it all falls down. It's um it's very crazy to kind of get your head around it all. Well, that's enough of that. Right. So, here we go. I'm going to end this here. I'm not waiting no more. I've got dinner to go do. So, it's kind of like I mean, this is bad. This is that carport one. That is looking pretty bad there. That needs another check. These two here I mean, this is half. These are literally in order. So I don't get why this one's gone red. This is bad. This is bad. And this is the last one. This is where those pawns finished and entered into the pen green and carried on. So if this is the last one of the whole run, why is this one that bad?

[00:17:19]There's a problem. So yeah, it's what it is.

[00:17:26]So, I suppose uh Earth Watch will be back in the summer. Uh thank you to Corby Town Council for donating the money over to the group that I'm helping. Uh I was getting a little bit worried if we would uh have the money to have these bottles scientifically tested. I mean, it's great doing these little tests, but they're not specific enough. So, um yeah, that's absolutely mega. Um big shout out to everyone and God bless Corby. Seriously, God bless Corby. If you haven't seen it already, go over to Netflix and watch Toxic Town.

[00:17:59]Leanne, my dearest Leanne is just started episode two. Last one, last night was a bit bit sad for us both, but now we're going to watch the rest and I'm catching her up. So, now she's taking an interest. And once Leanne starts fixating on something, there's no stopping the force. So, big shout out to my lovely lady Leanne. So, unpack this up, get out of here. Have fun. See you for the next episode of Purple Vision.

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