I am James Bissell-Thomas and in the late 1990’s I rented this end of the Sulzer Building from Sulzer who in turn rented it from Wilson & Kyle who had purchased it recently as an investment. I was told that during WW2 wellington bomber parts were made in this building, and the single story building between it and the canal bridge was erected during the war to serve as an air raid shelter for the Home Guard and also a barrage balloon was launched from its roof – there are pieces of rusty steel still present today on top of the roof. We took on the building as we needed more space for my Globe Making business ( I revived Globemaking as a craft in the UK in 1991) which I had established on the South side of Staffordshire Wharf ( which I renamed Johnson’s Island), In 1998 the developers who Purchased the Wilson & Kyle site for £12 million wanted us out to develop so we purchased in Ryde a Victorian Arcade and retained Johnson’s Island where we established the Artists Community.
There was an incident where a new Tennent mover into the Sulzer Building and cordoned off the bottom of the road with bags of rubbish, when another resident of the street asked them to move their rubbish which had been there for several weeks they swore at him, the following day I drove into the road and could not find a place to park, so I stopped and proceeded to pick the bags of rubble and lob them back to the gates. An old man and a young man came out and challenged my actions, I stated they could not leave rubbish in the street, they said it was their land and that they would call the police. I welcomed their doing this, and the old man instructed the young man to put the bags of rubbish back into the road. What followed ned was a comical incident of myself and the young man trying to quickly put the ever disintegrating bags back and forth. Then the young man thrust his hand into my chest violently I toppled but regained my balance, and shouted ” Hey Don’t Hit Me!” the old man talking on the phone looked up and told the sound man to leave me alone. I then went to my car as the bags were no more and I believed I could now park, but they blocked me so I drove into Marvins car park, parked and then rang the bell of Marvins. Mr Tilling the manager then came to the door, I explained I had had an altercation with the two men ( pointing at them) asked if I could park in his carpark until the police came, he consented. The police came, they asked for my version of accounts, then their version accounts, then they asked if I would consider coming to the police station for further questioning, I consented and to my surprise when we drove into their yard at Chiswick Police station the the arrested me in the car park, I was finger printed swabbed and put in a cell for 8 hours. When they had their statement from the two men, they then interviewed me and after I recounted what had happened they said I had been racist and had hit the young man ( one I later heard was from Iran and the other from Romania) The released me but summoned me to return in several weeks time. When I returned to Catherine Wheel Rd before getting into my car and driving home I went into the Brewery Tap which was then run by Brian and Sandra McFarlane and said to them that I had been arrested and that I was accused of racism and assaulting the young man…. Brian stated that his daughter Lori-Anne has seen and heard the whole incident from her bedroom window ( she was looking after her child when she heard the commotion) and saw the young man hit me and she had informed her father that I had acted well and did not retaliate when hit, I asked Brian to ask Lori to go and give her version of accounts to the police. When I went back to the police station I was informed that I would go to trial for racism and assault. I was shocked, apparently Lori-Anne was a weak witness as she knew me. In the days leading up to the trial I requested the tape recording of the Old man’s conversation to the police… In it he is racist and swears at me repeatedly and I do not swear or say anything racist. I decided to defend myself and on the fist day of the trial when Mr Roth ( the older man) entered the court and announced who he was… I could not believe he was the same man who had sworn at me, I informed the court that this was not the same person, so the summoned the police woman who had arrested me and she stated that this was the same man. The trial continued, with my witness statements and evidence, unusually the prosecution turned declined telling the magistrate why I should be sentenced and I was cleared. It was ha horrible experience an I can see now how weak the law is when two people commit perjury, I could have had a prison sentence had it not been for Lori-Anne witnessing what actually happened. Later I found out that the old man’s brother attended the court as him- was one an illegal immigrant? And reported this to the police and when the did not act I reported this to the criminal justice system who also did not act.
I I wa s still occupying the Garage Ballon Building ( As I called it) I discovered one day that Mr Roth had started to paint a large P on it – I presume he was going to write Private Parking, I the next day added in capitals erjury to make the word PERJURY…… as I was completing this Brian & Sandra came out of the pub and looked at what I was doing and then said ” you shouldn’t have done that James…..” I started to apologise about lowering the tone of the area by doing this, and remonstrate my actions, ” Oh no” they said ” Its is not a problem what you are doing as far as we are concerned…. we just think you should’ve written “Prick” . Mr Roth about a year later left as he had never paid the landlord any rent the whole time he was there. I have some images of Perjury and a work team photo in 1997 outside the building.
I am James Bissell-Thomas and in the late 1990’s I rented this end of the Sulzer Building from Sulzer who in turn rented it from Wilson & Kyle who had purchased it recently as an investment. I was told that during WW2 wellington bomber parts were made in this building, and my research into the single story building between it and the canal bridge was that it was hurriedly erected during the early part of the war to serve as an air raid shelter for the Home Guard and also a barrage balloon was launched from its roof – there are pieces of rusty steel still present today on top and side of the roof that verify this past use. We took on the building as we needed more space for my expanding Globe Making business ( I revived Globe making as a craft in the UK in 1991) which I had established in Kew and then two years later moved to the South side of Staffordshire Wharf ( which I renamed Johnson’s Island after the Business man Dr Johnson, who had many interests in the immediate area and lived on the island in a house called Staffordshire House), In 1998 the developers who Purchased the Wilson & Kyle site for £12 million wanted us out to develop so we purchased in Ryde a Victorian Arcade and retained Johnson’s Island where we established the Artists Community.
There was an incident where a new Tennent moved into the Sulzer Building and cordoned off the bottom of the road with bags of rubbish, when another resident of the street asked them to move their rubbish which had been there for several weeks they were aggressive swore at him, the following day I drove into the road and could not find a place to park, so I stopped and proceeded to pick the bags of rubble and lob them back to the gates. An old man and his young assistant came out and challenged my actions, I stated they could not leave rubbish in the street, they said it was their land and that they would call the police. I said it was not their land, I once had a lease for the property and the tarmac area outside their gates and the doors of the Barrage Ballon building was council owned street, I welcomed their calling the police, the old man instructed the young man to put the bags of rubbish back into the road. What followed next was a comical caper of myself and the young man trying to quickly put the ever disintegrating bags back and forth. Then the young man, without warning, thrust his hand into my chest violently…. I toppled but regained my balance, and shouted ” Hey!!! Don’t Hit Me!” the old man talking on the phone to the police, looked up and told the young man to leave me alone. I then levelled out the rubble with the side of my right leg, went to my car as the bags were no more and I believed I could now park, but they blocked me by standing in-between the rubbish and the cars, so I drove into Marvins car park, parked and then rang the bell of Marvins. Mr Tilling the manager then came to the door, I explained I had had an altercation with the two men ( pointing at them) asked if I could park in his carpark until the police came, he consented. The police came, they asked for my version of accounts, then their version accounts, then they asked if I would consider coming to the police station for further questioning, I consented and to my surprise when we drove into their yard at Chiswick Police station, and stepped onto the forecourt, they then arrested me! I had my finger prints taken and swabbed and was put in a cell for 8 hours. When they had their statement from the two men some 7 hours later when they came to the police station, they then interviewed me and after I recounted what had happened they said I had been racist and had hit the young man ( one I later heard was from Iran and the other from Romania). They released me but summoned me to return in several weeks time when they would have decided what action was to be made. When I returned to Catherine Wheel Rd before getting into my car and driving home I went into the Brewery Tap which was then run by Brian and Sandra McFarlane and said to them that I had been arrested and that I was accused of racism and assaulting the young man…. Brian stated that his daughter Lori-Anne has seen and heard the whole incident from her bedroom window which overlooked directly the scene of the incident ( she was there looking after her child when she heard the commotion) and she saw clearly the young man hit me and she had informed her father that I had acted well and did not retaliate when hit, I asked Brian to ask Lori to go immediately to the police station and give her version of accounts to the police. When I went back to the police station I was informed that I would go to trial for racism and assault. I was shocked, apparently Lori-Anne was a weak witness as she knew me from my using the Brewery Tap. In the days leading up to the trial I requested the tape recording of the Old man’s conversation to the police… In it he is racist and swears at me repeatedly and I do not swear or say anything racist. I decided to defend myself and on the fist day of the 4 day trial when Mr Roth ( the older man) entered the court and announced who he was… I could not believe he was the same man who had sworn at me, I informed the court that this was not the same person, so they summoned the police woman who had arrested me and she stated that this was the same man, he provided a driving licence which verified he was Mr Roth. The trial continued, with my witness statements, evidence I provided a photograph of the gates because apparently I grew numerous bricks and Rocks at them which hit them and the gates which freely painted by them a month or so before showed no signs of being stoned and Lori -Anne came to give evidence, unusually the prosecution at the end of the trial gives a speech as to why the defendant is guilty – I was cleared of all charges. It was a horrible experience an I can see now how weak the law is when two people commit perjury as they did to try to get me punished which could have included a prison sentence, had it not been for Lori-Anne witnessing what had actually happened. Later I found out from someone who worked for Mr Roth, that the old man’s younger brother attended the court as him – WHY? Was one who asked his brother to step in an illegal immigrant? I reported this to the police and when they did not act I reported this to the criminal justice system who also did not act. Their appalling attitude was later highlighted when they showed their clout by taking liberal MP Chris Huhne to court then jail when his cheated wife squealed to the police that she took the wrap for one of his speeding tickets to save his licence.
I was still occupying the Barage Ballon Building ( As I called it) I discovered one day that Mr Roth had started to paint a large P on it – I presume he was going to write Private Parking, I the next day added in capitals E R J U R Y to make the word PERJURY…… as I was completing this Brian & Sandra came out of the pub and looked at what I was doing and then said ” you shouldn’t have done that James…..” I started to apologise about lowering the tone of the area by doing this, and remonstrate my actions, ”Oh no” they said ” Its is not a problem what you are doing as far as we are concerned…. we just think you should’ve written “Prick” . Mr Roth about a year later left as he had never paid the landlord any rent for the whole building all the time he was there despite subletting most of it to third parties while he was there!
I have some images of Perjury , gates, and a work team photo from 1997 outside the building should you wish to add them to your website.
The History of Brentford 
I am James Bissell-Thomas and in the late 1990’s I rented this end of the Sulzer Building from Sulzer who in turn rented it from Wilson & Kyle who had purchased it recently as an investment. I was told that during WW2 wellington bomber parts were made in this building, and the single story building between it and the canal bridge was erected during the war to serve as an air raid shelter for the Home Guard and also a barrage balloon was launched from its roof – there are pieces of rusty steel still present today on top of the roof. We took on the building as we needed more space for my Globe Making business ( I revived Globemaking as a craft in the UK in 1991) which I had established on the South side of Staffordshire Wharf ( which I renamed Johnson’s Island), In 1998 the developers who Purchased the Wilson & Kyle site for £12 million wanted us out to develop so we purchased in Ryde a Victorian Arcade and retained Johnson’s Island where we established the Artists Community.
There was an incident where a new Tennent mover into the Sulzer Building and cordoned off the bottom of the road with bags of rubbish, when another resident of the street asked them to move their rubbish which had been there for several weeks they swore at him, the following day I drove into the road and could not find a place to park, so I stopped and proceeded to pick the bags of rubble and lob them back to the gates. An old man and a young man came out and challenged my actions, I stated they could not leave rubbish in the street, they said it was their land and that they would call the police. I welcomed their doing this, and the old man instructed the young man to put the bags of rubbish back into the road. What followed ned was a comical incident of myself and the young man trying to quickly put the ever disintegrating bags back and forth. Then the young man thrust his hand into my chest violently I toppled but regained my balance, and shouted ” Hey Don’t Hit Me!” the old man talking on the phone looked up and told the sound man to leave me alone. I then went to my car as the bags were no more and I believed I could now park, but they blocked me so I drove into Marvins car park, parked and then rang the bell of Marvins. Mr Tilling the manager then came to the door, I explained I had had an altercation with the two men ( pointing at them) asked if I could park in his carpark until the police came, he consented. The police came, they asked for my version of accounts, then their version accounts, then they asked if I would consider coming to the police station for further questioning, I consented and to my surprise when we drove into their yard at Chiswick Police station the the arrested me in the car park, I was finger printed swabbed and put in a cell for 8 hours. When they had their statement from the two men, they then interviewed me and after I recounted what had happened they said I had been racist and had hit the young man ( one I later heard was from Iran and the other from Romania) The released me but summoned me to return in several weeks time. When I returned to Catherine Wheel Rd before getting into my car and driving home I went into the Brewery Tap which was then run by Brian and Sandra McFarlane and said to them that I had been arrested and that I was accused of racism and assaulting the young man…. Brian stated that his daughter Lori-Anne has seen and heard the whole incident from her bedroom window ( she was looking after her child when she heard the commotion) and saw the young man hit me and she had informed her father that I had acted well and did not retaliate when hit, I asked Brian to ask Lori to go and give her version of accounts to the police. When I went back to the police station I was informed that I would go to trial for racism and assault. I was shocked, apparently Lori-Anne was a weak witness as she knew me. In the days leading up to the trial I requested the tape recording of the Old man’s conversation to the police… In it he is racist and swears at me repeatedly and I do not swear or say anything racist. I decided to defend myself and on the fist day of the trial when Mr Roth ( the older man) entered the court and announced who he was… I could not believe he was the same man who had sworn at me, I informed the court that this was not the same person, so the summoned the police woman who had arrested me and she stated that this was the same man. The trial continued, with my witness statements and evidence, unusually the prosecution turned declined telling the magistrate why I should be sentenced and I was cleared. It was ha horrible experience an I can see now how weak the law is when two people commit perjury, I could have had a prison sentence had it not been for Lori-Anne witnessing what actually happened. Later I found out that the old man’s brother attended the court as him- was one an illegal immigrant? And reported this to the police and when the did not act I reported this to the criminal justice system who also did not act.
I I wa s still occupying the Garage Ballon Building ( As I called it) I discovered one day that Mr Roth had started to paint a large P on it – I presume he was going to write Private Parking, I the next day added in capitals erjury to make the word PERJURY…… as I was completing this Brian & Sandra came out of the pub and looked at what I was doing and then said ” you shouldn’t have done that James…..” I started to apologise about lowering the tone of the area by doing this, and remonstrate my actions, ” Oh no” they said ” Its is not a problem what you are doing as far as we are concerned…. we just think you should’ve written “Prick” . Mr Roth about a year later left as he had never paid the landlord any rent the whole time he was there. I have some images of Perjury and a work team photo in 1997 outside the building.
Proofed version
I am James Bissell-Thomas and in the late 1990’s I rented this end of the Sulzer Building from Sulzer who in turn rented it from Wilson & Kyle who had purchased it recently as an investment. I was told that during WW2 wellington bomber parts were made in this building, and my research into the single story building between it and the canal bridge was that it was hurriedly erected during the early part of the war to serve as an air raid shelter for the Home Guard and also a barrage balloon was launched from its roof – there are pieces of rusty steel still present today on top and side of the roof that verify this past use. We took on the building as we needed more space for my expanding Globe Making business ( I revived Globe making as a craft in the UK in 1991) which I had established in Kew and then two years later moved to the South side of Staffordshire Wharf ( which I renamed Johnson’s Island after the Business man Dr Johnson, who had many interests in the immediate area and lived on the island in a house called Staffordshire House), In 1998 the developers who Purchased the Wilson & Kyle site for £12 million wanted us out to develop so we purchased in Ryde a Victorian Arcade and retained Johnson’s Island where we established the Artists Community.
There was an incident where a new Tennent moved into the Sulzer Building and cordoned off the bottom of the road with bags of rubbish, when another resident of the street asked them to move their rubbish which had been there for several weeks they were aggressive swore at him, the following day I drove into the road and could not find a place to park, so I stopped and proceeded to pick the bags of rubble and lob them back to the gates. An old man and his young assistant came out and challenged my actions, I stated they could not leave rubbish in the street, they said it was their land and that they would call the police. I said it was not their land, I once had a lease for the property and the tarmac area outside their gates and the doors of the Barrage Ballon building was council owned street, I welcomed their calling the police, the old man instructed the young man to put the bags of rubbish back into the road. What followed next was a comical caper of myself and the young man trying to quickly put the ever disintegrating bags back and forth. Then the young man, without warning, thrust his hand into my chest violently…. I toppled but regained my balance, and shouted ” Hey!!! Don’t Hit Me!” the old man talking on the phone to the police, looked up and told the young man to leave me alone. I then levelled out the rubble with the side of my right leg, went to my car as the bags were no more and I believed I could now park, but they blocked me by standing in-between the rubbish and the cars, so I drove into Marvins car park, parked and then rang the bell of Marvins. Mr Tilling the manager then came to the door, I explained I had had an altercation with the two men ( pointing at them) asked if I could park in his carpark until the police came, he consented. The police came, they asked for my version of accounts, then their version accounts, then they asked if I would consider coming to the police station for further questioning, I consented and to my surprise when we drove into their yard at Chiswick Police station, and stepped onto the forecourt, they then arrested me! I had my finger prints taken and swabbed and was put in a cell for 8 hours. When they had their statement from the two men some 7 hours later when they came to the police station, they then interviewed me and after I recounted what had happened they said I had been racist and had hit the young man ( one I later heard was from Iran and the other from Romania). They released me but summoned me to return in several weeks time when they would have decided what action was to be made. When I returned to Catherine Wheel Rd before getting into my car and driving home I went into the Brewery Tap which was then run by Brian and Sandra McFarlane and said to them that I had been arrested and that I was accused of racism and assaulting the young man…. Brian stated that his daughter Lori-Anne has seen and heard the whole incident from her bedroom window which overlooked directly the scene of the incident ( she was there looking after her child when she heard the commotion) and she saw clearly the young man hit me and she had informed her father that I had acted well and did not retaliate when hit, I asked Brian to ask Lori to go immediately to the police station and give her version of accounts to the police. When I went back to the police station I was informed that I would go to trial for racism and assault. I was shocked, apparently Lori-Anne was a weak witness as she knew me from my using the Brewery Tap. In the days leading up to the trial I requested the tape recording of the Old man’s conversation to the police… In it he is racist and swears at me repeatedly and I do not swear or say anything racist. I decided to defend myself and on the fist day of the 4 day trial when Mr Roth ( the older man) entered the court and announced who he was… I could not believe he was the same man who had sworn at me, I informed the court that this was not the same person, so they summoned the police woman who had arrested me and she stated that this was the same man, he provided a driving licence which verified he was Mr Roth. The trial continued, with my witness statements, evidence I provided a photograph of the gates because apparently I grew numerous bricks and Rocks at them which hit them and the gates which freely painted by them a month or so before showed no signs of being stoned and Lori -Anne came to give evidence, unusually the prosecution at the end of the trial gives a speech as to why the defendant is guilty – I was cleared of all charges. It was a horrible experience an I can see now how weak the law is when two people commit perjury as they did to try to get me punished which could have included a prison sentence, had it not been for Lori-Anne witnessing what had actually happened. Later I found out from someone who worked for Mr Roth, that the old man’s younger brother attended the court as him – WHY? Was one who asked his brother to step in an illegal immigrant? I reported this to the police and when they did not act I reported this to the criminal justice system who also did not act. Their appalling attitude was later highlighted when they showed their clout by taking liberal MP Chris Huhne to court then jail when his cheated wife squealed to the police that she took the wrap for one of his speeding tickets to save his licence.
I was still occupying the Barage Ballon Building ( As I called it) I discovered one day that Mr Roth had started to paint a large P on it – I presume he was going to write Private Parking, I the next day added in capitals E R J U R Y to make the word PERJURY…… as I was completing this Brian & Sandra came out of the pub and looked at what I was doing and then said ” you shouldn’t have done that James…..” I started to apologise about lowering the tone of the area by doing this, and remonstrate my actions, ”Oh no” they said ” Its is not a problem what you are doing as far as we are concerned…. we just think you should’ve written “Prick” . Mr Roth about a year later left as he had never paid the landlord any rent for the whole building all the time he was there despite subletting most of it to third parties while he was there!
I have some images of Perjury , gates, and a work team photo from 1997 outside the building should you wish to add them to your website.