Bartley Green & District is a patchwork of villages & hamlets each with its distinct character & history. Their shared heritage is a blend of agriculture commerce & industry. Wheelwrights & smithys were of course prevalent in an area where many roads met while brickworks mills & the clay quarry provided employment for many. Bromwich Wood & ancient Weoley Castle & the modern monuments of the Lapal Canal Tunnel & Bartley Green reservoir
- made famous by bird spotter Bill Oddie
- stand side by side. The area also has its celebrities including Josiah Mason founder of what was to become the University of Birmingham Mrs Jane Loudon the celebrated authoress & Jane Bunford the tallest person ever to have lived in the UK. In this delightful collection of old & modern photographs from across the area we discover the many delights of Bartley Green & its villages including Woodgate Weoley Illey & Moor Street.