27/07/2026
Sad news about the passing of Bill Oddie. Bill supported the successful Save Our Bog campaign in 1980—Birmingham City Council had planned to build a housing estate on an area adjacent to Moseley Bog. J.R.R. Tolkien played in the Bog as a child.
Bill, who grew up in Quinton, helped to bring the campaign to the attention of the nation. The images are from The Moseley Paper of summer 1980. Bill was certainly a Goodie.