The Rousler (2), 11-13 High Street, Bromsgrove
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The Rousler (2), 11-13 High Street, Bromsgrove
Image: © P L Chadwick Taken: 20 Jun 2010
To rousle is an old Worcestershire word, meaning to wake up. The figure on the sign seems to be based on a medieval church grotesque. Certainly if you were half asleep and imagined you saw one of these, you would pretty soon be wide awake. Unfortunately the sign has now gone, after a brief four years. In August 2010 the pub was renamed The Grapevine, and a new sign appeared. However there is still a Bromsgrove Rousler. It is the name of the annual magazine published by the Bromsgrove Society. Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.33392
Longitude
-2.06218