The Bell & Bear Inn (2) - sign, 71 Gorsty Hill Road, Rowley Regis
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The Bell & Bear Inn (2) - sign, 71 Gorsty Hill Road, Rowley Regis
Image: © P L Chadwick Taken: 11 May 2014
In the days when only a minority of people could read and write, public houses and inns identified themselves by easily recognised signs illustrating their name. People would be familiar with bears because unfortunately "dancing" bears were a not uncommon sight, and still are in some parts of the world. It would be interesting to know exactly what the original sign of 400 years ago showed, but almost certainly not a teddy bear pulling a bell rope! Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.468778
Longitude
-2.047503