Bromsgrove Rousler, No.40 (2025)

To celebrate the Rousler's 40th anniversary, this year's edition is a bumper special issue packed full of stories on people and events that have helped shape Bromsgrove’s history.

Topics in this year’s Rousler include:

• Big Bertha: The Story of a Railway Icon
• Bromsgrove's influence on the poet A.E. Housman
• New research on the Bromsgrove Guild
• The Remarkable Walford Sisters
• Albert Malin's War
• Thomas Swift and the Electric Picture Palace.

About the Rousler

The Bromsgrove Society launched the Rousler in 1986 as an annual magazine dedicated to the people and places that have shaped the town’s history. It serves the same purpose today and has always contained a broad mix of stories, from childhood memories; experiences of work; accounts of notable buildings and historical figures; and stories of Bromsgrovians’ adventures aboard. The magazine continues to document the history of the town and district, and helps capture the memories, experiences and findings of those who live here.