THIS YEAR’S Bromsgrove Rousler is available now with the lead story being ‘The Epic Story of a Boy Seaman’.
The main piece in the Bromsgrove Society’s annual local history magazine details the life of town resident Eddie Palmer.
After joining the Royal Navy at 15, Eddie trained as a torpedo technician. He was involved in the 1941 hunt for the German battleship Bismarck and later served in Malta and North Africa. He died in July 2024, aged 101.
Historian Neil Beaumont tells his story, including his posthumous award of the Malta George Cross 50th Anniversary Medal.
Also profiled are the Caulcott sisters: Margaret, Lilian and Bet. All three were nurses and carers between the wars, including at the
Bromsgrove Cottage Hospital. Rob Hudson, their great-nephew, has been looking into their lives.
Church members Steve and Sarah Bull recount the history of All Saints’ Church in Burcot Lane which marked its 150th anniversary this year while Jenny Harding explains the history of Methodism in Bromsgrove on the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Church Centre on Stratford Road.
Diana Clutterbuck tells the story of Webbs of Wychbold, describing how a small seed supplier from Stourbridge grew into one of the country’s largest garden centres.
The Bromsgrove Rousler, first published in 1986 and now in its 39th edition, is priced at £4 and is available from a wide range of shops and other outlets across the district. It can also be ordered through the Bromsgrove Society’s website bsoc.co.uk, and via @bromsgrovesoc on social media.
