Inn-on-the-Green - -Sadly, not only has this sign disappeared but the pub too. The freeholder decided to accept an offer from a developer and the site is now a small housing development. Given the economic climate that followed, he probably got out at the right time. This is a pub name one probably associates with a small rural village. However, this sign was to be found in the Black Country at Wordsley. The sign shows a quaint rural idyll which is actually how the town's green would have looked years ago. However, the pub was only named this in the 1990's when the licensee decided to change the image of the pub. It was previously called The Raven. Apparently the name was changed because of the pub's bad reputation. As recently as 1822 the area was almost totally undeveloped but today a shopping centre occupies much of the site.
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