Rex, the most dogged potman a publican could ever wish to have work for him Finish:Rolled Ian Dury poster

Ian Dury poster

Curtis (1752-1829) was a London alderman and was Lord Mayor in 1795

Found in the collection of the National Gallery of Art

Panoramic view of the City of London and Westminster showing St James's Park

Rex, the most dogged potman a publican could ever wish to have work for him Finish:Rolled Ian Dury posterMeet Rex, the most dogged potman a publican could ever wish to have work for him. As the final, plaintive cries of 'Time, gentlemen, If you please' stir the customers into draining their glasses before making their way home, Rex gets his teeth into his nightly task of collecting up all the empty bottles at the Punch Bowl, Dorking, Surrey. Rex, a seven years old alsatian, picks the bottles up in his mouth and carries them one by one behind the counter,