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From the Archive
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From 2016 to the present
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Illustrated articles contributed to Reepham Life and to Reepham & District Community News. From 2018 most articles related to matching months in Reepham Life Calendars.
Collection Items
Memories of the Walking Man
Letter from Andrew Hunt recalling childhood memories of the Walking Man statue in Norwich Road.
Whatever happened to the ‘Walking Man’ statue?
Background to the statue made by William Lain in the 1970s. The 'Walking Man' stood in the yard on Norwich Road where William Lain had a stonemasonry and sculpting business.
When deliveries were made by horse and cart
Family information about Stanley Watson and his wife Grace who, after Stanley's death, later married Walter Lawn.
The Ollands’ owner took part in town’s social life
Biographical information about John Kendrew and his wife Mary who lived at The Ollands until John's death in 1914.
Sunday Schools in Reepham
Photographs of a nativity play in St. Mary's in the 1950s, with details about Sunday Schools in Reepham in the 1920s.
Thatched Cottages, Orchard Lane
Some information about thatched cottages in Reepham Moor and biographical details about Martin Luther Dewing, his family and his shop.
Life of a Chemist
Details about Edward Jewell, his wife Sarah and their daughterElizabeth, who ran a chemist's shop in the 1920s. Also includes information about Reepham's telephone exchange.
Royal visitor ‘greatly impressed’ by young performers
A record of Queen Mary's visit to hear the Reepham Junior Band in 1945.
Blacksmiths’ workshops and yards in Reepham
Description of a farrier's work with more information about Sidney Eglington's agricultural machinery business and the public beer house known as the Farriers Arms.
Reepham chosen to host Oddfellows district meeting in 1907
Notes about the Oddfellows in Reepham, including the celebration dinner in 1907.
Army cyclists billeted in Reepham
Information about Jack Brahms, billeted in Reepham during World War I.
‘Larger than life’ character was great supporter of civic activities
Family details about Sidney Parker Eglington and his working partnership with his grandfather Robert Parker Gooch.
Most villages once had a ‘pound’ for stray livestock
Information about the uses of a village pound. Further info from Jane Wood rcvd via Reepham Life & Ann Middlemas January 2021 :-The land surrounded by a brick wall which currently makes up the driveway and north garden of the house Moorcroft (on…
Delivering milk in a cold 1950s winter
Dick Vout delivering milk on Dereham Road. Details about Edward Le Neve who lived at Tyler's Mead in the early 1900s.
Hackford House in the 1900s
Written to promote interest in the Bircham Centre centenary celebrations in summer 2019.
Nonconformists in Reepham
Nonconformist chapels and places of worship in Reepham during the 1800s and early 1900s.
A hive of business activity on Norwich Road
Norwich Road in the early 1900s, with brief details about Beaver House, Jesse Bircham and John Rooke.
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