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GB-REE-2203281531 Birchams Yard.jpg
Bircham's Yard in the late 1970s. The water pump is still standing in situ.

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Two similar views taken in the early 1900s from the top of St Michael's tower. Shows Overtons Bakery & Frankland's shop. Other buildings visible include Swiss Cottage and a section of the Ollands Estate.
The modern colour image was taken when…

GB-REE-1606241601 Market Place.jpg
View from St Michael's tower. Postcard inscribed July 1st 1920. No corner window on Bank House. No front door on shop currently butcher's.
Second image with new heading.

Farriers2.pdf
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.

GB-REE-1903111012 Dewing.jpg
Blanche Dewing served as a VAD Nurse in Reepham during the First World War. She was the daughter of Martin Dewing and the family lived in Reepham Moor. The photograph on display in Reepham Archive is annotated “Blanche Dewing” & has always been…

GB-REE-2306301500 Ambulance 1956 EW.jpg
Rev. George Hurst blessing a new ambulance in 1956. Members of the Red Cross are present & there are plenty of onlookers in the Market Place. Hints of a band far left, behind some Red Cross volunteers. Background includes fishmonger N.J.Wright,…

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View of the elaborate towers of St. Michael's Church, Booton. The Rev. Whitwell Elwin rebuilt the church over a period of thirty years from 1870 until his death in 1900.

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View of Booton Church (St. Michael the Archangel) showing the north porch.

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One of two pill-boxes erected as part of home defences in WWII. This one is (?) in the field on the way to Booton alongside the Norwich Road. A second one was built near Jordan Green. Listed on Norfolk Heritage ExplorerNHER REF…

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GB-REE-2007131211 Booton Post Mill.jpg
Booton Windmill, originally situated on Windmill Hill in Mill Lane, off Ollands Road, is shown working there on the 1844 Tithe map. It was moved to Booton Hill in 1903 (some sources say it was demolished in 1890) and this photograph was taken in…

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Remains of the brick base of a post mill in Booton said to have been removed from its site in Reepham.

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GB-REE-1807031004 Booton Sch EW pc.jpg
Unused sepia postcard showing group of 23 children outside Booton School. Back of photograph gives date as about 1925.Back Row: V. Baxter, Margery Watson, Bunty Wall,A. Chapman, Kathy Wall, L. Betts, D. HallFront Row: Eddy Chapman, Ines Burton, N.…

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The school was built in 1896/7 to accommodate about 80 pupils. Before it was built Booton children had to get to St. Mary's School on Norwich Road in Reepham. It closed in the late 1940s.

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Erected in 2000.

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GB-REE-2008111103 Football Team 1908.jpg
Team photograph of 8 boys. The football in the foreground reads: 1908-9

Brickmaking in Reepham.pdf
A history of brickmaking in the Reepham district, including the use of various building materials across Norfolk and the manufacture locally of bricks throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.

GB-REE-2502271500 Clements Memories.pdf
Brief account of Charles' early years in Reepham. He was born in 1912. By 1921 his family was living in Bradford-on-Avon.Additional information:- Henry Savage was born in Salle in 1868. By 1921 Henry Savage was living in Bradford on Avon, already…

GB-REE-1701120957 RBL Womens Section Certificate.jpg
Certificate awarded to the Reepham Branch formed on 22 February 1946 in recognition of 25 years continuous good work.

British Legion Womens Section formed in Reepham in 1946 and closed in 2016.
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