On reverse: Reepham Young Wives Bazooka Band 1960's or 70's
Back row: Jose Long, Caroline Chipperfield, Pat Dennis, Joyce Vout. Marilyn Hardiment, Evelyn Whall
Front row: Daphne Hardiment, Gwen Betts, Brenda Crisp and Kathy Smith
E. T. Ruffles leading massed group of bandsmen. Several bands represented at the opening rally of an EABBA festival in Yarmouth. (Film advertised is Mutiny on the Bounty with Charles Laughton & Clark Gable, first released in Europe in 1936)
A crowd listening to musicians in 'Hospital Blues' playing in Reepham Market Place. The shops signs show H.C.Peck and Miller.
The lady taking a photograph is Marjorie Gibbs.
Exhibition collated by C. Peakome for the Reepham Archive commemorating the start of the First World War.
All the material came from the records held by the Bircham Centre and the Reepham Society.
Most of these are independently recorded on the…
Sample box to carry seeds to establish quality of a crop. The screw top is decorated with 4 incised circles and some simple black paint patterns. It contains cereal seeds.
Maker, owner and period not known.
Photograph of Winifred Pates when she was serving as a Red Cross nurse at Reepham's Hospital (VAD 52) during WWI. The second image shows her 'pink card' detailing her term of work and address.
Details of expenses incurred by William Withers jun in completing work for William George dated 1817/1819 about the purchase from Mr. Hunt (nephew of Francis St John Hunt) of two pieces of land in Reepham & Salle.
Speculation on the origins of Reepham, including why does Reepham stand where it does? Why is it so different from the surrounding parishes? Why did its churchyard contain three churches?