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Gibbs Cartridges
Two images of Edward Gibbs and Son's cartridges.
In the 1993 Reepham Society Magazine (page 4) it is recorded "in the yard was a gunpowder magazine for cartridges were made here. A hundred cases were set up in a frame, filled with powder, shot and…
Salle Set 4
Raising a flagpole on the tower of Salle church.
Salle Set 1
Salle Park 1930s, threshing, Orangery, repairs to cottage at Whitwell.
Two Reepham Farriers
The two farriers are believed to be Walter Rudd and A. Lock. The blacksmith's was at the corner of Ollands Road and Malthouse Yard.
Reepham Volunteer Fire Brigade
Group of Reepham Firemen in front of their Steam Fire Engine.
Wesley Piercy records in 'My Town' page 38 that the brigade acquired uniforms with a cap similar to that worn by sailors in the early 1930s.
Wesley Piercy records in 'My Town' page 38 that the brigade acquired uniforms with a cap similar to that worn by sailors in the early 1930s.
Recalling the thrilling days of the old manual fire engine
Photograph showing the use of the disused Primitive Methodist Chapel on Dereham Road as the new fire station. Comments from Edward Gibbs on the use of the old manual fire engine.
Salle Street
Two postcards of Salle Street showing Eight Row with the church in the background.
One addressed to Mr. G. Childs of Cambridge
Postmarked 1933.
One addressed to Mr. G. Childs of Cambridge
Postmarked 1933.
Reepham Fire Brigade 1930s
Taken outside the Fire Station, now Thurloe House and originally the Primitive Methodist Chapel on Dereham Road.Top L to R:Laddie Neale, George Wilkerson, Herbert VardigansGeorge Goodbury, Bob Fuller, Lenny WardBottom L to R:Herbert Fuller, Dick…
George Self Plumber & Decorator
Dwelling house with sign board proclaiming G. Self Plumber & Decorator
Paperhanger Glazier
Pumps fixed & repaired
Paperhanger Glazier
Pumps fixed & repaired
E. T. Ruffles with Aylsham Fellowship Band
E. T. Ruffles with Aylsham Fellowship Band, prize-winners at a Cambridge festival.
Yarmouth : Brass Band Parade
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)
Reepham Band, Lowestoft
The band playing in Sparrow's Nest Gardens.
Giant Marquee : Sennowe Park
Crowded giant marquee at Sennowe Park (the home of Sir Thomas Cook, at one time president of the EABBA) in the early 1930s. Probably one of the early East Anglian Brass Band Association's Contests.
1930s : Reepham Band Contest
Photograph possibly taken in Stewards Pasture dated 1936. E T Ruffles can be seen conducting; his suit & bowler hat suggests an earlier date.
Further undated picture from IBEW.org.uk in Reepham Band Ring Binder.
Further undated picture from IBEW.org.uk in Reepham Band Ring Binder.
1930s : Reepham Temperance Band
Two group photographs of the band in the early uniform. The bass drum still includes the word 'Temperance'. Although not identified the second group contains many of the same faces. GB/REE/1608211244 -a Outside the Band Hall Back Row : George…
Forest School, Whitwell
Postcard of Forest School, Whitwell with porch and half the house covered with ivy and with low brick wall in the foreground.
FSC (Forest School Camps) was originally formed in 1948 by a group of former students and teachers from a radical…
FSC (Forest School Camps) was originally formed in 1948 by a group of former students and teachers from a radical…
Reepham Fire Brigade in action
Reepham Fire Brigade attending a fire at a row of cottages near Stinton Hall, Salle.
Sydney (Togo) Eglington in right foreground.
Sydney (Togo) Eglington in right foreground.
Reepham Pierrot Group
Reepham Pierrot Group was formed from members of the church choir.
L to R :-
George Cocking, boot and shoe repairer
Mabel Utting, butcher's daughter
Olive Chapman
Mrs Fred Gibbs, organist, draper & milliner, seated
Nancy Geake, Rector's…
L to R :-
George Cocking, boot and shoe repairer
Mabel Utting, butcher's daughter
Olive Chapman
Mrs Fred Gibbs, organist, draper & milliner, seated
Nancy Geake, Rector's…
Reepham Pierrot Group
Reepham Pierrot Group was formed from members of the church choir.
L to R :-
George Cocking, Mabel Utting, Nancy Geake ,
Olive Chapman, Donald Chapman,
and Mrs Fred Gibbs (seated)
L to R :-
George Cocking, Mabel Utting, Nancy Geake ,
Olive Chapman, Donald Chapman,
and Mrs Fred Gibbs (seated)