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Gibbs Family
Edward & Emma Gibbs with their three children Evelyn, Edward (Ned) and Marjorie. The second image, taken at a later date, is of Marjorie Gibbs with her pet rabbits, probably taken in the garden at The Laurels, the Gibbs family home on Dereham Road,…
Prize Bull
Group of men outside the Old Rectory gates showing off a prize bull. Sidney Eglington on left, possibly Edward Gibbs at centre behind the bull, Richard Watts Austin, butcher, may be third from the right.
Irelands' Fat Cattle Show was held annually…
Irelands' Fat Cattle Show was held annually…
Edward & Emma Gibbs
Studio portrait of Edward Gibbs (1861-1959) with his wife Emma (1863-1960), possibly taken to record an anniversary. They were first cousins and were married at Hickling in October 1888.If the occasion was their silver wedding the photograph would…
Christmas Memories
Memories of Christmas in Reepham from an interview with Marjorie Gibbs on 23 November 1987
Reepham VAD Hospital
Annual summaries for Reepham's hospital in WWI, dated 1916 & 1917. They detail the number of beds and names of staff, the numbers of admissions & discharges made and a report on additions made since 1914 when the hospital opened.
Market Place South & West
View towards Dereham Road taken after 1921 when Edward Gibbs made his son a partner. Austin the butcher now replaced with Utting. No petrol pumps at Towns End Corner.
Sidney Eglington outside Gibbs
Sidney Eglington having a rest outside Gibbs shop. There appears to be some kind of shelter in front of Hackford House.
Nurses Dewing & Gibbs
Nurses Mabel Dewing & Evelyn Gibbs with unknown soldiers.
Towns End Corner
View from Towns End towards the Market Place. Gibbs has water tanks on sale, Frost's garage is selling BP & Shell petrol, & Mrs. Fred Gibbs' new shop can just be seen on the RH edge.
Childhood memories of Reepham
A personal account of life in Reepham in the 1920s and 1930s by Ann Dickinson, a member of the Gibbs family
Reepham Market Place 1902–1920
The story of Reepham Market Place in the early years of the 20th century as seen by the eyes of a child (Marjorie Gibbs)
Ned and Evelyn Gibbs
Photograph of Edward and Evelyn Gibbs. Evelyn's birth was registered in 1891 and Edward's in 1892.
Gibbs' Premises
Marjorie Gibbs' description of Edward Gibbs' Ironmonger's shop in Reepham Market Place begins with a brief history of the previous tenants, i.e. William & Mary George, followed by the Leeds family. She describes the original premises with details of…
Evelyn Gibbs
Portrait photograph of Miss Evelyn Gibbs inscribed 'daughter of Mr. Edward Gibbs, Market Place, Reepham'.
During World War I Miss Gibbs served as the Assistant Commandant in the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) of Hackford Military Hospital ,…
During World War I Miss Gibbs served as the Assistant Commandant in the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) of Hackford Military Hospital ,…
Embroidered Red Cross Badge
Embroidered Red Cross Badge in a gold frame. The badge was worked and given to Miss Evelyn Gibbs by one of the wounded soldiers during the First World War. Evelyn served as Assistant Commandant in the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) in the Hackford…
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…
Closure of Edward Gibbs & Son
Family shop closes at Reepham after 80 years.