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…
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…
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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
Reepham Society display at St. Andrew's Hall. Part of an exhibition presented by the Norfolk Society for the Preservation of Rural England, now known as CPRE Norfolk.
The second photograph shows the model of a steam-powered threshing machine made…