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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.
Hackford House as a First World War hospital
Details of the officials, Dr Perry (Medical Officer in charge), Lady Grace Barry (Commandant) ; record cards for Nan Bircham and her sister Dorothy Bruce.
On your bike: cyclists in the Market Place
The role of cyclists in WWI. Reference to their training manual.
The rise and fall of primary school numbers
Brief look at primary schools in Reepham in the 1900s; Reepham St. Mary's; Hackford & Whitwell Primary School; closure of St Mary's.
Changes to Cawston Road/Wood Dalling junction
Aerial photograph of the junction on the B1145 before modification in the 1990s
Women’s bowls team success throughout the 1960s
Reference to Daisy Mole, a successful member of Reepham Ladies Bowls Team.
When rationing measures were still in place
Description of Rationing in Britain in the 1950s
Cricket club’s perennial search for a suitable ground
The ups and downs of Reepham Cricket Club in the late 19th century.
Historical features of Market Place premises
Comparison of the roofline of Robertson's shop at the time of Queen Victoria's Jubilee and the stepped pattern visible in a 1920s photograph. Alterations were probably made in the early 1900s.
Details of the life of Robert Barber, watchmaker &…
Details of the life of Robert Barber, watchmaker &…
A Shepherd and his Sheep
Some details of the life of Robert Eaglen, shepherd & gamekeeper, who lived on Bawdeswell Road.
Veteran Car With Local Connection
Story about AH222, the veteran car pictured outside Reepham Town Hall when it was being used as a Red Cross Hospital during WWI.
More about Riches' Grocery Store
A few details about the products on sale in Riches' shop and some information about Mary Woods, the shop's previous owner.
But what do we use our staves for, sir?
Description of the uses of staves in the boy scouts, with photograph of the Hackford House Troop in 1911.
Reepham Ladies Bowls Team
Mrs. Tipple, Mrs K Key, Miss Tipple, Miss P Barstead, Mrs Violet Watson, Mrs C Laskey, Mrs. S Symons, Mrs Mole, Mrs Downing, not known, Mrs Wyand and Mrs R Eglington
Cawston Road before B1145 modification
On the left can be seen the start of the Crown Meadow Development, the disused station and storage that later became Kerri's Pine. The railway bridge over Marriott's Way is now a footpath to Coller's Way. Bottom right can be seen Fairway Garage and…
Hackford House as a WWI Hospital
Patients & nurses in the grounds of Hackford House (now the Bircham Centre). The men are wearing the blue uniforms with white lapels of wounded soldiers. VAD Nurses can be identified with their head veils bunched back.
L.L. Skipper
Carpets & All Floor Coverings
This shop in Reepham Market Place was once the home of Robert Barber, a watchmaker. Recently it was home to a branch of HSBC. Currently (2020) it is home to Motts Pharmacy.
D.H. Attfield, Family Butcher
Attfield's family butcher in the Market Place, predecessor to Robertson's.
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…
Reepham Market Place, West
Busy day with parked cars, delivery vans and cyclists in Reepham Market Place in the 1980s. B Robertson, Family Butcher, opened in 1987, with signwriting above the windows, the awning came much later. The Chimes was an antique shop with a tearoom…