Copy of an article written by the Rev. A. G. Allcock for the East Anglian Town & Country Magazine. He describes his childhood days in Reepham in the 1920s. The accompanying advertisements give a taste of the shopping opportunities in the 1970s, e.g.…
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…
North side of the Market Place with horse & trap in front of the Chimes, Girl standing in front of Melton House. Zooming in a group of men can be seen on a bench outside the Brewery House. Possibly wounded soldiers recuuperating in Reepham.
Sign declares "G. Fisher Grocer Draper and Outfitter"
Label on the back says the shop gave its name to Fisher's Alley. A second annotation says "G. Fisher mentioned in 1896 Kelly's Directory"
Taken before 1903 when the roof-line of Hall's, the…