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Cricket Team 1900s
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Reepham
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cricket
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Crowning of the May Queen
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1950s
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<em>Reepham Society identifications:<br />Doorway :-</em> Broughton, Eileen Alford, David Bird<br /><em>Middle Row :-</em> Wendy & Tessa Seely, Kathleen Middleton, Edith Pask, Sylvia Willimott, Diane Ewing the May Queen, Elizabeth Miller<br /><em>Front :-</em> Pamela Lowe, Olive Secker, Pamela McCarter
<em>2022 Details given by Wendy Seely, who is in the photograph<br /><br /></em>The May Queen at The Rectory, Reepham, about 1950/1 <em>Doorway</em>: Clive, or Barry, Everett, Aileen Alford, David Bird. <br /><em>Middle Row</em> : Wendy & Tessa Seely, Kathleen Middleton, Enid Pask, The May Queen, Sylvia Willimott, Ann Jarvis and Pamela Millar.<br /><em>Front Row</em>: Pamela Lowe, Olive Secker, Pamela McCarter
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D.H. Attfield, Family Butcher
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Attfield's family butcher in the Market Place, predecessor to Robertson's.
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1980s
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·JREEPHAM
"DAD'S ARMY"
�ii
�REEJPHAM
�Dear Reader,
I guarantee that all monies raised
through the sale of this booklet,
other than the cost of printing
etc., will be donated to the
Bircham Institute, Reepham.
Thank you,
ALEC ROWE
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�REEPHAM HOME GUARD
-DAD'S ARMYOn 1st December 1938 I reached the age of 14, leaving
school at the Xmas Holidays, little did I think that by
the time of reaching the age of 15 the War against
Germany would have started. Also that before I reached
the age of 16 I would be in uniform, mind you I had
to lie about my age, you had to be 17 to join the Home
Guard ( Dad's Army).
I had an idea they took me on to
h~lp
swell the
numbers, in order to have enough bodies for Guard Duty,
not that there was much of importance in Reepham
to
guard,
except
the Telephone Exchange. This was
in the house on the left of the Bank, divided by a drive
way (the Bank used to be in the tall building on the
corner of the Market Square).
Now I don't promise to get the incidents that
follow in order so please forgive me, those that remember
them. There are not many of us left now.
At
times
an
Officer
from
the 'Royal
Norfolk
Regiment' stationed at Britannia Baracks in Norwich
would come out to Reepham to see how things were
running.
These visits naturally were at night as 'Dad's Army'
had to work during the day (perhaps someone told Hitler
that he would only be allowed to invade Great Britain
during the hours after work!).
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�In this instance a young Officer arrived and as
was customary was asked if he would care to inspect
the Guard. 'Billy Bishop' and 'Stephen Frankland' were
on duty. Why the Officer wished to see if the barrels
of the rifles were clean I don't know, anyway 'Billy
Tubby' one of our sergeants gave the order "For inspection
port arms". This means pulling back the bolt of the
rifle inserting the thumb into the breech so as the thumb
nail reflected the light up the barrel. This was pointless
as it was dark, he looked down the barrels and was happy
with what he had seen or had not seen. 'Billy Tubby'
gave the order "Ease Springs", this means moving the
rifle bolt backwards and forwards a number of times,
closing the bolt and pulling the trigger.
Now we never did know which of the two didn't
do this but there was an almighty "BANG"
and a six
foot length of cast iron guttering fell from the top
of the Bank (someone had pushed a live one up the spout).
The rifle going off "Bang" caused quite a commotion
as you can imagine. The blackout was forgotten as people
rushed out of their doors to find out what the noise
was about.
It was strange how so much commotion on that
night never did come to much, it was hushed up very
well, even the young Royal Norfolk Officer did not
put a report in, I guess he realised he would have been
called "a bloody young Fool"
barrel in the dark.
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asking to see down a rifle
�'Billy Bishop' was involved in another mishap. This
time involving a bayonet. Sunday mornings were also
another time when 'Dad's Army' were on duty, mainly
for
training.
This
Sunday
in
particular
the
R A F
Regiment had men from Oulton Aerodrome near Aylsham
attacking us making out to be the enemy.
'Billy' was on duty at the mouth of 'Fishers Alley'
on the Market Square. He heard footsteps running in
the Alley, so he fixed his bayonet and rushed into the
Alley to challenge the intruder when at the bend, an
R.A.F.
Regiment
man
came
charging round
straight
onto 'Billy's' bayonet. Bit of luck it caught him in the
left shoulder and not much damage done, more by luck
than judgement I guess. That was hushed up pretty well
also, mind you bayonets were NOT allowed to be fixed
after that only on orders. Silly old 'Buffer' a few inches
to one side and it could have been fatal.
Not too many incidents happened that were that
dangerous. One I remember involved a Hand Grenade.
This was a
a
meadow
Sunday morning again at Bawdeswell on
about
four miles west of Reepham.
The
Royal N orfolks had sent a Sergeant to show us how
to use the Mills Hand Grenade. A long trench had been
previously dug at an earlier date, dummy hand grenades
had been used so we had a little idea what was involved,
except 'Jimmy Frankland' -
son of 'Stephen' (the one
mixed up in the Bank job) was a slightly built young
man and a bit nervous, as were we all.
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�With about six of us in the trench and the others at
a safe distance the Sergeant hurled a grenade out of this
trench to a distance of about 25 to 30 yards as they had a
long fuse in them, we were all told to watch where it
landed, before ducking down to wait for the big bang.
Each of us managed to get the thing quite a good distance
away, then came 'Jimmy's' turn, he only made it about six
yards. Well the Sergeant almost went mad! "No man, No!"
the Sergeant shouted (plus some other unprintable things).
"Lean back and give it a big over arm, like bowling a
cricket ball". So 'Jimmy' had another go, pulled the pin,
held the lever on the side tight, leant back and gave a
terrific swing upwards. Unfortunately his hand caught the
back of the trench. Well! the grenade went straight up in
the air, everyone instinctively doubled up and held their
heads in their hands as there was now here to go. The
grenade
landed
about
a
yard
away in
the
opposite
direction to where it should have gone - what a BANG - as
close as that it was terrific, everyone got showered with
earth as the top of the trench caved in, but that was all
with a bit of luck. The Sergeant packed it all in after that,
going away he was muttering something about he'd be
safer if he had volunteered to go overseas.
We said to
'Jimmy' afterwards that he should have told the Sergeant
that we were not a lot of good at Cricket anyway.
A t another time on the same meadow but further
over on a
waste land area, we were practising with
a 'Northover projector'. This was a six foot length of
rain water down pipe with a
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firing gadget fitted to
�one end of it, a small glass bottle of about half a pint
size was inserted into the breech, the firing
mechanism
closed with the explosive in place, aim was taken onto
a tree on this waste land (although most time of practice,
the bottles were full of water, this time they were
full of phosphorus, which you no doubt know is a highly
inflammable
substance).
The
order 'FIRE'
was
given
and with a loud bang the bottle was projected towards
this tree which was all of 70 yards away, some bottles
hit it but some missed, but each time a bottle broke
around the area there was quite a large amount of flames.
After the practice session was over, we went as usual
to pick up as much glass as possible and no one noticed
anything unusual, but the next day someone brought
the news from Bawdeswell that a tree was on fire across
the meadows and sure enough the next time we went,
the tree we used as a target was nothing but a big heap
of ashes. Perhaps someone should have told the Germans
not to hide behind trees when they invade, just in case
we burnt the tree down in front of them.
On the subject of trees, there used to be two big
Beech trees on the right of Whitwell Road about 100
yards past the Whitwell end car park of the High School.
Someone thought of the bright idea of a bomb in a net
up in one of these trees so the Germans would blow
themselves up with the aid of a wire stretched across
the road. You can imagine the performance there was
getting this net rigged up. It's a wonder no one was
killed falling out of the tree. I don't know whose petrol
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�ration was used to test the position of the trip wire,
but it was done by driving a car at 30 m.p.h.
striking
the wire at various points along the road until two tennis
balls held in the net struck the car, it eventually was
agreed on the position of the wire. Then carne the big
test, the 'Germans' (R A F Regiment) were due to attack
this Sunday morning, the net was loaded with soot and
flour bags, someone was positioned way down the Whitwell
Road to give the warning - that the Germans were on
their way, so that the wire could be stretched across
the road, then get back into hiding. This all went off
a
treat,
the armoured personnel carrier followed by
an open top staff car came down the road at a fair
old speed, must have been well over 30 m.p.h. The carrier
struck the wire, the soot and flour fell right into the
Staff car following.
There was hell to pay! Two high
ranking officers of the R A F Regiment had come to
watch the invasion - you should have seen them! Someone
should have told the Driver 30 m.p.h.
and no more!
The net was never used again, it hung in the tree until
it rotted away. There was more bother over that incident
than any of the others. One of our Officers, 'Captain
Joe Little' laughingly said he would contact the War
Office to arrange that all exercises of this nature must
be carried out at 30 m.p.h. and would they please inform
Hitler, so that the, Germans would know prior to the
invasion of Britain. He was a case was 'Captain Joe'.
One other instance that involved a personnel carrier
took place at the North end of Reepham. ,The road bridge
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�that came over the railway was the ideal place to defend,
with the level of the Railway so low down the only
way at
that point was over the bridge. The defence
was set up this Sunday morning as usual, trenches had
been dug just Reepham side of the bridge on both sides
of the road, so we could hurl clods of earth (sorry 'Grenades' - well we didn't have anything else) at the
enemy, also we were allowed to put a roll of defence
barbed wire only half way across the road so as not
to interfere with the public movement on the road.
The Germans (R A F Regiment)
were supposed to take
it that the wire was the full width of the road, but they
never did, bit unfair really! But this particular time
was different. 'Harry Frankland' -
yes cousin to the
'Grenade' one and nephew of the 'Bank' job one had
other ideas. He reckoned if a length of thin wire was
attached to the bottom of the roll of barbed wire laid
on the road
and stretched into the opposite trench,
the public could run over it with no trouble, but when
the 'Germans' came along
the barbed wire could be
pulled all the way across the road. This was agreed
upon, and 'Monk' as 'Harry' was known was in charge
of the wire.
The attack was on hand, we could hear a heavy truck
coming along the Cawston Road. Sure enough, it was
the carrier. We pelted it with clods of earth, it didn't
stop, the Driver must have seen the barbed wire halfway
across the road but you could tell he was not going
to stop so 'Monk' heaved on the wire, pulling this roll
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�across right in front of the Carrier. It did not stop,
over the roll of barbed wire it went, it must have hooked
underneath
the Carrier somehow because the roll of
wire followed it down the road. Now as you no doubt
know there is a shop dead in front of you as you corne
down from the bridge, in those days it was 'Sidney Hunt's
Grocery Store'. The Carrier did not slow down at all,
some of the barbed wire must have jammed in the
throttle, also it did not turn left or right.
We stared
in amazement as the Carrier with an almighty bang,
buried
itself into 'Sidney's'
Grocers shop. You never
saw such a mess, there was jam, sugar, flour - everything
you can think of was strewn all over the place. It was
a bit of luck that the back of the Carrier was still sticking
out of the building, so as the boys inside it could get
out. It could be seen that to remove the Carrier from
the shop would mean the roof would collapse so it was
left in place until such time that the roof could be shored
up. 'Monk' had the job of removing the barbed wire
from under the Carrier as it was his fault it got there
in the first place. It was all twisted around the steering
column etc. No wonder the driver went straight on,
he couldn't do anything about it anyway!
There was a bit of bother about the incident but
.;
not so much as when we bombed the Officer's with
flour and soot. I also had a sneaking feeling that 'Monk'
volunteered to go under the Carrier to cut the barbed
wire free so he could get a new uniform, he had been
wearing his for work so it was rather' greasy, due to
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�him working in 'George Cook's' cycle repair shop down
New Road on the left, it was about 200 yards from
Station Plain, the site of 'Sidney's Shop'.
About 75 yards down 'New Road' on the right was
our machine gun position. Yours truly was Number 1
and 'Ronnie Tooley' was Number 2. The position was
not really our choice, we did want to knock a few bricks
out of the wall of one of the sheds on 'The Crown' Public
House property, but that was not allowed. We had to
make do with cutting an aperture in the wall of a wood
shed adjoining the brick one, as the wood was only about
half an inch thick you can understand why Number 1
and Number 2 of the 'Lewis Gun' team were not too
happy about the position. I think an air gun pellet would
have gone through it let alone German Machine Gun
or Rifle Fire.
From this point we had a perfect view of the afore
mentioned bridge which had to be defended at all costs,
th,e distance being about 200 yards, I guess, just right
for our 'Lewis Gun' if we could have had real bullets,
but not a lot of good when we had to pretend by turning
a wooden rattle round and round - the type of rattle
used at football matches etc. I doubt if it could be heard
outside our shed, for the 'Germans' (R A F Regiment)
to hear it inside a Carrier 200 yards away was very
doubtful. Now they (the enemy) were kitted out with
large thunder flashes (about a foot long these things
were) to use as hand grenades, blank cartridges to use
in their .R ifles and wood nosed bullets to use in their
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�Machine Guns ('Brens', they were a lovely Machine Gun).
All this was a bit unfair against our barbed wire halfway
across the road, clods of earth which did not hold together
on a dry day and wooden rattles that no one took any
notice of, or even heard. Now yours truly had the idea
that the wooden bullet in the 'Bren Gun' caused the
firing
mechanism
to work
through recoil
or gas or
something so I found that a wood meat skewer of my
Mother's was the same diameter as a 303 bullet which
the 'Lewis Gun' fired. I shaped a few bullets out of this
skewer, took the lead bullet out of some live ammunition
and inserted the wood ones in the place of them. I took
the gun down the meadows near Rookery Farm to try
it out - Eureka - it worked! Then came the job of making
a lot of wooden bullets, as the round magazine on a
'Lewis' held quite a number, 36 I believe, can't really
remember.
'Mr Spriggs' the Butcher near the Churches let me
have a number of skewers so I made quite a lot of
ammunition ready for use on the next attack from the
enemy.
It was not long before the Sunday morning came
around that we would have to defend Reepham once
again. 'Ronnie' and myself were really excited at the
thought of giving the enemy some of their own medicine.
In position, we were over looking the bridge, we had
an area to fire in so as not to endanger the lives of
our own men in the trenches near the bridge. Along
came the Carrier into view and I opened fire. Now we
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�never did find out if it was my wood bullets or a stone
thrown up by the Carrier or something else, but the
big upstairs window in the Chalet bungalow dead opposite
to our machine gun post shattered! I still can't believe
a wooden bullet could travel that far, but then again
a stone thrown up by the Carrier would have had to
fly 80 to 100 feet?
'Ronnie' and I felt that we had done our bit towards
defending Reepham that morning, not that the 'enemy'
took any notice of our fire power, they just carried
on over the bridge past the barbed wire halfway across
the road as usual.
The next defence of Reepham was some weeks later,
during which time I had turned out more wooden bullets
to replace those used on the last attack. Not dreaming
. that one of them was going to give me the worst shock
I had had in my young life.
'Ronnie' and I had taken up position in our machine
gun post, overlooking the Railway Bridge as usual this
Sunday morning with rattle at the ready in reserve.
Our other men were in their dugouts either side of the
road near the bridge, barbed wire was in position, clods
of earth
~d
rattles all prepared.
'Th.:E;i _~oise of approa.chiIl8
vehicles could be heard, it must be them as there were
not a lot of private cars about in those days, especially
on a Sunday morning. Into view they came, I had about
150 yards from then until the bridge to pepper them.
As our lads were just Reepham side of the bridge they
were quite safe from my line of fire. 'Ronnie' was standing
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~:
.
�beside me with another magazine at the ready - I opened
up "rat-at-tat" and that was that. The 'Lewis' gun stopped.
Ronnie and I looked at each other, passed a few words
of wisdom like "try the x z h y! thing again" but to no
avail, the bolt had jammed, most annoying also most
unusual as the 'Lewis' was a very reliable machine gun.
By the time we had found out the gun would not work
the action was all over. We reported to Second Lieutenant
'Bass' at the bridge what had happened, he said to make
~ur
way back to the Guard Room in the Bircham Institute
in Reepham to try and sort the trouble out. This we
did, 'Lewis' gun on our shoulders and our tails between
our legs. Real disappointing it was! Mind you the remarks
we over heard from some of the other members of our
Platoon didn't help -
"Fancy thinking a few
wooden
skewers would stop them" was one. Back in the Guard
Room, which had a long table in it leaving about two
feet of space one end and about one foot at the other.
On the table we dumped the gun, looked at it, tried
it again, no the bolt was well and truly stuck. 'Ronnie'
was standing on my left and the bolt of the gun was
on the right hand side of it. 'Ronnie' said, "Let mt?; have
a go at the so and so thing". Now as there was no room
to pass behind me he walked the length of the table
and round the other end. Not that I was taking any notice
of this happening as I was trying the damn bolt again.
I gave the bolt an almightly blow with the heel of my
hand - 'BANG' (it makes me shiver even now to think
of it). The gun went off! 'Ronnie' had just passed the
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�line of fire, by that I mean about three inches! The
wooden bullet went through a horse hair stretcher cushion
tha t happened to be laying on the table, a hole as big
as your fist appeared the other side of it, an area of
about a
foot diameter of plaster was blown off the
wall and 'Ronnie' and I looked a decidedly lighter shade
of pale. The wooden bullet would have hit 'Ronnie' in
the stomach as he had to face me as he passed by the
end of the table with a narrow space of about one foot.
We certainly did feel bad I can tell you! On finding
the shattered bullet a knot in the wood must have been
to blame giving a
slightly larger diameter than the
breech of the gun would take. We never did use wooden
bullets
again
after
that
incident,
although
a
simple
metal deflector attached to the gun in front of the
barrel would have done the trick. No broken windows!
No
nearly
shooting
'Ronnie'!
I
found
out
about
the
deflector after I was called up into the Army sometime
after.
The 'Alec Rowe and Ronnie Tooley' team split up
soon after that near disaster. 'Ronnie' and 'Harry' were
called into the Army. I asked if I could come off the
'Lewis' as it didn't seem right somehow without 'Ronnie'.
I had purchased a Motor Bike not long before this
time, it was a 'Triumph 250 cc'. Lovely bike it was.
It was proposed hy someone that I should become the
Despatch Rider for the Company. This I agreed to do
as I was able to get a bit of extra petrol besides my
own ration.
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�Providing
I
was
armed
with
something
different
to the rifle I had issued to me when I first joined. That
rifle, by the way, was a Canadian Long Ross, sent over
as most of our weapons were from private people in
Canada and the U.S.A. I shall never forget that rifle,
at the time of joining 'Dad's Army' it stood five inches
taller than I did, the others used to laugh at me something
rotten. It also had a kick like a Mule when fired.
I had a laugh on most of the others when it came
to the time of Uniforms being issued, being so small
I and 'Dick Eglington' were the only two to get fitted
out at the start as the only size that came were size
one. Laugh, you should have seen the others trying to
get into these small suits! We, 'Dick' and I were able
to wear a small 'Home Guard' stitched onto the shoulder
of the jackets, while the others still had to wear their
'Home Guard' arm bands. Right proud we were for a
long time before the others were fitted out.
Thinking about that rifle kick reminds me of the
time when someone came up with the idea of using
12 bore shotguns (this was before the stuff started to
come over from the
U~S.A.
and Canada) instead of the
cartridges having a load · cjf small shot in them there
were just two large lead balls in each case. Goodness
knows what sort of damage they would have done to
a human body, can't bear the thought of it.
Sunday
morning
was· practice
time
to fire
these
guns at a five gallon drum used for a target, this was
on the Rookery Farm meadow, where most of our non16
�dangerous activities took place ('non-dangerous' that's
a laugh). Now I had been used to firing a 12 bore shot
gun so knew what to expect as regards recoil, but this
was different. I had noticed the older men rubbing their
shoulders after firing. When it was my turn I knelt down,
pulled the butt well into my shoulder took aim and fired.
Honest, I thought the end of the World had come, being
so
small
the recoil hit me so hard it knocked me
completely over so I was laying on my back. If I had
not been holding it really tight I am sure it would have
broken my shoulder. I guess I missed the five gallon
drum with my shot, as most of the others did.
Going back to becoming the Despatch Rider, they
took the 'Long Ross' away and issued me with a belt
and a pair of '38 Smith and Wesson' revolvers, lovely
they were. I was really chuffed as you can imagine,
what with being kit ted out with Despatch Rider clothing
etc. I felt I was doing some good again. With all the
firing practice I was allowed to get in I could never
have hit a silver Dollar tossed into the air as the Cowboys
used to. Now with a rifle that was different, I became
quite a good shot. I remember one Sunday morning up
at 'Reepham Station' yard, it was .22 rifle practice
time. The targets would be 50 yards or 75 yards away,
pinned to a pile of wood railway sleepers. After the
normal target shoot was over, 'Bert Hall' our Armourer
said "Come on Alec, show us what you can do". He placed
a shilling, a sixpence and a penny on the sleepers. The
shilling I cut in half, the sixpence, as with the penny,
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�I caught just inside the edge. The penny I carry around
on my bunch of keys, the shilling in two parts is in a
drawer somewhere, the sixpence had to be flattened
out when I was a bit hard up during my time in the Army.
By the way, the practice I had in my 'Dad's Army' days
helped me get a position in the 'Royal Fusilliers' 12th
Battalion Bisley team - can't remember what year it
was.
Back to Despatch Riding, it was the usual thing
for one of the Guards on duty each night to spend the
night at the Searchlight Camp at 'Jordan' nearly into
Bawdeswell. For what reason I can't really recall, but
it
was
quite
a
good
night.
After supper with
the
Searchlight lads we had a bunk in one of the Nissen
huts, that we could sleep in until awoken in the morning
with a cup of tea by the cook. No getting up every so
often to stand guard duty outside the Reepham telephone
exchange,
no
kipping down in a small room in the
Bircham Institute with the smell of everybody's sweaty
socks high in the air. No stench of the after effects
of 'Gasher Fitt' and Company drinking beer down at
the 'Greyhound' in Back Street until it was time for
them to go on guard duty, even if it was the 2am or
4am guard duty they would still be there. Many has
been the time 1 would have to go and fetch them from
0
the Pub to go on guard. The 'Greyhound' was like the
London 'Windmill , Theatre'
it
never closed!
Also no
young Royal Norfolk Officer wanting to look down your
rifle barrel in the pitch dark to see i,t it was clean.
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�In fact it was quite a good way to spend your stint of
once a week guard duty.
This night it was my turn of duty up at 'Jordan Light'.
Off I set on my 'Triumph' fairly early evening it was
and spent the time chatting with the lads, until about
lO.30pm
when I turned in after supper. I must have
slept well until I was awakened by lots of shouting etc.
N ow all the times I had been up there nothing really
exciting had ever happened, the searchlight would be
switched on at odd times just to see if it still worked,
otherwise it was pretty routine. This night was different
somehow, the searchlight was on, there was an eerie
glow in the Nissen hut although the blackouts were
in place.
There was
a droning
noise
which told me that
'Gerry' was going over, probably on their way to bomb
Coventry
or somewhere
in the
Midlands. There
was
noise of an aircraft getting louder by the second, also
the shouting. I was about to get off my bunk to find
out what was going on when suddenly a row of pinpoints of light appeared in the Nissen hut roof, followed
by a noise I knew only too well 'Rat-a-tat-tat'. Now
it didn't take me long to weigh up the situation. 'Gerry'
didn't like being all lit up so was trying to put the light
out. I don't mind telling you I was frightened, plus the
fact that I was much too young to be shot at by angry
Germans (real ones this time!). Out of the hut I ran,
found my 'Triumph' and I was off home. I had just started
to move when the searchlight went out.
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�Now whether 'Gerry' had scored maximum points or
whether the: Searchlight lads had switched the damn thing
off I never did know, all I did know is it went from being
all lit up to sudden darkness. The 'Triumph' decided it
didn't want to be on the track leading away from the
Camp and took a dive into the ditch at the sic1e. I managed
to heave it out and straight home I went, not back to the
Guard Room at Reepham but home to my Mum. I was
shaking like a leaf, I guess I could have been shot for
desertion in the face of the enemy, but I never thought of
that at the time - would you?
I hope that 'Mr Ben Stimpson' (he was our Commanding
Officer, 'Major' he was) if he buys one of these booklets or
hears about this, will please forgive me as I don't suppose
he has knowledge of the incident as not many people have.
'Major Ben' had a
curious habit while smoking a
cigarette, he would extend his fore finger straight up,
bring it to the side of the cigarette, curl the finger around
it and withdraw it from his mouth very deliberately, hold
it like that whilst expelling the smoke then replacing it in
his mouth in the reverse order, it used to fascinate me.
I guess I have run out of memories of 'Dad's Army'
days, of my own perhaps someone else has some to
recall.
'Mr Ben Stimpson' can recall a time when Reepham
did partially get invaded, this must have been after
we young men had been called into H M Forces as we
cannot recall it. Apparently a Charity Dance had been
laid on by some of the wives of members of the 'Home
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�Guard' in the Town Hall, for which Charity, he can't
remember
(probably
something like
knitting
that).
socks
for
soldiers
or
The dance had been going for
some little while when it
was noticed that quite a
commotion was taking place on the Town Hall steps.
After
some
down,
in
time
fact
it
the
commotion
had
had
increased,
it
not
was
quietened
decided
to
investigate. There at the top of the steps was 'Herbert
Wilkin' (Reepham's Special Constable) doing his utmost
to hold back about a dozen or so American Air Force
Personnel who had been attracted by the music. 'Herbert'
was getting very hot under the collar with the insistence
of these Yanks wanting to come into the Dance. What
he hoped to do against such odds was anybody's guess.
Anyway, after a lot of "No you can't" and "Yes we can",
it was decided to let the Yanks in. As Mr Ben said it
was a good move really as with the Yanks' kind of money
the Charity did very well out of it, what with them
buying themselves and everybody else drinks from the
Bar aJI night long. Everyone finished up in a very happy
frame of mind except 'Herbert' who insisted afterwards
that he could have held them off if the organisers of
the Dance had not agreed to let them in.
One little episode I have remembered didn't have
much to do with 'Dad's Army' days other than it happened
after Sunday morning training. We (the whole Company)
had reen dismissed outside the Bircham Institute, various
groups
headed
In
different
directions -
towards
the
different Pubs I guess. There were quite a few to choose
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�from in those days, about seven or eight of us were
on
the
way
to
the
'George
and
Dragon'
and
were
somewhere in line with the Post Office when the cigarette
I had lit directly after dismissal came to an end. Now
I know it was a stupid thing to do but without a second
thought I flicked this stub end into the air, 'Freddie
Mason' and two or three others were in front of myself,
'Ronnie Tooley' and company. Now the million to one
chance happened - the wind caught the cigarette and
took it forward just as poor 'Freddie' decided to lean
his head forward to speak to someone next door but
one. Yes, you have guessed it, down the neck of Freddie's
uniform it fell, inside his shirt next to his skin! If anyone
had had a video camera which were unthought of in
those days - they would have made the take of a life time.
The antics poor 'Freddie' got up to to try and remove
that butt end were unbelievable. The more he pushed his
hand down his neck the further it fell down, poor 'Fred'.
We finished up turning his upside down against the Church
Railings and taking his tunic off, all those damn buttons
didn't help. He had about four different burns on his back.
The Landlady at the 'George and Dragon' put some cream
on the burns and gave me a very dirty look when she was
told what had happened. Naturally, I was sorry but we
have had some laughs about it since.
'Charlie Hall' has told me one or two incidents he
remembers. I don't know whether I can get the first
one to look good on paper but it must have been funny
to listen to.
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�It concerns a chap named 'Cecil Allen'. Cecil had
a terrible stutter.
After a Sunday morning exercise 'Charlie' and 'Cecil'
and others finished up in the 'Duke of York' Pub. 'Charlie
Claxton' the Landlord, in conversation asked what they
had been doing. Poor 'Cecil' was in line of sight so thought
'Charlie' had directed the question to him.
"W-w-well" said 'Cecil', "w-w-eve b-b-been on the
b-b-blackard b-b-bomb b-b-barder".
"What the hell is that?" asks 'Charlie'
"It's a
thing-rna-jig y-y-you p-p-put the b-b-bomb
in, set t-the w-w-what-sa n-n-name on the w-w-watchrna c-call,
take aim, p-p-pull the t-t-trigger and b-
b-bobs your uncle" said 'Cecil'.
"Oh" said 'Charlie' pulling another pint and wondering
what 'Cecil' was on about. I wonder if he ever did find
out what a Blackard Bomb-barder was.
Another instance concerned a night on guard duty,
as usual three people took it in turns to bring the
ingredients for making tea during the night. One brought
the tea, another the sugar, but this night no one brought
the milk. Now 'Jock McCarter' with thoughts of going
all through the night with no mugs of tea, said to 'Charlie
Hall' - "Now it's dark let's go and see what we can do
about this milk business - bring the big jug". Off they
went from the 'Bircham Institute' over Townsend Corner
up past the Police Station where just on the left were
'Eglington's' cows.
(Yes, you've guessed it). Over the
gate they go. "Hold the Jug" said 'Jock' as he got one
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�of the cows to stand still. Plenty of milk for the night's
tea making, probably enough for the week I guess.
Another of Charlie Hall's memories of those days,
was when a football match had been arranged between
Reepham
Home
Guard
and
The
Searchlight
Battery
from Jordan, who I mentioned earlier in the book.
The match was rather a one sided affair with the
Searchlight boys winning 13-1. Now Charlie was rather
disappointed at this result even though he did score
their only goal. He did feel a bit better later on when
the two teams were having a few beers in one of the
Pubs, it was pointed out to the Home Guard Team that
who they had played was the West Ham Professional
Football team. Apparently the War Lords at the top
had the idea of keeping sporting teams together in fairly
safe situations - like Searchlight Batteries etc.
By the way, 'Charlie' carried on playing
football
regularly until he was 50 and also a few guest appearances
after that, well done 'Charlie'!
Remember back in the book I mentioned the 'Lewis'
gun position where 'Ronnie Tooley' and myself overlooked
the Railway Bridge. Well 'Charlie' told me that he and
'Rowley Laskey' were in that position one Sunday morning
awaiting the attack from the enemy (R A F Regiment),
they waited and waited
for hours, no one attacked.
'Rowley' said "Sod this, they're not coming, I'll go in
the 'Crown' and get us a pint of beer each", which he
did. 'Charlie' said they had just started to drink the
beer when the shed door burst open apd there was the
24
�enemy who immediately drank their beer and took them
prisoner. What a downfall for 'Dad's Army'!
I think I will call it a day now, I know there must
be lots more stories to tell about 'Dad's Army' but this
little lot will have to do for now.
Thank you for buying this Book.
Yours
ALEC ROWE
25
�P.S.
I forgot to mention about 'The Old Brewery House'
Banqueting Hall as it is known today.
In 'Dad's Army' days it was used as the Drill Hall,
buH t I believe in the first place to store barrels of Beer
produced by the Brewery.
A t the time of 'Dad's Army' it was just one big building
standing on its own in the lovely gardens of 'Dial House'
as the Brewery House was known back in the old days.
Now as you know it has been extended through the
archways to the side and to the . Hotel and Sports Centre
at the ends.
The Hall was used by the Home Guard for a small
arms .22 rifle range for training with rifle and machine
gun, marching and rifle drill especially in bad weather.
It had quite a good smooth concrete floor, not too good
for drill work and marching as our studded boots could
not grip very well.
As youngsters,
we
found it very good for Roller
Skating - steel wheels! I have mine somewhere at home
now. Also we had a trapeze hanging from the roof at
the Sports Centre end of the Hall. In fact, I would say
that Hall was used as much in
t~lOse
days as it is today.
I thought I would just add this post script as some of
you might find it interesting.
'Bye once again,
A.R.
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�Some of .the N ames of
REEPHAM HOME GUARD
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Ben Stimpson
Simmonds
Joe Little
Poll
Aubrey Bass
Major
Major
Captain
Lieutentant
2nd Lieutenant
Sgt J Cockaday
Sgt Billy Tubby
Sgt Billy Bacon
Cpl Billy Freestone
Cpl C Grout
Cpl J Cooper
Cpl N Egmore
Cpl B Keyworth
Cpl F Page
Cpl V Massingham
L/Cpl W Frosdick
L/Cpl R Duffield
L/Cpl A Reeve
Pte Harry Frankland
Pte Ronnie Tooley
Pte Freddie Mason
Pte Alec Rowe
Pte Frank Goward
Pte Bob Hendry
Pte Albert Fitt
Pte Billy Bishop
Pte Stephen Frankland
Pte Jimmy Frankland
Pte Billy Duffield
Pte Bert Hall
Pte Charlie Hall
Pte Jock McCarter
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Pte
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Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Basil Read
Jimmy Pilch
Bob Rose
Clem Fuller
Jack Moore
Jack Jay
Percy Russel
Nurse
Clem Welton
Tom Dunham
John Dunham
Clifford Bircham
Geofrey Bircham
G Harvey
J Harvey
W Harvey
L Pierce
THall
J Hall
CAllen
L Secker
R Reeve
R Howes
R Digby
A Hall
E Hall
H Bell
R Page
J West
R Laskey
S Smith
K Jarvis
J Rudd
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Studio portrait of Daisy Burton before her marriage in 1913.
Daisy was born in December 1892. She married Maurice Mole at Kerdiston Church, St Mary's, on 26 November 1913. They lived in Whitwell Street and ran a small holding. They showed their goats and livestock in local competitions. Daisy was widowed early. She was involved with many groups in Reepham and was a keen member of the Bowls Club. Later she moved to 27 Station Road. She died December 1966 aged 74.
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Extract from the Sparham Deanery & District Magazine recording Daisy Burton's marriage to Alfred
Morris Mole in November 1913, and the presentation of a silver teapot.
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Two Men in a Car
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In 2023 Reepham Archive received an enquiry about the location of the photograph shown in the Reepham
Life calendar for September 2024. The query originated from Michael Edwards, author of several books on De
Dion Bouton cars.
It is an image of a 1903 De Dion Bouton, taken around 1905. Cars at the time were rare and very expensive so
the owner would have been a person of means.
Could we verify the location? The definitive clue is the guidepost which shows places local to Reepham. The
three adjacent parishes of Hackford, Whitwell & Reepham with Kerdiston were still separate until 1935. So the
'Hackford' part of the sign would have been accurate for the estimated date of the photograph, i.e. 1905. The
viewpoint suggests the corner of Station Road and Dereham Road (outside V's Cafe/The Crossroad).
Most of the photographs of that era show guideposts of
the iron type. But there is one image that shows
this white guidepost :-
Further evidence comes from the 1906 Ordnance
Survey map where the guidepost is clearly sited on
the Dereham Road side of the Towns End
crossroads.
A 1903 De Dion Bouton was one of the original five cars that launched the Montagu Motor
Museum in 1952. It had been in the Montagu family since 1913 when it was acquired from
a tenant on the Beaulieu Estate and was used as a works vehicle by the estate engineer until the early
1930s.
Edward, Lord Montagu found the car in an outhouse and placed it on display in Palace House in 1952 as
part of a small display of cars which was the nucleus of what would later become the Montagu Motor
Museum, now the National Motor Museum.
Information from the De Dion Bouton UK Club website : dedionboutonclub.co.uk
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Post date: Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Decline in fortunes of the Leamon family of Whitwell Hall
The cover photo of the Reepham Life 2019 Calendar shows the Leamon family outside Whitwell
Hall in 1884.
In 1871 the farm and tannery business was being run by Robert Leamon, an ardent politician and
prominent agriculturist. The farm covered 1,300 acres, employing 38 farm workers with 18 boys
and five women, and the tannery business employed a further 20 men.
Robert committed suicide in 1878 and it was left to his sons Philip and Arthur to continue the
business. (The eldest son, also a Robert, had become a clergyman.)
By 1881 Philip had married Elizabeth Reed and was living a typical gentleman farmer’s life at
Whitwell Hall, hunting with the North Norfolk Harriers, giving harvest suppers for his workers,
being a churchwarden, playing cricket and entertaining the local choir.
But by 1884 he was on the verge of bankruptcy and the sale was announced of the Whitwell Hall
estate and tannery.
In 1887 all the livestock on the Whitwell estate was put up for auction as well as the household
contents. In 1888 Philip applied for discharge from bankruptcy, but he had continued to contract
debts knowing that he could not repay them.
In 1891 there were six children and Elizabeth was teaching them on her own at home at an
address in Norwich. Eventually, she was admitted to hospital suffering from melancholia.
In 1894, supported by Samuel Bircham and other local dignitaries, an appeal was made for
financial help for the grandchildren of Robert Leamon, reminding people how generous Robert had
been towards the local poor.
Janet Archer
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GB/REE/2005181421
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B&W photograph
210 x 170 mm
Mounted on white card
Uniformed Services/Ambulance [File 20, Archive Box 120]
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Bircham Centre Archive
1966
ambulance
dedication
Rev. Hurst
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Dedication of Reepham's New Ambulance 1952
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Rev. J.H.McCubbin dedicated the new ambulance vehicle at Reepham on Sunday, 6 April 1952.
Registration No. CPW 150
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1952
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1952
Reepham
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GB/REE/2005161529
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B&W photograph
205 x 150 mm
Plus a poor quality mounted photocopy
Uniformed Services/Ambulance [File 20, Archive Box 120]
Families & Businesses/M/McCubbin [File 6]
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Archant Norfolk Ltd. C 7934,
Rouen Road, NR1 IRE
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Reepham Society
RS Database 326
1952
ambulance
Church Plain
dedication
McCubbin
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Post date: Thursday, December 3, 2020
Delivering milk in a cold 1950s winter
The January picture (above) in the Reepham Life 2021 Calendar shows milk being delivered on
Dereham Road in a very cold winter in the 1950s, with the house now known as Tyler’s Mead in
the background.
A photograph (below) from the Reepham Archive in postcard format shows the house in the early
1900s.
In the 1901 census, Edward Le Neve is registered as living in the house with his wife Florence.
They were married in August 1900 in Oxnead parish and in the register Florence’s maiden name is
given as Browne with her father named as Charles Edward Browne.
At the time of the marriage, Charles employed 10 men in the milling business and a further 10 on
his 250-acre farm.
�The card is postmarked 1907 and addressed to Mrs C. Browne in Marsham. Although the signature
of the sender is not clear (it may have been a family nickname), this information allows us to
assume that the writer was Florence since the message begins “Dear Mother”.
Edward Le Neve was the local registrar and relieving officer for the Aylsham Union – Reepham was
part of that union at the time. The 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act introduced a national welfare
system of poor relief with administrative areas called “poor law unions”. Each union was run by an
elected board of guardians.
The relieving officers had to identify the poor and needy in their district, visiting applicants in their
homes to assess their health and living conditions, and offer appropriate financial relief and
medical help if necessary.
By 1907 Edward and Florence had two children, Florence and Arthur. Arthur was born in 1902 and
is probably the child in the second photograph. He attended Reepham National School (St Mary’s,
Norwich Road) until July 1915, when he is recorded as “transferred”.
The family presumably moved to Aylsham as by 1920 Edward is found in the town’s electoral roll.
Janet Archer
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From the Archive
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Illustrated articles contributed to Reepham Life and to Reepham & District Community News. From 2018 most articles related to matching months in Reepham Life Calendars.
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From 2016 to the present
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GB/REE/From the Archive
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Digital PDF documents
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JDA
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Delivering milk in a cold 1950s winter
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Dick Vout delivering milk on Dereham Road. Details about Edward Le Neve who lived at Tyler's Mead in the early 1900s.
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December 2020
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GB/REE/2103161350
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Digital PDF document
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JDA
Dereham Road
RL Calendar 2021
Tylers Mead
Vout
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Norfolk Heritage Explorations
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An account of the resource
1) Information collected & edited by members of the Reepham Society & its History Group during 2004/5, as Reepham's contribution to the above project lead by The Forum. Since most information is included in other sections of Reepham Archive the documentation in this collection has not been digitised.
The project was web-based and was interactive, i.e. navigation was available through links to the various parts, and included an interactive map. The website is not now available online but traces of it appear via the 'Wayback Machine'.
2) Collection of scanned photographs on two CDs, selected for the Norfolk Heritage Explorations project in 2004/5 The majority are of modern Reepham & there are duplicates. Most were taken by Chris Peakome & Kate Nightingale. Several have already been itemised from other sources & a few appear in the early Reepham Life Calendars.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">58pp A4 printed text<br />+ an additional 6pp</span></p>
<br />CD 1 73 items<br />A4 Index 2pp : A4 Description 5pp<br /><em>Copied to CD between August 2004 & February 2005<br /><br /></em>CD 2 71 items<em><br /></em>A4 Index/Description 5pp<em><br />Copied to CD March 2005<br /></em>
Reepham Society Exhibitions
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Reepham Society
RS CD Database 783 & 782
Index & Description RS Database 787 & 791
Thumbnails RS Database 788 & 792
Date
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2004
Coverage
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Reepham, Salle, Booton
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Reepham Society & the Society's History Group
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Norfolk Heritage Explorations Copyright © 2007 Contributors and The Forum Trust Limited, unless specified otherwise. All rights reserved. Written consent to copy, publish, adapt, hire, lend or reproduce, whether in part or in whole, should be obtained from The Forum Trust Limited, 2 Millennium Plain, Bethel Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1TF.
The material on the Norfolk Heritage Explorations site was not a definitive guide to the areas concerned or to their heritage, but was presented as an interpretation of those areas by the contributors.
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Dereham Road
Description
An account of the resource
Postcard of Dereham Road looking towards the Market Place. Wallace King in evidence in Hackford House premises.
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Dereham Road
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GB/REE/2103301915
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Digital
Dereham Road
Wallace King
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Dereham Road
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Dereham Road
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GB/REE/2103301925
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Digital
Description
An account of the resource
Postcard of Dereham Road before surfacing and pavements. Wallace King boards can be seen on Hackford House. Telegraph pole indicates the presence of the telephone.<br /><br /><em>Further copy in Norfolk Heritage Explorations - REEP48.</em>
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ST 2025
Dereham Road
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308c68e5b916de93e598b3a372f29f38
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Dereham Road about 1919
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GB/REE/2204020958
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Digital
Streets & Buildings/Dereham Road [File 17, Archive Box 117]
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1919 (est)
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1919 (est)
Description
An account of the resource
Dereham Road looking towards the Market Place with the Wallace King sign over the property now (2022) know as the Bircham Centre. Photograph taken around 1919.
Full size image shows a white pole near the entrance gate to the Kings Arms Bowing Green.
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EW
1919
Dereham Road
Market Place
RL Calendar 2014
Wallace King
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Photograph-printed
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Dereham Road from West
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An account of the resource
Looking downhill with Eynsford House hedge on left. No tarmac, no footway. Primitive Methodist Chapel in original state. Bircham centre in distance occupied by Wallace King's furniture stores. Curved cutaway corner on building on SE corner.
Date
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Early 1900s (est)
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GB/REE/1609141505
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B&W photograph
150 x 105 mm
Streets & Buildings/Dereham Road [File 17, Archive Box 117]
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Reepham Society
RS Database 316
RS Library Presentation Book No.30
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Early 1900s
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EW 2017
Dereham Road
Primitive Methodist
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Text
Notes on education made from available contemporary resources
GB/REE/1607021035
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Text - printed
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GB/REE/1607021035
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Developments in Elementary Education 1818 - 1900
Date
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1974 - 2014
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1p A4 typescript
Schools [File 16, Archive Box 116]
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1974-2014
Reepham
Description
An account of the resource
Research notes from Pigot's 1830 and White's 1845 Directories, 1851 Census Returns and Harry Hawes' recollections in 1953 on schooling in and around Reepham.
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Reepham Society
Buck
Cooper
education
Goose
Howell
Kilburn
Neale
Pitcher
Roberson
Roy
Sunday School
Woolmer
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GB/REE/2301101500
Dial House Development
Sample from 12 Panoramic Views of Reepham Spring 2015 Courtesy of Chris Taylor
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Aerial Views
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Original aerial photographs & digital copies.
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To the present
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GB/REE/Aerial Views
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Reepham Archive
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B&W & colour photographs
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To the present
Reepham & surrounding area
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Dial House Development
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GB/REE/2301101500
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Digital
Aerial Views [File 1]
Date
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2015
Coverage
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Reepham
Description
An account of the resource
Aerial & wide angle images of Reepham town centre, focusing on the Dial House development in 2015. 12 images prepared for use in The Dial brochure.
Two examples given here from January & April 2015.
The remainder can be viewed in Reepham Archive.
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Courtesy Chris Taylor
2015
aerial
Dial House
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Diary of a Country Clerk – Excerpt
In the January 1985 newsletter I included an article about Reepham in 1875 (taken
from Kelly’s Directory) and the second part of our three local churches, St. Mary’s
Church, Reepham. Shortly after the completion of the newsletter, I found in the
library a small book entitled “Diary of a Country Clerk” by C.L.S. Linnell. It only
amounts to eight or so pages and is obviously a small article (of interest to Reepham)
taken from a larger volume. I assume this as the first page is numbered 413 and the
last page 419.
The article commences with a reference to Parson Woodforde and talks of the
complications in Reepham as there were two parishes in one small country town, the
article then continues with items of interest taken from the Diary, Account and
Commonplace Book of Mr. Watson, Clerk of the Parish of Reepham‐cum‐Kerdiston
during the 1860s. The article gave some interesting detail which would have been
ideal to produce in January linking it in with the other two mentioned items.
However, Mr. Linnell’s writing does offer some interesting detail and I include some
notes about it; if it whets your appetite then you will have to get the book from the
library to digest it more fully.
The particular point that I wish to comment on concerns the two churches; we are
informed that they were complete with their own incumbents, curates, clerks and
sextons and were interchangeable in all things except congregations. Apparently, the
congregation were tenacious of their rights and loyalties to their own particular
parish church. Music for the services was provided by choirs and village bands who
would perform in the galleries of both churches (are there two galleries today!) and
when a harmonium was first introduced into Reepham Church this was regarded by
Mr. Watson as a “rather dangerous proceeding”. He obviously disapproved of change
and recorded the lack of enthusiasm when he was charged with distributing the first
edition of “Hymns Ancient and Modern”.
The Communion was celebrated about once a month, the number attending was
never very impressive, even on Easter Day when never more than thirty are recorded
during the ten years (1859‐69) covered by the book. The attendance for other
services was (by today’s standard) phenomenal, between three and four hundred
worshippers would attend, especially in the afternoon and evening. On every Good
Friday there was a morning service with a congregation of over four hundred; this
impressive figure is slightly misleading when we are told that farm labourers got a
holiday on Good Friday, with pay provided they went to Church. It must be
remembered that the figures given are for Reepham‐cum‐Kerdiston and doubtless
they were much the same for Whitwell‐cum‐Hackford.
Michael Black
From an article published in the Reepham Society Newsletter, May 1985
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Diary of a Country Clerk – Excerpt
Description
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An excerpt from a book relating to the clerk of the parish of Reepham-cum-Kerdiston during the 1860s
Date
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1859-69
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GB/REE/2108182020
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A4 PDF
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Reepham Society Newsletter, May 1985
Publisher
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Reepham Society
Parish Council
Reepham-cum-Kerdiston