14 20 1030 https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/13119e9bfe0b1efc0d024ee50b930aef.pdf 53fb83f49bf2b0afaa4cb104f8225fe4 PDF Text Text Frost's Shop on Station Road GB/REE/1610140523 � Photograph-printed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Frost's Shop on Station Road Description An account of the resource L. S. Frost General Stores on Station Road built in 1935. Mrs Lilian Frost in the doorway. Her mother-in-law Ada Frost ran the original shop on Towns End Corner. The second image shows some of the fittings from the original shop which were re-used. Ada Frost died in 1957. Photograph taken after decimalisation in 1971. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980s Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/1610140523 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two colour photographs 200mm x 154mm Two Kodachrome transparencies Streets & Buildings/Station Road [File 17, Archive Box 117] Families & Businesses/Frost [File 106] Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Reepham Society RS Database 283 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1980s Station Road, Reepham Relation A related resource GB/REE/1909111116 Village shop and memories of the Frost family [File 6, Archive Box 106] Streets & Buildings/Station Road [File 117] 1935-1985 Frost shop Station Road https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/33de51d5d09af1a908eb46b8b1f6bec3.pdf f77669ea4665a5a8c52b9c764b4c8ef2 PDF Text Text Frost’s and Collison’s – business or tradition?  The white‐aproned boy will never again wheel out his grocery‐laden trade bike from  Frost’s shop in Station Road as the Eastern Daily Press told us and we will never again  see the craftsman and his boy lead the horse and cart laden with building materials  and trot out of the yard of Collison Bros. Builders at The Moor, Reepham. Both these  businesses came to the end of their long active lives during 1985. It is not worth me  commenting further on the closure of Mrs. Lily Frosts’ shop as the reporter from the  EDP covered it well and the Collison Bros. business was concluded with an auction of  the remaining building materials on Saturday, 22nd September. Like Mrs. Frost’s  shop which was put up for sale, the business of Collison’s had been up for sale for  some time. The present owners, Mr. and Mrs. J. Williams, had hoped that someone  would buy the yard, the materials and the goodwill and take it over as a going  concern. It is perhaps a sign of the times that there was plenty of interest but  nothing positive at the end of the day. It seems that these days you don’t have to  have a yard full of materials to be a builder.  Like Frost’s shop, Collison’s yard tucked away off Reepham Moor contained many  tools, articles, fittings and materials which are now more at home in museums and  antique shops. In the weeks before the sale much time was devoted to the cleaning  and sorting of the various buildings and many items were discovered that had lain  hidden under benches for many years. A box of nails may not be exciting, but to be  told and to realise that they were put there “before the last war” does give a feel of  the history of the place. It is sad to think that today those nails would cost new 10– 20p each and you have just found about 30 lb of them and then to listen at the  auction and hear someone buy them cheaply at a maiden bid for little more than  scrap value.  Nobody these days wants cast iron pipes and gutters – it’s all easy‐fit, light‐to‐carry  plastic and who would really want to buy pit saws, wooden brick hods, a spade for  getting handmade bricks out of the kiln, well chains, a sign telling you that Fairways  Garage will be opening shortly and all the other items that have been accumulated  for a long time, perhaps up to 100 years?  In a way the auction turned out to be quite a local affair with much of the stock  knocked down to other builders in Reepham by the town’s auctioneer’, Mr. K. Ewing.  Former employees turned up for a mardle and although bargains were anticipated  and achieved, brisk bidding on some articles probably averaged things out with the  buyers and seller both fairly pleased at the end of the day. The buildings which have  served well for so long are to be taken down, the site cleared, and houses are to be  built on it. It is perhaps ironic yet pleasing in some way that the site that has served  for so long in the Reepham building trade is now to give further work to local  builders in its demise.  �Collison Bros. has always had a name for a craftsman’s finish, no job was too small  (or too large) and whether it was building houses in Norwich or replacing an odd  pane of glass in Guestwick, Collison could always be contacted and relied upon to  carry out the work. The size of the business had been wound down over the past few  years and although the history of the business commands a separate article, many  people will remember a family business which in its last years grew in its reliability  with the unique services of John and Tom Williams, “Busty” Rudd and Cyril Barber.  Reepham will always have builders and Collison’s will always be remembered with  the best of them.  From an article published in the Reepham Society Newsletter, Christmas 1985  � Text-digital Any text item for which there is no previously existing hard copy in the Archive. The text can be stored on CD, DVD, memory card, USB stick, on hard drive or 'cloud'. It may have been sent electronically to the Archive or it may be a text owned by someone else which we have scanned or photographed. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Frost’s and Collison’s – business or tradition? Description An account of the resource Article describing the winding up of the Collison Bros building business in Reepham. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 1985 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2108252045 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource A4 PDF Families and Businesses [File 6, Archive Box 106] Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Reepham Society Newsletter, Christmas 1985 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Reepham Society builder Collison https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/b15782e2e3a2e85a6fb90e55e57d4425.pdf 84c34dd8e687edbaeacb820f32f70225 PDF Text Text Further reminiscences of The Ollands  After Mr Kett’s interesting article in the Winter [1987] Newsletter, some further  reminiscences of The Ollands may be of interest.  I would however query some of the dates given. I can well remember Mr Oppenheim  coming to live at The Ollands, the article stated that this was in 1920, I was only three  years old at that time and my earliest recollections, at a slightly older age are of the  house standing empty. It must have been 1923 or 1924 when Mr Oppenheim moved  in, but I am open to correction if anyone knows better or has a longer memory.  Mr Oppenheim brought with him a butler and a chauffeur. Mr London, the butler,  lived in the cottage now known as Echo Lodge in Ollands Road. It was not really a  lodge but the coachman’s cottage, it being adjacent to the coach house and stables.  Mr Mair, the chauffeur, lived in one of a pair of cottages in Norwich Road, opposite  St Mary’s School (where the entrance is to Ollands Park). The other cottage was  occupied by a gardener, Mr Jimmy Smith, and his wife (formerly Polly Hill), both well‐ known Reepham characters. Jimmy liked half a pint, but Polly tried to get him to  change his drinking ways. At mid‐morning she could be heard over half of Reepham  calling ‘Cocoa, Willy’. Why she said Willy when his name was Jimmy we never knew.  Mr Oppenheim hired some local shooting and also employed a gamekeeper.  The field, now covered by the housing estate called Moor House Close, was nothing  to do with the Moor House but was part of the Ollands grounds. It had been let to a  farmer as arable land, but Mr Oppenheim stopped letting it and laid it down to grass.  Two or three of the boys living in the New Road area went as a deputation to call on  Mr Oppenheim to ask for permission to play on the field. This was kindly granted on  condition that they did not go into the plantation. Thus, we had a splendid place on  which to play football or cricket after school. The Band of Hope football team played  their home matches there as well. On the fifth of November each year, on this field,  Mr Oppenheim provided a great firework display, supervised by the butler and other  members of the staff. There were enormous rockets and other fireworks such as we  had never seen before and us youngsters were given sparklers and such like to hold  in our hands. The fireworks stopped after Mr Oppenheim moved permanently to  France, but we could still use the field, till the property was sold. This privilege was  appreciated, and no‐one ever abused the conditions that we were not to go into the  plantation.  This came to an end when Mr Harmer who, I believe, was connected with the  Norwich clothing manufacturing firm of F W Harmer Ltd bought the Ollands. He  immediately banned everyone from the field. He required the field for exercising his  two riding horses. His groom, Mr W Sturman, lived in the cottage formerly occupied  by Oppenheim’s chauffeur.  �After Mr Oppenheim had gone The Ollands was occupied for a time by Mr and Mrs  Rider‐Smith. Mrs Rider‐Smith was Mr Oppenheim’s daughter. The similarity of name  may account for the story Mr Kett mentions of Sir Henry Rider Haggard living at The  Ollands, which I had never heard before. It is certainly not true that Rider Haggard  lived here, and I doubt if the house ever had any connection with him.  Wesley Piercy  From an article published in the Reepham Society Newsletter, Summer 1988  � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ollands Estate Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/Streets & Buildings/Ollands Description An account of the resource Items related to the general history of the Ollands Estate, built by William Bircham in the 1830s & the eventual demolition followed by the 'Ollands Park' development in the 1970s. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource [File 17, Archive Box 117] Text-digital Any text item for which there is no previously existing hard copy in the Archive. The text can be stored on CD, DVD, memory card, USB stick, on hard drive or 'cloud'. It may have been sent electronically to the Archive or it may be a text owned by someone else which we have scanned or photographed. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Further reminiscences of The Ollands Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2302181050 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource A4 PDF Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Description An account of the resource From an article published in the Reepham Society Newsletter, Summer 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wesley Piercy Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Reepham Society Harmer Oppenheim Piercy Rider-Smith The Ollands https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/7d5afa7bc8bfaf8a938aae1e5406c266.pdf 2a3ee6c52ed06af7f0eb98b9fac9ec26 PDF Text Text •*• ** 1} 4 i � Photograph-printed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource G Fisher's Shop, before 1903 Description An account of the resource 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 Saddlers, next door, was altered. Cropped from a wider view. In 2019 this is now the Farm Shop and Deli, previously Mott's Pharmacy. The original postcard with broken glass attached was left in the Bircham Centre for the Archive by an unknown source in Oct 2019 together with a quantity of papers concerning the Hall family who owned the saddlers shop next to Fishers in the early 1900s. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1890s (est) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/1607301414 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Sepia photograph 145 x 100 mm The mounted photograph is firmly attached to the broken glass. The two hold each other together. Families & Businesses/H/Hall [Archive Box 106] Families & Businesses/F/Fisher [File 6] Streets & Buildings/Market Place [File 17] Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Reepham Society RS Database 278 Loaned by unknown source to RS to copy prior to 2016 RS Library Presentation Book No.12 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1890s Reepham Relation A related resource GB/REE/1912141118 Enhanced copy of this photograph with the evidence of the broken glass removed. Mounted on card, copy in Reepham Archive Photo Box - Pink Number 12. before 1903 draper Fisher Fishers Alley grocer RL Calendar 2015 The Chimes https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/316a6b79d06e5a3699326d0fa2f6e36f.jpg 5318e441e661dc6dc3878d3dbeebe20e Photograph-printed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource G. Fisher's shop, before 1903 Description An account of the resource G Fisher, Grocer, Draper and Outfitter, Market Place, Reepham, dated before 1903, with neighbouring saddler's shop. This is an enhanced copy of GB/REE/1607301414 without the broken glass. It is also a wider view showing the roofline of the saddlers shop before it was re-modelled. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource before 1903 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant before 1903 Reepham Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/1912141118 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Green toned photograph 200 x 140 mm Mounted Streets & Buildings/Market Place [File 17, Archive Box 117] Families & Businesses [File 6] Relation A related resource GB/REE/1607301414 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RS Library Presentation Book No.11 1900s draper Fisher Fishers Alley grocer RL Calendar 2016 https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/ce836b3044c01f411fc91b1153a4bd45.jpg d143b84d8db6987423691d846e8db0af Artefact-digital A digital image specifically made to record the appearance of an artefact. This is, in fact, a 'Photograph-digital' but should be categorised separately because the image was made as a substitute for the artefact itself. This will normally only be used for an artefact that is not physically in the Archive. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Garden Fete 1912 Description An account of the resource Photocopy of a newspaper cutting reporting on a successful Garden Fete held in the grounds of Dr. Perry's home. Boys from Watt's Naval Home performed during the afternoon, a fine tea was provided by local ladies and the evening entertainment was supplied by Reepham Black Diamonds with dancing afterwards. The funds raised went towards the Reepham and Hackford Nursing Fund. Photocopy of the front page of the Programme for a Garden Fete on Thursday 20th June 1912 in the grounds of E.V.Perry, Esq. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1912 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1912 Reepham Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2004151335 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource A3 photocopy Events [File 5, Archive Box 105] Families & Businesses/Perry [File 106] 1912 Dr. Perry Eynsford House fete Watt's Naval Boys https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/927ec461e651d2de0253ea11e014b1c0.jpg be21111a3edd6174d4af90ce69bdfa2a https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/f15d78421f24ff66e95f6ead72870bd0.jpg 0940b3d98a4d753c8c8ab2af863fff36 https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/af084544c184e4a9a78184d83dce6c14.jpg c78d2eba06057413474db36a633bcc97 Artefact-physical Physical objects other than texts, photographs, maps etc. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Garden Fete 1914 Description An account of the resource Programme for Reepham Garden Fete held on Thursday, July 16, 1914, by kind permission, in the grounds of E.V. Perry, Esquire. Watt's Naval Band played in the afternoon and performed a selection of music, Musical and Field Gun Drills, a Tug of War, Manual and Firing Exercises, Dance, Boxing and Gymnastic Displays in the evening. Later in the evening there was a Dance Programme by the Reepham String Band. The afternoon was organised in aid of the Wesleyan Church trust funds and raised £103 0s 0d. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 16 July 1914 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1914 Reepham Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2004151236 a and b Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 8pp leaflet 130 x 170 mm pink paper, fragile Newspaper cutting Events/1914 [File 5, Archive Box 105] Families & Businesses/Perry [File 6} 1914 Dr. Perry Eynsford House fete Reepham String Band Watt's Naval Boys https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/581b9542dba22b5cd4b57213cfb14aec.jpg c9568b683578cfc9d3acfb93489bada7 https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/a85d414fd4a0501d8b7db7d4846a8896.jpg 4a478af9da9b76d6d966444c81ffa6a1 Photograph-printed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Garden Fete at Dr. Perry's 1926 Description An account of the resource Photograph of Miss Ann Gibbs presenting a bouquet of flowers to Mrs Tom Cook of Sennowe Park who opened the Fete.<br /><br /><em>Later Ann became Mrs Ann Dickinson.</em> This was the 27th Fete held in Dr. Perry's gardens and the attractions included the Black Diamond Minstrel Group, Reepham Band, many stall holders and competitions and refreshments. 300 people attended the afternoon entertainments and 800 the evening performance, after which people danced on the lawn until midnight, the music being rendered by the Cawston Silver Band. Newspaper cutting with a full report of the event and with the names of the many people assisting on the day. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1926 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1926 Reepham Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/1903111102 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource B&W photograph 160 x 200 mm Mounted on damaged worn card with original cutting from newspaper marked 1926. Events [File 5, Archive Box 105] Families & Businesses/G/Gibbs [File 6] Families & Businesses/D/Dickinson [File 6] Original mounted photograph in Large Photo Box 124/Item 9 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Reepham Society RS Database 186 Relation A related resource GB/REE/1601121845 GB/REE/1601121936 GB/REE/1608141535 GB/REE/1811191121 GB/REE/1907142050 1926 Black Diamonds Cawston Band Cook Dickinson Eglington fete Gibbs Perry Reepham Band https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/339f8fbe948aa1f16e5b54877ebf0cc9.jpg 67921a2baee1717b0fc4efa4dfad8860 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aerial Views Description An account of the resource Original aerial photographs & digital copies. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource To the present Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/Aerial Views Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Reepham Archive Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource B&W & colour photographs Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant To the present Reepham & surrounding area Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General View of Reepham Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2301221630 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Colour photograph 250 x 160mm Aerial Views [File 1, Archive Box 101] Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1994 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1994 Description An account of the resource View of Reepham town centre taken in the summer of 1994. aerial https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/793bfdc27e24275c9a9a3637f5fd2497.jpg 8f5a061eb2c9f7a3649c682ad84e560b Photograph-digital Any photograph for which there is no previously existing hard copy in the Archive. The photograph can be stored on CD, DVD, memory card, USB stick, on hard drive or 'cloud'. It may have been sent electronically to the Archive or it may be a photograph owned by someone else which we have scanned or photographed. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geoff Deal in Meloncaulie Rose, 2015 Description An account of the resource Geoff Deal in his vegetable and fruit shop, Meloncaulie Rose. The shop was an institution in the Market Place for thirty years from the early 1990s to 2019 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Reepham 2015 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2002161039 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Digital Families & Businesses/Deal/Melon [File 106, Large Photo Box 124 Item 13 page 8] Relation A related resource GB/REE/2002221102 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wilson, The Dial House 2015 Deal Meloncaulie Rose https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/93143607036cc88cb462848a8b5b3134.jpg ba3dfa6da0ee75d3790a959d89bf6ce2 Photograph-printed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource George & Dragon Conversion Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2004071017 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Colour photograph 150 x 100 mm Streets & Buildings/Public Houses [File 17, Archive Box 117] Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource December 1997 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1997 Description An account of the resource Conversion of the old George and Dragon Public House to two dwellings, carried on at the same time as the re-development of Malthouse Yard. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Betts 2019 1997 George & Dragon https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/60cfa489ae60fbd5c8d73e983d8767d1.jpg e93c47a55cfed033301a547bc9b417fb Text-digital Any text item for which there is no previously existing hard copy in the Archive. The text can be stored on CD, DVD, memory card, USB stick, on hard drive or 'cloud'. It may have been sent electronically to the Archive or it may be a text owned by someone else which we have scanned or photographed. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource George Herbert Anderson 1895-1979 Description An account of the resource Newspaper cutting from The Eastern Daily Press dated 15 August 1979 recording the Thanksgiving service for late Mr. G.H. Anderson held at St. Mary's Reepham. Mr. Anderson lived at Candle Court, Church Street, Reepham. The service was conducted by The Rev. Gordon C James and the blessing given by The Bishop of Thetford. Mr Anderson was brought up in Reepham, trained as an architect and served as a sapper in WWI. In 1923 he married Edith Venables and they had one daughter.. Ex Libris: George Herbert Anderson, 65 x 87 mm Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1979 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1895-1979 Norfolk Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/1901021059 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photocopy of a newspaper cutting Families and Businesses/A [File 6, Archive Box 106] Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource EDP Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Eastern Daily Press Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Bircham Centre Archive Anderson Church Street Home Guard James WWI WWII https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/09bff45e3598d16c9f8dfa4853ee8eb1.jpg e862bfb3532b0886e374000f4d7d3873 Photograph-digital Any photograph for which there is no previously existing hard copy in the Archive. The photograph can be stored on CD, DVD, memory card, USB stick, on hard drive or 'cloud'. It may have been sent electronically to the Archive or it may be a photograph owned by someone else which we have scanned or photographed. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource George Mason Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2602151500 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Digital Families & Businesses [File 6] Description An account of the resource Studio photograph of George Mason (1890-1959), probably taken when he enlisted during WWI. In the 1920s George worked as a horseman at Eades Mill Farm for R. B. Howes. George married Lucy Piercy in 1923. In 1939 they were living in the Birchams Yard cottages on Norwich Road. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wesley Piercy Mason Piercy https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/9cf677354ce51414d9f64cecd9784ca1.jpg 0d128ff8dd8e693f8ed92c7cc7ed1ac7 Photograph-printed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource George Self Plumber & Decorator Description An account of the resource Dwelling house with sign board proclaiming G. Self Plumber & Decorator Paperhanger Glazier Pumps fixed & repaired Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/1610281634 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource B&W photograph 245 x 195mm Streets & Buildings/Station Road [File 17, Archive Box 117] Families & Businesses/Self [File 6] Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Reepham Society RS Database 279 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Station Road, Reepham 1930s decorator glazier plumber RL Calendar 2022 Self https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/f0e845aa15de2949d24e7a8fe5689fa7.pdf 20096cdad02672825e021970bccbf6e4 PDF Text Text George William Reeve  The death of George Reeve in May 1984, in his 94th year, brings to an end a very  active and eventful life; an apt example of ‘village lad makes good’. He was born at  Bawdeswell, where his parents kept a public house, in December 1890, but about  three years later the family moved to a house now called Tuctway in Booton, just  beyond the beck on the Norwich Road.  He started his education at Booton school, but, for some reason, couldn’t settle  down and it seems that the remainder of his schooling took place at Lyng, living with  his grandmother. An early job, probably during school holidays, was ‘odd job boy’ at  Moor House; one task was attending to the pumping of water to a tank at the top of  the house, by a mule driving a pump in the garden.  Little is known about the next few years but in his later ‘teens’ he worked in London  for a corn merchant and even managed to purchase a car, quite an achievement  around 1908, although on his own admission he ‘had to run it mainly on paraffin’ to  keep expenses down. While in London he became friendly with some American  students who apparently spoke highly of prospects in the States, so George decided  to go with them when they returned to their homeland, selling his car to pay for his  passage, but being completely ‘broke’ on arrival.  Making use of his motoring experience, he got a job with a well‐to‐do American  family acting as their chauffeur and taking their children to school, but around 1914  he obtained a job with a government construction firm in Washington (New Jersey)  largely engaged on war supplies. There he achieved remarkable success, becoming  Chief Inspector by the end of the war.  One of his treasured possessions was a silver cup presented to him in 1918, at a  dinner given in his honour, inscribed “... as a token of esteem by his Inspectors and  Checkers”.  At some time after 1918 he left the construction company and traded on his own in  the removal business, employing several drivers. He also had some connection,  manufacturing and selling, oil burners with a trade name of ‘Islander’.  We must now jump to 1936 from which time much moving around took place. He  first returned to this country in July 1936 but, as he had meantime acquired  American citizenship, was only allowed an ‘Alien Permit’ to land for six months with  no authority to enter any employment. Returning to America he again came to  England in 1939 with permission to stay for 12 months.  For a time, he stayed with his sister, a Mrs. Muddle at Lyng, and some time at his  parents’ house at Booton. In 1940 he stayed at a hotel in Thetford which seems to  have something to do with the restrictions on his activities as he was still classified as  �an ‘alien’. He had by then managed to acquire another car and, according to an entry  on his passport, was officially ‘allowed to use his car in connection with his business’  whatever that was at that time. In February 1941 he was exempted from the ‘Alien  Restriction Order’ on such occasions when called upon for Ambulance Duties, and  unconditionally exempted in October 1941.  Soon after the end of the war he started building his house at Moor Corner doing  much of the building work himself – even making the tiles one at a time. He moved  during 1946 and established a tyre business, in the separate building adjoining the  roadway, which he carried on until around 1965.  On the domestic side of his life, it appears that he, at some time, married a British  girl who joined him in America but could not settle down to the life there. She  returned to this country and they were subsequently divorced. There was one son  from that marriage. He later married an American girl, his son from that marriage is  still in America.  For the last 10 years of his life George received devoted care from his housekeeper  Mrs. Brett who, incidentally, has given much assistance with the compiling of these  notes.  One little ‘monument’ to George Reeve is the ironwork seat standing near Moor  Corner, which was placed there and cemented in when he heard that the authorities  were planning to widen the road by taking in the wide grass verge which he claimed  belonged to him. Whoever was in the right, the seat is still there, and the road not  widened!  That lad from Booton certainly had an active life.  George Kett  From an article published in the Reepham Society Newsletter, January 1985  �  Above: The Reeve family circa 1900 at Booton. George is next to his mother; the  other boy is Walter who lived at Hackford Vale and for many years ran a carrier  business. He was also a J.P. and served on the local bench. In the centre is Violet  (now Mrs. Muddle), aged 96 and living in Kent, she drove up to see George early in  1984.  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Title A name given to the resource George William Reeve Description An account of the resource An article recording the life of George Reeve, 1890-1984 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1890-1984 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2108101750 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource A4 PDF Families and Businesses [File 6, Archive Box 106] Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Reepham Society Newsletter January 1985 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Reepham Society Type The nature or genre of the resource Text-digital Reeve https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/7e21793b76e4ca63f43e1bbd56db51a4.pdf a79d1be1ad703e93c733d9b878d768f0 PDF Text Text George William Reeve George Reeve died in May 1984, aged 94, after a very active and eventful life; his return to this area in the late 1940s quickly earned him the apt description of “village lad made good”. He was born in Bawdeswell, where his parents kept a public house, in December 1890 but after about three years the family moved to a house in Booton Street. He started his education at Booton School, but for some reason he couldn’t settle down and it seems that the remainder of his schooling took place at Lyng where he went to live with his grandmother. An early job, possibly during the school holidays or shortly after he left school, was as “odd job boy” at the Moor House. One task was attending to the pumping of water to a tank situated at the top of the house by a mule driving a pump in the garden. The clearance of undergrowth at the Moor House in the last year or so has uncovered this old pump situated in the corner near The Moor turning, off the Norwich Road; the remains of the machinery are clearly visible to passers by. Little is known about the next few years but in his later teens he worked in London for a corn merchant and even managed to purchase a car, quite an achievement around 1908, although on his own admission he “had to run it mainly on paraffin to keep expenses down!”. While in London he became friendly with some American students who apparently spoke highly of prospects in the United States so George decided to go with them when they returned to their homeland, selling his car to pay for his passage, but being completely broke on arrival. Throughout his life George would always find a use for his undoubted talents and making use of his motoring experience he obtained employment as a chauffeur with a well-to-do American family. Around 1914 he obtained a job with a government construction firm in Washington (New Jersey) which with the outbreak of war in Europe became engaged almost totally in producing war supplies. He was there for just a few years and during this relatively short period he enjoyed remarkable employment success, rising to the position of chief inspector by 1918. One of his most treasured possessions was a silver cup presented to him in 1918 at a dinner given in his honour by his own staff; it was inscribed “as a token of esteem by his inspectors and checkers”. This dinner and presentation was recorded in the local paper at the time: Washington Park (NJ) Government Man Honoured 18 May 1918 A party of 35 men inspectors and checkers from Woodbury and vicinity gave a theatre party Thursday night in Philadelphia to their chief George W. Reeve. �After the theatre, the gentlemen were escorted to Krugler’s magnificent banquet hall where a well-loaded table provided for all the wants of the inner man. Many pleasant after-dinner speeches were made, Mr W J Charlton acting as toastmaster. Bobbie Nash of Billy Watson Co., now playing at the Casino Theatre, was an honoured guest and pleased the boys with many anecdotes and stories. Mr Charles Hill presided at the piano and with his delicate touch brought forth melodies that inspired the boys to do the two-step. During the evening Capt. C P Budd on behalf of his fellow employees presented an inscribed cup to Mr Reeve who responded with a few well-chosen words, heartily thanking everyone for their loyalty and support. After the war there was a decline in the type of work that he had been involved with during the past few years and he decided he wanted to make his way so he traded on his own in the business of removals; he built this up and for a number of years was successful and employed several drivers to carry out the work. The large influx of immigrants to the USA in the early post-war years meant there was a considerable transient population at this time and George’s decision to be his own boss was more then justified. Information about the next few years is hazy. These were the years of the Wall Street Crash and the Depression which hit America so hard and then spread over most of the major manufacturing countries of the world. During the mid/late 1920s George had some connection with the manufacture and selling of oil burner stoves with the trade name of “Islander”. �It is not known whether George dealt with the “Islander” as a sideline to his removal business, whether the manufacture and selling was carried out under licence or whether George actually invented the stove. After a gap of nearly 30 years George returned to England in July 1936 but, as he had acquired American citizenship in the previous years, he was only allowed an Alien Permit to land for six months and with no authority to find or enter into any employment. After a few months he returned to America but came back in 1939 with permission to stay for 12 months. For a time he stayed with his sister, Mrs Muddle, at Lyng and for some time at his parents’ house at Booton. In 1940 he stayed at a hotel in Thetford which seems to have had something to do with the restrictions on his activities as he was still classified as an alien. He had by then managed to acquire another car and, according to an entry in his passport, was officially “allowed to use his car in connection with his business”, whatever that was at the time. In February 1941 he was exempted from the “Alien Restriction Order” on such occasions as when called upon for ambulance duties, and unconditionally exempted in October 1941. Soon after the end of the war he started building a house on the Norwich Road/Moor Corner in Reepham. This was a house with a character entirely of its own and built in the American style with a big basement and an off-the-ground veranda which went all round the building. George made the hollow concrete blocks for the walls and he also made individually the concrete and sand-red tiles. The house was centrally heated with an automatic burner using diesel oil which was thermostatically controlled with the main unit situated in the basement. In 1946 such a unit in a house in this country was indeed unusual, but his years’ manufacturing the “Islander” obviously played a great part in the innovation. The unit provided heating for the whole house as well as producing the domestic hot water. George moved into this house, always known as “New House”, Norwich Road, thereafter, in 1946 and within a few years had developed the garden; pedestrians along the Booton end of the Norwich Road were well rewarded as they glanced through the open gateway with a vista of well laid-out flower beds and quasi-natural shrubberies. He established a tyre business in a separate building which was situated just inside the gateway and he carried on with this until the mid-1960s although one of the large metal signs remained visible to passers-by until the house was sold. On the domestic side of his life it appears that George at some time married a British girl who joined him in America but could not settle to the life there. She returned to this country and they were subsequently divorced; there was one son from the marriage. George later married an American girl and his son from that marriage is �still in America. It seems that this marriage was over before he came back to this country in 1936. During the last 10 years of his life George’s health declined and he received devoted care from his housekeeper, Mrs Betts, who gave much assistance in the original compiling of the notes that led to this article. For many years there was an ironwork seat which stood on the Moor Corner looking up the Norwich Road towards Booton Street. George placed it there and cemented it in when he heard that the authorities were planning to widen the road by taking in the wide green verge, which he claimed belonged to him. At that time, the road was not widened and the seat remained. A number of years later (and after George had died) it was widened and the seat was moved to the opposite side of the road. Sadly little remains today of the items that George so profoundly stamped on this corner of Reepham. The house has been replaced and his garden and shrubberies were swiftly and sadly removed by mechanical digger. The outbuildings, the metal advertising signs and the ironwork seat are now gone. It is ironic that the only thing that George would recognise today is the remains of the mule-driven pump in the corner of the Moor House grounds – the one item that was there before all the others! From an article published in the Reepham Society Magazine, 1993 �The Reeve family circa 1900 at Booton. George is next to his mother, and the other boy is Walter who lived at Hackford Vale and for many years ran a carrier business’ he was also a JP and served on the local bench. In the centre is Violet (now Mrs Muddle); in 1984 at the age of 96 she drove up from her home in Kent to visit George. The “New House” shortly before it was sold in the late 1980s. � Text-digital Any text item for which there is no previously existing hard copy in the Archive. The text can be stored on CD, DVD, memory card, USB stick, on hard drive or 'cloud'. 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Title A name given to the resource George William Reeve Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2402071030 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource A4 PDF, 5 pages Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1993 Description An account of the resource An account of the life and businesses of George William Reeve, 1890-1984 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived From an article published in the Reepham Society Magazine, 1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Reepham Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scanned and edited by Geoff Fisher Reeve https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/1e508f11223d188376642b21a412ab90.jpg 22df559a7dc1dc6e0961873e57bf14e1 Photograph-printed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource GER Station, Reepham Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2403161500 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource B&W postcard Railways [File 13, Archive Box 113 ] Description An account of the resource At 6.38 p.m. every weekday the 6.05 from Wroxham and the 6.05 from Dereham met briefly at Reepham Station. Used in RS Magazine 1991. Reepham Station RL Calendar 2015 https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/86b7c082f60d5805bdfba8c9c42dd723.jpg 2e2cdb6d838b41775df82bfbb7d2282e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Reepham Band Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/Groups/Reepham Band Photograph-printed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Giant Marquee : Sennowe Park EABBA Contest : early 1930s Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/1608211605 Description An account of the resource Crowded giant marquee at Sennowe Park (the home of Sir Thomas Cook, at one time president of the EABBA) in the early 1930s. Probably one of the early East Anglian Brass Band Association's Contests. 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Title A name given to the resource Gibbs Cartridges Description An account of the resource <p>Two images of Edward Gibbs and Son's cartridges.</p> <p><em>In the 1993 Reepham Society Magazine (page 4) it is recorded "in the yard was a gunpowder magazine for cartridges were made here.&nbsp; A hundred cases were set up in a frame, filled with powder, shot and wadding and the ends rolled in with a treadle machine..."</em></p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1930s Reepham Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2111081123 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Digital Families & Businesses/Gibbs Family Business [File 6, Archive Box 106] 1930s Gibbs https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/a8cd939b3cfec71cbc9942d934e26302.jpg 40fe7ea6a08bcb269d76313b72b73462 https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/c5db85dc4f78af8aea97c45551ae8b7e.jpg 17a8cb22f3dc053064554f865f57ddc3 Photograph-digital Any photograph for which there is no previously existing hard copy in the Archive. The photograph can be stored on CD, DVD, memory card, USB stick, on hard drive or 'cloud'. It may have been sent electronically to the Archive or it may be a photograph owned by someone else which we have scanned or photographed. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gibbs Family Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2604201700 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Digital Families & Businesses [File 6] Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1900s Description An account of the resource 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, previously called Verandah House. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wesley Piercy Gibbs