3 20 1026 https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/79831d96d52d0174e5d63eca00613a42.jpg b0fe9012a9ba4acfc1771f50bc6c4cf5 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource Maps Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/Maps Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Mixed media throughout the Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1600s to present day Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1600s to present day Reepham and surrounding villages Map-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/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maps Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/Maps Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Mixed media throughout the Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1600s to present day Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1600s to present day Reepham and surrounding villages Map-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 Whitwell, Ordnance Survey map, 1906 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2303221015 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Large map scanned and stitched Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1906 Description An account of the resource Ordnance Survey 1906, second edition, scale 1:2500, Norfolk Sheet XXXVIII 10, surveyed in 1891-94, revised in 1905 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource GF and CB 2023 Eades Mill Whitwell https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/cc8e0d7f531953cafd8af41e798d0769.jpg 3abb8bdb7a0ed0eaea3e47782a01fbae 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource Maps Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/Maps Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Mixed media throughout the Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1600s to present day Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1600s to present day Reepham and surrounding villages Map-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 Wood Dalling Ordnance Survey map, 1978 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2304051110 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Large map, scanned Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1978 Description An account of the resource Wood Dalling centre (Norton Corner), Ordnance Survey, 1978, scale 1:2500, ref. TG 0828-0928 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource GF and CB 2023 Norton Corner Wood Dalling https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/a5e2c38ea19f13a3e2eaad32be02abb2.jpg 11b210689c4318c4979f6d8e86b8c827 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 Maps Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/Maps Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Mixed media throughout the Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1600s to present day Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1600s to present day Reepham and surrounding villages Map-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 Thurning Ordnance Survey map, 1906, showing Thurning Hall and church Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2304051115 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Large map, scanned and stitched Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1906 Description An account of the resource Thurning, Ordnance Survey, 1906, second edition, surveyed in 1885, revised in 1905, scale 1:2500, ref. Norfolk Sheet XXVII 5, showing Thurning Hall and church. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource GF and CB 2023 Thurning Thurning Church Thurning Hall https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/3c01a47ebfa01be06e42b78a81ea9f65.jpg 7625bfb63d5f215d0696e87cf281fc4e 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 Maps Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/Maps Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Mixed media throughout the Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1600s to present day Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1600s to present day Reepham and surrounding villages Map-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 Thurning Ordnance Survey map, 1906, showing Thurning Hall and Tyby Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2304051130 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Large map, scanned and stitched Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1906 Description An account of the resource Thurning, Ordnance Survey, 1906, second edition, surveyed in 1884-85, revised in 1905, scale 1:2500, ref. Norfolk Sheet XXVII 9, showing Thurning Hall and Tyby. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource GF and CB 2023 Thurning Thurning Hall Tyby https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/4687706426e82911cc719c5125c2a7ef.jpg 8e1398d0af6be08b6adb004284c4bf7c 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 Maps Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/Maps Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Mixed media throughout the Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1600s to present day Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1600s to present day Reepham and surrounding villages Map-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 Wood Dalling tithe map copy, 1841 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2304051140 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Tracing, sitiched Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1841 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource GF and CB 2023 Wood Dalling https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/70cecff3b99b0dae450e9db80049250e.pdf 23d878a2e1b1b1acfe6fddddc7fa2757 PDF Text Text ������� https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/bc2e813ad5ed4811d76ac8dfc4dc8d44.pdf ca27f704af1e06abd4f6b788cfd6e52e PDF Text Text �� https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/6d631ba49977b9fb15311ace4a44a32c.pdf 428d5e464068beca5e4ce07332535762 PDF Text Text �� https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/b8c09df99f5d479e359b74bc80094638.pdf c87972ffb0b9f95d3c4b31a738f2f177 PDF Text Text � https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/1f7c30b5a4d26cc2b5a031ee7012e7d9.pdf bfb7aeb69bcf216d8b896059d3bbb06a PDF Text Text � https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/8bc8059be4d0a25bd8211aec0df8b572.pdf b5d18f614ae5bf1912b93e44ed9be478 PDF Text Text Leslie Arnold Beaver Casualty of WWl Photocopy of page 8 from an edition of Norwich High School Magazine/undated/presumed written by a master � Text - 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 Beaver family Description An account of the resource Memories from Heather Normand (née Beaver) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 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 1853 - 1984 Reepham Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/1610011244 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource H. Normand Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource A4 white paper Families and Businesses/B [File 6, Archive Box 106] Reminiscences [Archive Box 110] 1850s Beaver Eglington Eke Gooch https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/35d448f8ca853013cca2322e505a075b.pdf 87d38215957d9bf3321f7fabd43bab2c PDF Text Text Christmas Memories To be woken at midnight to the sound of carols sung by the Salvation Army at the front door is something that is not heard today and has not been heard for many years. But for a little girl back in the early 1900s it was a familiar beginning to Christmas day. Christmas time for her was being sent home on the last day of school clutching an apple, orange and a few nuts, roasting chestnuts on an open fire and decorating a small Christmas tree. For her parents it was a busy time in the shop, an ironmongers and corn store. They were open until 9.15 pm Christmas Eve, with many people calling in for last-minute purchases. Many tramps were also a familiar sight, a sign of hard times for some. One snowy Christmas night a family of tramps appeared, snow covered, at the front door, seeking shelter in the Lodging House in Back Street. Father gave them a shilling for a night’s stay and away they went to find their beds. Christmas morning arrived and Father Christmas had left a stocking and a pillow slip at the foot of the bed. Once the stocking containing an apple, orange, nuts, sweets and a cracker was disposed of, the main presents were opened. This typically consisted of mechanical toys, a doll, often new slippers, always books and a bound magazine of “Girls Realm” or “Chatterbox”. Presents brought from relatives and friends were always opened in front of the fire on Christmas Eve, leaving the following morning for family presents. Once breakfast was finished on Christmas morning, a walk to the railway station was a must, to meet the only train running that day upon which Uncle travelled. He owned a butcher’s shop so therefore could not leave with Aunt on Christmas Eve. A traditional dinner for eight of turkey and plum pudding containing threepenny and sixpenny pieces, was enjoyed by all. There were always crackers, and the best china and glasses were used. Special occasions deserved the best. Later in the day after a supper of cold turkey, parlour games were played. Without TV and radio, you had to find your own amusements. A piano was an important part of this with everyone taking turns to sing around it. Games such as “How, When and Where”, “Subject and Object”, “I’ve Got a Basket” and the “Parsons Cat” were a few among many played, pausing only for home-made lemonade for the children and wine for the grown-ups. Dishes of fruit, mixed nuts and almonds with muscatel raisins were always served. Bedtime came late, 10 o’clock, when a very happy, tired girl snuggled down after a long, exciting day. �Boxing Day began with the church bells ringing, muffled in remembrance of St Stephen. Later in the day hand-bell ringers would visit each home to entertain the people. A week later, the church bells would ring the Old Year out and the New Year in. Something not heard in Reepham for over 70 years but remembered still as a very special occasion by a little girl of 10 years old. Memories from an interview by Val Davey with Marjorie Gibbs, 23 November 1987, published in The Reepham Magazine, Winter 1987 � 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. 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Title A name given to the resource Christmas Memories Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2502201835 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource A4 PDF, 2 pages Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Description An account of the resource Memories of Christmas in Reepham from an interview with Marjorie Gibbs on 23 November 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Interview by Val Davey; scanned and edited by Geoff Fiaher Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Reepham Magazine, Winter 1987 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Reepham Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available M-TEC Computer Services Christmas Gibbs https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/e021209995b314a0ee9f1ac9081dc9cf.pdf ce7c75834e26322b950c1222ecb818ce PDF Text Text � 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 WWI Description An account of the resource Information relating to the use of Hackford House & Reepham Town Hall as a Red Cross/VAD Hospital during WWI plus photographs of troops assembling/parading in Reepham Market Place. Many of these images were used in the Reepham Archive Exhibition in 2014. The display boards are shown in the RA Exhibition Collection. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/WWI Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource [File 21, Box 121] 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 Lady Grace Barry Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2203281225 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Sepia photograph 102 x 154mm Mounted on ivory coloured card WWI [File 21, Archive Box 121] Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1919 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1919 Reepham Description An account of the resource Studio Portrait photograph signed Grace Barry and dated April 5 1919. Lady Barry was the Commandant of the Reepham Red Cross Hospital. She is wearing the M. B. E. which she was awarded in Feb 1919. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource J. Weston & Son Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource J Weston & Son , 27 Sloane Street, SW Barry hospital Red Cross WWI Text - 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/1603031859 Title A name given to the resource Excavation and Fieldwork at Whitwell Hall Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource J.C.Barringer and D.C. Yaxley Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Foolscap single sided roneo'd text giving details of a Field Study Day to be held at the site of the Whitwell Tannery. Box 55 Shelf 10 Folder Whitwell Hall Description An account of the resource Norfolk Research Committee : Excavation and Fieldwork to be carried out at Whitwell Hall on Saturday 31 March and Sunday 1 April - year tbc This was part of a study course run by Chris Barringer and David Yaxley. These courses created a great interest in the history of Reepham and the surrounding areas. . Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Whitwell Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Reepham Society RS Database 634 Whitwell Hall Yaxley https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/43a79021d2b659e7e221732ca3306a0e.pdf a92562877e528eb2e85c81c99ac75bff PDF Text Text GB/REE/2108241545 Whitwell Common Record of flowers & insects present on the common in July 2017. � 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 Whitwell Common in Bloom Description An account of the resource Collage of photographs recording flowers & insects present on the common in July 2017. No text. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/1602181244 Title A name given to the resource Tinware made by James Wasey Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Wasey Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Pre 1967 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 5 tin items assorted sizes Box 56 Type The nature or genre of the resource Physical artifacts Relation A related resource See other items in Box 56 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Reepham Society Marjorie Gibbs Description An account of the resource 5 items :- 1 cake tin 155mm dia x 75mm deep<br />1 small rectangular shovel (for cooking?)<br />1 rounded shovel 145mm x 55mm x 70mm<br />1 small funnel 75mm dia x 127mm, small triangular hook on rim<br />1 small funnel 65mm dia x 116mm<br />The cake tin is labelled <em>'Example of Tin Smith's work by James Wasey of Reepham. Employed by F. Randell &amp; Son'.</em> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pre 1967 Gibbs Shop, Reepham Gibbs tinsmith Wasey https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/4c6ad383571586a26adc34923f0eb9b6.pdf a8f91880020e036f8385a1242f795a65 PDF Text Text Let's Celebrate! A selection of images from Reepham Archive showing various occasions when the town celebrated a special event, not exclusively connected to royalty. The series begins with Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887. Other royal connections have included a visit by Queen Mary in 1945, and a very early record in 1865 of a visit by Edward Prince of Wales, Queen Victoria's son, who became King Edward VII in 1901. Compiled by Reepham Archive May 2022 RA/JDA/2022 �Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee RA/JDA/2022 1887 �Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee 1897 The morning broke with every prospect of a lovely day. Services were held at the Wesleyan Chapel and also at the Hackford & Whitwell churches. A detachment of the E Company Norfolk Volunteer Rifles, under Captain Collyer, fired a feu de joie in the Market Place. Feu de joie :- Soldiers are lined up & fire blank rounds into the air sequentially in rapid succession, producing a "rat-tat-tat" effect. By the kindness of Mr. J. J. Bishop of Kerdiston House, Reepham school children were provided with a hot dinner & tea. About 2 p.m., the Hackford & Whitwell school children with their teachers assembled in the market & sang some special hymns. Later there were sports on Mr. Brownsell's lawn followed by a substantial tea. Norfolk News 26 June 1897 RA/JDA/2022 �Reepham's Velvet Ale 1865 In 1865 the Prince and Princess of Wales – the future King Edward VII & Queen Alexandra - made a visit to Gunton Park, the country home of Lord Suffield. Returning to Sandringham the carriages were stopped, in order to change the horses at the King's Arms Hotel in Reepham. Whilst the horses were being changed, Lord Suffield introduced Mr. Bircham to the Prince of Wales. His Royal Highness was presented with a tankard of the 'Velvet Ale', for which Reepham has so long been celebrated. The Prince so much approved of the ale that he expressed a wish to have more of it forwarded to Sandringham. RA/JDA/2022 �Come to Tea ! 1935 An invitation to tea in the Sun Hotel Extension Room to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of George V & Queen Mary in 1935. RA/JDA/2022 �George V & Queen Mary Silver Jubilee 1935 George Cocking & his wife outside his shop in the Market Place. (now Bay Tree Interiors) RA/JDA/2022 �th Coronation of George VI May 12 1937 RA/JDA/2022 �Queen Mary visits Reepham 1945 RA/JDA/2022 �Reepham Shopping Week 1950 A few days of festivities to lighten the mood in 1950 when most things were still on ration & queues were a way of life. RA/JDA/2022 �Reepham Shopping Week 1950 Festivities included decorated forms of every kind of transport beginning with a grand parade through the town. RA/JDA/2022 �Reepham Shopping Week 1950 Part of the grand parade passing Gibbs shop RA/JDA/2022 �Coronation Day 1953 Allen's Coaches made two buses available to transport people into Reepham. One was for Brandiston & Booton, the second for Kerdiston, Pettywell & Whitwell. The first pick-up in Kerdiston was at Mr. Wagg's Corner. RA/JDA/2022 �Coronation Day Events Coronation Day itself began with a service In St. Mary's. Rain did its best to spoil the day's celebrations and events were frequently interrupted by rain. At 2 o'clock Stimpson's Piece was the setting for a fancy dress parade followed by an afternoon of sports events, A children's tea at the Sun Hall was in two sittings with children asked to bring their own spoon! RA/JDA/2022 1953 �Cover & Picture from Children's Souvenir Book 1953 RA/JDA/2022 �Cover & Portrait from Official Programme RA/JDA/2022 1953 �Coronation Souvenirs 1953 RA/JDA/2022 �Strawberry Fayre 1975 A Royal British Legion event with the promise of an appearance by Lady Godiva, a stage coach hold-up & a tussle between Roundheads & Cavaliers. RA/JDA/2022 �Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee 1977 Station Stores decorated with bunting, flags & souvenirs. (now The Cutting Station) RA/JDA/2022 �Ben Stimpson meets the Queen at the Norfolk Show RA/JDA/2022 1986 �Reepham Gala 1991 Nancy Taylor & Billy the Clown RA/JDA/2022 �Reepham Gala In the rain! 1992 Pram Race 1990 RA/JDA/2022 �Charter Day 1998 The Lord of the Manor of Hackford, Sir John de Vaux, obtained a charter to hold a weekly market and annual fair in the fifth year of Edward I, 1276-7, making Reepham one of the oldest market towns in Norfolk. RA/JDA/2022 �The Millennium banner being rescued by the Fire Brigade! RA/JDA/2022 �Queen's Diamond Jubilee 2012 3 June 2012 Bring & Share Lunch in the Town Hall 4 June 2012 Traditional Village Fete at Stimpson's Piece 4 June 2012 Barbecue & Bar at the Scout Field Lighting of the Beacon RA/JDA/2022 RA/JDA/2022 �Modern celebrations Reepham continues to find occasions to gather and celebrate :• Festival of Light in December • Food Festival • Summer Music Festival • Classic Car & Bike Festival Now in 2022, as well as numerous events to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee, the food & the music festivals are back! RA/JDA/2022 �Reepham Classic Cars & Bikes Show RA/JDA/2022 �Festival of Light RA/JDA/2022 �Reepham Music Festival Returns in August 2022 RA/JDA/2022 �Reepham Food Festival returns in May 2022 RA/JDA/2022 �Let's Celebrate Compiled by Reepham Archive RA/JDA/2022 � 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 Archive Exhibitions 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 Jubilee Presentation 2022 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2206111645 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Description An account of the resource "Let's Celebrate!" A presentation to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Selection of items from Reepham Archive describing various celebrations not solely connected to royalty. Many photographs appear as separate items on the website. A display was set up in the Bircham Centre during Jubilee Week and was supplemented with a Powerpoint type slide show. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource JDA Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Reepham Archive 2022 exhibition https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/bc7533863807d939fa22a8fb0d2612e4.pdf 4ea4e180cd63a5030b78ab8fb229fde9 PDF Text Text A brief history of Hackford parish through the last millennium By Jennifer Roberts Jennifer Roberts lives in Pettywell and has been there now for several years. She is a qualified archaeologist. Though no longer practising that discipline she has a deep interest in local history. She is another of our authors who has completed a local history course under the aegis of Chris Barringer. This article is the result of the research carried out on her course and since. The view from a slightly different standpoint, that of Hackford, gives new details about the history of Reepham and its satellite villages. Hackford-by-Reepham is one of the three parishes sharing the communal churchyard in Reepham. The parish includes most of the town of Reepham and land on either side of the Eyn Brook. It is possible that the boundaries of the parish were determined by the heath and common on either side but this is by no means certain. It is possible that the name Hackford was derived from haca, a hook, or hoecc, a flood or sluice gate. “Ford” is Anglo-Saxon for river crossing. The name then could either mean a “ford at the bend of the river” or “the sluice gate (for catching fish) at the ford”. At the turn of the last millennium, just before the Norman Conquest the principal lordship of Hackford was held by a freeman called Wither. It is possible that Reepham was at the centre of a large Anglo-Saxon estate. After the Norman Conquest it was given to Earl William de Warrene, just one of the 139 manors he held. Although William de Warrene resided frequently at nearby Castle Acre, at the time of the Domesday survey the manor of Hackford was held by a person called Turold. There were few inhabitants, probably only 17 or 18 families lived in the area. The land was farmed, some was put down as meadow but cereals must have been grown as there was a mill. Honey and wax were important products. Beeswax was used for church candles, and it was the tradition for beekeepers to supply their local church. Hackford at that time had five skeps of bees. It had woodland able to support 30 swine. Sheep, rounceys (horses) and cattle were also kept. There was a church supported by 11 acres of land. It was valued at 15 marks. The manor passed through William de Warrene’s heirs for the next 200 years. in 1276/7 a Saturday market and annual fair charter was granted to Sir John de Vaux, who owned both the manors of Hackford and Reepham. An unofficial market had existed in the “cemetery of Reepham” for many years before the Bishop of Norwich, in 1240, ordered the Sheriff of Norfolk to ensure that a new market place was found. The market was held on Saturdays, with a fair on the “eve, day and morrow” of the feast of Saints Peter and Paul (29th June). The present market place lies in the parish of Hackford, but it is not known if this was the site decided on in the 13th century. �By the following century, the de Roos family held land in Hackford, probably as tenants of the de Warrenes. A few years later they are mentioned as being the holders of the knight’s fees and paying returns to the Duchy of Lancaster. Some of the local inhabitants during medieval times must have been fairly rich for the church of All Saints had a collection of rich vestments, communion ware and church ornaments, including silver chalices, a portable cross and a holy oil vessel. The vestments included some made from worsted, fusteyn (fustian) and velvet and silk. Margaret and Ralph Vernon, Hackford landowners, were possibly some of the major benefactors during the later part of the 14th century. During that century several of the Hackford residents stood surety, along with citizens of other parishes, to locals who were in trouble with the law. Brice of Hackford stood surety when Agnes Renandgo and her sister Emma were released on bail after being arrested for the murder of Richard Brightman at Billingford. A Richard of Hackford also stood surety in a murder case when Robert of Holden was accused of robbing and killing Henry of Clermont. Other 14th century crimes include robbery. One night William Rillo had one quarter-and-a-half of barley, worth 5/-, stolen from him. A Roger Willok was charged but acquitted for the offence. Some information about the medieval inhabitants of Reepham and Hackford parish can be gleaned from the old wills. For instance in 1429 Robert Baxter, a citizen of Norwich, is mentioned as owning lands in Hackford. Fifty years later Hugh atte Fenn made a will leaving 6/8d towards the upkeep of the church. He also left money, to be obtained from the sale of his lands and manors in Hackford, to help scholars at Cambridge and Oxford as long as they were not wasters and haunters of alehouses. William Cubit, the rector, in a will dated 1505, gave to the town and the church of Hackford a drinking house with two acres of land to have a yearly obituary kept in the church. He also mentioned that the guilds and “drinkings” of all the four parishes, i.e., Hackford, Whitwell, Reepham and Kerdiston, be kept there if they desired it. In a will dated a few years later John Goddying gave 6/8d towards the making of a chapel in the south part of the church if one happened to be erected there. If not, the money was to go to the upkeep of the church. In 1543 a fire burnt down most of All Saints, the parish church of Hackford, along with its church goods, ornaments and jewels. The fire also destroyed most of the town. The tower and parts of the west gable were the only parts of the church that survived. They were pulled down in 1790/6. It is, however, possible that a part of the gable can be seen in the tower of St Michael’s. A drawing in 1784 by E.F. Boon shows that the surviving tower had a chequerboard parapet and diagonal buttresses. The �south wall of the tower had a square sound hole and the porch an elaborate doorway. As a result of the fire, Hackford parish lost its independence and was joined with Whitwell. On 18th April 1544, an agreement was made between Robert Coke, owner of the fee simple of the church of Whitwell, Christopher Lockwode, clerk, parson of Hackford and vicar of Whitwell, and Thomas Bayfield, William Brese and John Blofield, parishioners of Hackford, that the church and rectory of Hackford was to be consolidated with Whitwell by William, Bishop of Norwich. According to this indenture all the parties were in agreement. However, some of the parishioners obviously intended that the church should be rebuilt. One, Anthony Sugate, bequeathed 20 marks (1 mark = 13/4d or 66.6p) towards its rebuilding. Some of the surviving church plate was sold in 1547 for £20, probably to stop the ministers of Edward VI getting their hands on it. Some of the church materials were used to repair roads in the parish and some were used to build the transept in Whitwell church. During the reign of Elizabeth I each parish had to provide a militia. The parish was involved in a muster in 1577. An inventory was taken of “all Common Armor, Artelery munition and weponne and every ptecular pson shewed”. It was found that the town had “one Corselet, one peke, too Curreors et Dom furnished”(!). Three people were also able to support arms. Vynse Hawude, Thomas Crotche and Roger Hase were able to furnish a few bows and arrows, pikes and helmets between them. The Bishop’s court had some dealings with local drunks. John Twithney and Henry Bagrave were brought before the Bishop’s representative on a charge of being common drunks. Henry Bagrave, who swore and resisted arrest later, confessed to being drunk every day of the week and was ordered to do penance. Around this time the inhabitants were having problems with a person called Robert Kirk. It seems he was extracting money from the people as fines and then keeping it for his own use. The parishioners paid him 6/- as payment for a fine for not planting hemp. A Thomas Croche then paid him 2/6d and then swore on “his book” to make a payment of 5/- yearly. Mr Berte, “Gent”, also agreed to pay Kirk 5/- a year for all years to come. Nathaniel Bacon set up an enquiry into Kirk’s misdeeds but the outcome of this appears to be lost. Hackford gained some notoriety during the Commonwealth when the parish refused to billet a party of troops because the commanding officer referred to the parish as Reepham instead of Hackford. At the same time the parish was paying £3.3s.10d per month towards the upkeep of troops and the furnishing of ammunition for the Royalist cause. As in Elizabeth’s time, the inhabitants were expected to attend �musters. Hackford men formed a Foot Militia under Sir W. Doylys, which mustered at Heydon Ollands on 24th September 1661 to be inspected. During the 17th century, weavers in Hackford, as in many of the local parishes, supplied worsted. During 1657 Henry Juby, a local worsted weaver, must have been having a period of prosperity. Surviving records show that he took on several apprentices: Matthew Bale, Roger Hammond and John Humfrey were indented for seven years while a John Crotch was indented for eight years. The social make-up of the parish changed during the next 100 years. The worsted weavers gradually disappeared, a result of cheap products from Yorkshire, and tanning became important as a local industry. The tanners were wealthy enough as a group to make wills. There was also an increase in the number of shops and professionals in the parish. Grocers, bakers, brewers, a surgeon and an excise officer were all wealthy enough to make wills. The provision of services increased rapidly so by the middle of the next century the inhabitants of Reepham and Hackford were well provided for. The town of Reepham had all the services that would be expected from a local market town. All needs were catered for, ranging from the people supplying the local brewing and malting industry with barrels, to those who made hats and dresses for the local female population. The town was well served by bakers, butchers, grocers, confectioners, cabinetmakers, gardeners and drapers. There was even a hairdresser. The parish was also served by a number of inns and taverns, most in the town but at least one, the Lamb Beer House, stood in the countryside. Links with Norwich, and thence the outside world, were maintained by a coach and carrier service. Local people believed it was the purity of the water which led to the excellence of the local ales. Although there were several brewers and maltsters in the parish, the Birchams were the major producers, so much so that when they were bought out in 1878, they had 50 associated pubs. In the parish generally though there was very little industrial activity. Like the worsted weavers of previous centuries, tanning also seemed to have disappeared from the parish, although there were tanneries in the local area. At the beginning of the 19th century the poor children of Hackford were reported to have been receiving a sufficient education. They attended a mix of Sunday school, evening school and day school. In 1837, however, the Rev. Holley established a school in the Old Poor House consisting of a boys’ school and a girls’ school and a house where the schoolmasters and mistresses could live. By 1844 the rector’s daughter had begun to hold a Sunday school in the school building. These were church schools for the children of Hackford and Whitwell. The children of Reepham parish had to wait until 1847 when St Mary’s School was set up. An inspector’s report �in 1869 said the National School was conducted in a highly satisfactory manner. The Methodists had also set up a schoolroom when they built the chapel in 1817. Goodwin Kilburn had run a day and boarding school in Reepham since 1836, when in 1846 he decided to sell up and emigrate. A Mrs Woolmer also ran a school for girls. The pauper children received an education in the workhouse. The poor Hackford children at this time went to Buxton. Their education must have been a somewhat patchy one for there seems to have been a problem in keeping and finding suitable mistresses. A Poor House had existed in Reepham for the inhabitants of Hackford for many years, but, by the 1840s, the poor of Reepham and Hackford were sent to the Aylsham Union Workhouse,1 which also included the old Gilbert Union workhouses at Buxton and Oulton until the new workhouse was built in 1849. Hackford parish paid around £100 annually towards the cost of housing its paupers. Some of the older inhabitants were receiving outdoor relief, which allowed them to live in their own homes. This came to around 2/6d per week. There were also several charities, which provided relief by paying out money for emigration and for people who had sudden illnesses and accidents. Most of the charity payouts were under the control of William Bircham. In April 1846 smallpox made its appearance in Hackford and the workhouse medical officer was asked to vaccinate the inhabitants. They protested. The outbreak continued and by October it had been decided to give extra money so all in the Reepham area could be vaccinated. Life must have been miserable for the poor of Reepham and Hackford, with the majority living in little more than hovels. However, the more able poor and the lower-middle classes were able to emigrate to a better life in the colonies. Goodwin Kilburn, the schoolmaster, is an example of this trend. He was 36, married with two small children, when he put the following advert in the Norfolk Chronicle. He was not the only local to emigrate between 1836−1842. The St Stephen’s charity had paid for some people in Reepham to go to America and it also paid for a Widow Beales to go to Ireland. Union workhouses served a “union” of parishes and these larger workhouses replaced the smaller parish workhouses. 1 �[Errata: Transcription of the newspaper entry regarding Goodwin Kilburn should read “to a distant county” not “country”.] In common with the rest of Norfolk, by the 19th century Hackford was celebrated for the growth of its barley. Other crops grown included turnips, peas and beans, clover and wheat. A certain amount was kept under grass, especially by the river and stream margins. Stock keeping was also important and provided some local employment in the form of drovers, tanners and cattle dealers. The annual stock fair continued to take place on 29th June. In 1804 William Bircham, who farmed 840 acres of the parish, was the major landowner. He improved his soil by marling and liming, used a six-year rotation but did not have any of the new threshing or drill machines. By 1846 the major landowners included the Rev. J. Bedingfeld Collyer, who owned 182 acres and resided at Hackford Hall, the Rev. J. Humphrey, who owned 144 acres, and John Sewell, who farmed 108 acres. Most of the land seemed to be farmed by small tenant farmers. Hackford escaped the wholesale destruction of machinery and property, which the rest of Norfolk suffered during the Swing Riots. �Maybe this was because the small tenant farmers could only afford to farm in the traditional way. By the 19th century around 23% of the local population were employed in agriculture on a permanent basis, although many more were employed doing seasonal work. Children were able to earn as much as 5d a day bird scaring, while gangs of women were employed hoeing, planting beans and thinning turnips. Many of the local clergymen were concerned for the morality and welfare of the fieldworking women especially as the gang masters were “rough bullying fellows who would bluster and swear”. A number of Hackford women, once the fieldwork was done, earned a few more pence by weaving straw hats. In 1804 a farm labourer would earn 1/6d daily rising to 4/6d at harvest. During the last millennium Hackford has been an essentially rural parish dependent on the small market town of Reepham for its infrastructure. This has remained largely unchanged although recent changes in mobility have brought Norwich and the wider world into commuting distance, thereby bringing new sources of money into the parish. From the Reepham Society Magazine, Millennium Edition, April 2001 Land use in Hackford 1846 (based on the Tithe Apportionment Map). �An aerial view of Reepham’s three churches. The last remnant of Hackford church can just be seen at the right of the clump of yews. The photograph can be dated by some differences from a present-day view. For instance, York House (top left) can be seen in the process of restoration in the background. �Hackford Hall. In 1846, at the time of the Tithe Apportionments, this was home to the Venerable John Bedingfield Collyer, Archdeacon of Norwich. �Pettywell Place, now lived in by Howard and Margaret Blandford-Baker, was formerly owned by the Eglington family. In 1846 it was owned by John Sewell but occupied by Margaret Rodham. This plaque adorns the wall in the yard of the Old Brewery. It marks the site of the former Bircham’s Brewery erected by William Bircham in 1839. �There was no piped water supply to Reepham until the 1950s. This well, which has now been restored, also in the Old Brewery yard, was the source of water for the brewing of Reepham Ale until 1876. � Text-digital Any text item for which there is no previously existing hard copy in the Archive. 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Title A name given to the resource A brief history of Hackford parish through the last millennium Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2411061210 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource A4 PDF 11 pages Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001 Description An account of the resource An in-depth research paper on the history of Hackford parish from 1000 AD. <br /><br /><em>Refer to GB/REE/2103301155 for an explanation of the sketches of All Saints.</em> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jennifer Roberts Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Reepham Society Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Scanned and edited by Geoff Fisher Hackford Hackford Parish https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/f5b12560437a982b822905ff5301c584.jpg eacb99fd9097da245f116a5efe7705b8 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 WWI Description An account of the resource Information relating to the use of Hackford House & Reepham Town Hall as a Red Cross/VAD Hospital during WWI plus photographs of troops assembling/parading in Reepham Market Place. Many of these images were used in the Reepham Archive Exhibition in 2014. The display boards are shown in the RA Exhibition Collection. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/WWI Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource [File 21, Box 121] Text - 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 Army Cyclist Corps 1916 Description An account of the resource Jack Brahms, Army Cyclist Corps, 1916. Jack, 17, the only Jewish boy in his unit, the 3rd City of London Yeomanry is in the front row on the right. Jack travelled by train from London to Reepham to start his army career at the local headquarters of the Army Cyclist Corps. He was in Reepham for about six months before being sent to the trenches in France. Shortly after this photograph was taken in Reepham, Norfolk, Jack was invalided out of the front line trenches near Kemal in France with severe frost bite. This story comes from the History Workshop Series: Rothschild Buildings, Life in an East End Tenement Block 1887-1920 by Jerry White. Pages 244-245. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1916 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant London, the East End Reepham, Norfolk 1916 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2003291003 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jerry White Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photocopy of book extract WWI [File 21, Archive Box 121] Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource E Rose 1916 Army Cyclist Corps Brahms https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/354204e77d4d2014f15b441433d9e4a2.pdf a8636870c17261baf5718a8ea7731174 PDF Text Text GB/REE/2502281600 To the Parishioners of Hackford & Whitwell ���� Text - 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 To the Parishioners of Hackford & Whitwell Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2502281600 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 4 page pamphlet Churches & Chapels [File 4, Archive Box 104] 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 Description An account of the resource John Bingley Barraclough was the incumbent for Hackford & Whitwell from 1911 to 1913, living at Whitwell Vicarage. Includes a statement of accounts. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John B. Barraclough https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/3c2ffc30a8d5b457d70bbe5dc15d999a.pdf 6b40811872decb6f7db87eeee8051437 PDF Text Text Memories of cricket at Reepham The 1920 and 30s The tradition of cricket around Reepham has been strong within living memory, though with gaps. So far, we have been able to go back 69 years to the time when the local ground was a pleasant meadow on the left hand side of Booton Road currently owned by our retired “veterinary”, Mr John Woods. Indeed the original pavilion is still standing, though I think not in its former condition. In the 1920s the field belonged to Mr Bircham, who lived in the Brewery House. The driving force behind the club around 1920 was Dr Perry who was usually seen wearing his frock coat when preparing the pitch on Friday evenings. The pitch and ground were well kept, the mowing was carried out with a mower pulled by a horse whose hooves were shod with special leather shoes. Charlie Hall of Bartle Court can recall his old schoolmaster, Chute Thompson, playing; also Stanley Bird of Barney who was one of the great stalwarts of the team, he first played in 1919 when he was 14. Together with Ben Stimpson they remember some of those who came to play: batsmen and bowlers who arrived by motor-bike or bicycles: Fred and Stanley Bird; Billy Morris (a tailor with “Stitcher King”); Stanley Holah (of Rookery Farm); Albert Neal (chicken farmer) who was a left-arm fast bowler; Alan Moulton the wicket-keeper; and Walter (a Cawston postman), a batsman. Ted Williams from Wood Dalling; Stanley Watson (with Gibbs, the ironmongers); possibly Cliff Watson who kept The Sun public house; and Tom Long, who was a shoemaker with Mr Allen (now Gwen Hardesty’s fruit shop). Tom was known as “The Pessimist”; his cricket trousers were held in place securely with braces as well as a belt. Stanley Bird and Alan Moulton were perhaps the outstanding players. The standard of the team’s cricket was something to be proud of. The first four or five batsmen were consistently successful, ball control was the mark of the bowlers and several of the fielders could throw the ball “a mile”. Initially they played friendly matches, but around 1921 they entered the Norfolk Junior Cup and one year reached the final, losing to Hempnall. Stanley recalls a match at Booton; the teams were back in the pavilion, where a dividing curtain allowed the visitors changing space and a sense of privacy, when he heard the captain of the CEYMS Xl arranging his strategy: “Fred, will you open with Jimmy, Derek you go number three. Then Cliff and George you’ll bat number five, tho’ I don’t suppose we’ll need you.” Out on the home field, Reepham’s slow left-arm spinner kept walking up to the wicket and helped by the slowness of the wicket and some good catches, he helped dismiss them for 35 runs. Reepham then went on to score 65. �When Reepham entered the Norfolk Senior League they were happy whenever they were drawn at home. Visitors were unused to a good slow wicket they were more used to playing on pitches treated with the new Nottinghamshire marl. The postmaster, Donald Chapman, managed to raise a second XI for a few years. Sadly by 1927–28, Father Time had encouraged several to retire, some had moved away and generally there was not enough young blood to continue the club. Salle had a thriving club and the remaining Reepham players joined them. Their ground was in the field to the left of the road to Cawston (near Salle Patch), then part of Sir Dymock White’s Salle Park estate. The vicar of Salle, Canon Parsons, was a great supporter; he used to buy all the equipment and he offered boundless enthusiasm. Fred Laskey and his brother Herbert had played for Salle and Reepham respectively, but with the demise of the Reepham club by 1930 they both then played for Salle, as seen in the first photograph. This was taken by the Norfolk Chronicle in about 1938, when Salle won the Mid Norfolk Shield. The team was: (back row) Mr Reeve (umpire), Charlie Smith, Geoffrey Tubby, Mrs Dack, Len Riseborough, Peter Tubby and Walter Jarvis; (front row) Marshall Stearman (“Smasher”), Billy Hagan, Fred Laskey, Stanley Dack, George Sewards (captain), Clem Stearman and Herbert Laskey. It is good to see Mrs Dack recorded with the team. She represents all those mothers, wives and girlfriends who have given such practical support during the years. The 1950s and 60s The post-war resurgence of Reepham cricket was largely thanks to the valuable acquisition of the present sports field, known as the “Stimpson’s Piece”. The �Stimpson family’s generous lease ensured 99 years of sport near the town centre. (After only 39 of those years the field has now been permanently given and is managed by a committee of parish councillors and other representatives.) The official opening match took place on June 17th, 1950 and was between a Reepham Xl and a Norfolk XI. No one so far seems to recall any details of the match, not even the result. Perhaps refreshments cast too much of a rosy hue over the event. The next two photographs show firstly the Reepham team: Back row: Fred Laskey, Charlie Case, Horace Jones, Norman Platten, Jim Underdown, Noel Bird, Kenneth Bird and George Sewards (umpire). Front row: Herbert Laskey, Stanley Bird, Billy Howard (captain), Rex Hunt and Len Underdown. And secondly, the Norfolk XI (which had one or two local players in): �Back row: Evan Simons (who as a boy just before the war, had played for Reepham), Malcolm Williamson, Bud Rose, Neville Laskey (wkt), Ben Stimpson, Tom Eaton, Jack Read and Billy Morris (umpire). Front row: Fred Low, Fred Bell, George Pilch (captain), Mike Falcon (Norfolk’s captain) and Basil Rought-Rought. The new “Edrich-Compton concrete wicket” was deemed a success and once the bowlers and batsmen adapted to it, some good cricket developed. This was the era of two of Norfolk’s great cricketing families, the Edriches of Ingham and the Partitts of Foxley and Billingford. Alec, Bob, Hugh, John, Richard and Peter Partitt all played at times for Reepham. Peter, when younger, once took all ten wickets in a game against the Electricity Board. Not long after he was playing for Middlesex and England. Another young Reepham player, Evan Hall, played for the county, scoring several half-centuries before moving to Middlesex, where he served on the Lord’s ground staff for four years. After a year with Leicestershire he was available again but the Norfolk County [Cricket] Club somehow failed to make use of him again. This period of the 1950s was probably the height of the club’s history. They played friendlies only on Saturdays and selected strong opponents like Norwich Union, Mallards, Thorpe Hospital, Bradfield, Cromer and Sheringham. If scorebooks came to light, one golden memory at least could be checked: is it possible they beat Cromer one season, dismissing them for four runs? Around 1964 cricket in Reepham ceased when the supply of players dried up again; some retired, younger ones may not have had great encouragement watching the leading batsmen and bowlers doing so well, and others moved away. (While one family who are quoted as “moving away” went to New Zealand, another had moved as far as Wood Dalling.) The concrete wicket had been taken up in the early 60s, perhaps on account of the cost of replacing the coconut matting every three or four years or to concede more space for the thriving football club. Salle Cricket Club, however, kept the game alive locally, as current residents recall, notably with Jim Tuddenham, Keith Pask, Jim Miller, John Tubby, several Stearmans, (Marshall, Farmer and Peter), David Downing, Henry West, Cliff Nurse and Reverend Dickinson. Dr McFarquhar, a geneticist with Bernard Matthews, played often and was usually successful in contributing a half-century. As the decade came to an end, teams became harder to raise and the end was heralded when horses were put into the field to graze. So ended an era of Salle sport, where not only cricket was played, tennis courts shared the field and badminton had been played in the nearby Lynton White Institute. �The 1970s and 80s Surviving enthusiasts then joined with others for cricket in Reepham to restart in 1971. The club was called the Reepham and Salle Cricket Club for two seasons. Salle’s sight-screens were towed up to Stimpson’s Piece, where they still serve. A list of first members included Mr Crane, I Walbyoff, P Hardwick, Jim Morris, Brian Wright, P Horner, C Reeve, N and J Tubby, D Roberts, B Dennis, R Howard, D Norris, A Hunt and C Pratt. Billy Howard was president and Ben Stimpson vice-president. Matches were played also on Sundays and by 1978 they had joined the Norfolk League. They achieved promotion as high as Division 2, but they are now in Division 3. In 1983 they won the Norfolk League Knock-Out Cup, beating Norwich Casuals by seven wickets. These leagues seem to go back a long way in Norfolk’s history as one of the two cups that Reepham won in 1988 was initially dated 1911. With the growth of Reepham within the past 15 years, the local game is in a healthy state, although shades of manpower problems from the past may sometimes hover in the background. There are however promising signs. Peter Hardwick, with the help now of his son, continues to do sterling work on the wicket. Recent improvements include the purchase of a motorised roller and upgrading of the pavilion facilities – the new bar adds greatly to the availability of the sports clubs that use the ground and there are now prospects of the development alongside of a larger sports and social hall. A good number of youngsters have played for Reepham in recent seasons; for three seasons there were summer holiday matches for 14 and 15 year olds. The high school is fortunate in having Mike Rowson as a PE teacher who has for several years also been selector of the England Under 15 XI; a boy with talent and enthusiasm has every chance of getting on in the game from that start. Since the mid-1970s pupils from the high school have played for the county including Peter Williamson, Darren Gooderum (now captain of Horsford), Stephen Framlingham, Nigel Ellis (Reepham Cricket Club) and Mark Brown (Witchingham). Carl Rogers is a bright hope now playing with Ingham. Currently there are four young players who play for the club: Glen Chipperfield, Mark Willis, Louis Grandjean (1989’s captain of the Norfolk Under 14 XI) and Alistair Bailey. Is enthusiasm as great as in the past? With Saturday League matches followed by the slightly less serious Sunday Cup games, every weekend one can hear the familiar sound of leather on willow. Limitedover matches seems to hold complete sway in Norfolk, whether this is for better or worse depends on how much of a cricket purist you are. A result is assured and this in turn has increased the level of excitement; to achieve this, aggressive batting �tends to be necessary. (Did any local player hit the ball further than Alex Parfitt, when at Hellesdon Hospital the ball went clear over one of the wings and into the courtyard?) Did earlier teams ever go on tour? In recent seasons, Reepham has played a 4–5 day tour around Braintree, enjoyably and successfully. How many local teams have boasted an overseas player? In 1989 Tony Sheahan was imported from Australia and made a good contribution. In his spare time he did exchange teaching at Hellesdon School. To demonstrate that the love of the game has by no means diminished, here are a few statistics from the 1989 season:  18 Saturday matches in the Norfolk League (45 overs), 8 won, 8 lost, 2 cancelled.  17 Sunday matches in the Mid-Norfolk League (40 overs), 13 won, 4 lost.  Weekday evening cup matches (20 overs) 20; finalists in the Hellesdon Cup and winners of the Billingford Forge Cup and the Gordon Smith Cup.  Best batting average: Tony Sheahan, 46 runs.  Best bowling average: Glen Chipperfield, 9.1 runs per wicket.  Highest single innings: Paul Reeve, 114. So, roll on the 1990 season; new members will be welcome. Contact Nick Mears, (tel: 968 8251). The season begins on Sunday April 29th v Haddiscoe and then Saturday May 5th v Scole. The first home cup match will be against Lexham on Sunday May 27th. Some extra fixture cards will be available at The Chimes and results are published regularly midweek in the Eastern Daily Press and also in the North Norfolk News. John Ricketts From an article published in the Reepham Society Magazine, Spring 1990 � 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 Memories of cricket at Reepham Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2307141610 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource A4 PDF, 6 pages Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1920s - 1989 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived From an article published in the Reepham Society Magazine, Spring 1990 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Reepham Society Description An account of the resource An extensive history of cricket in Reepham and Salle from the 1920s to 1989 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John Ricketts https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/65f2ec7dc4c697bfbdc09ed01bfda374.pdf 3e2b7e915ce83f3cfd99494c61cd0a14 PDF Text Text Reepham Society Fifteen Locals A pub crawl through history by Joyce Cox The Foldgate, Whitwell Common circa 1960 The Kings Arms The Old Brewery House Hotel The Crown �Pub groupings (in census years) determined by reference to entries in Books of Recognisance* < = 1801 1811 1821 1831 Black Lion No change No change No change 1841 1851 1861 1871 PLUS Duke of York Farriers Arms Lamb No change PLUS Crown PLUS Swan 1881 1891 1901 1911 No change No change No change LESS Farriers Arms Lamb Nelson Swan 1921 1931 1951 1961 No change No change LESS Kings Head Star LESS Black Lion Duke of York Greyhound 1971 1981 1991 LESS Foldgate George & Dragon PLUS Old Brewery House Hotel LESS Sun REMAINING Crown Old Brewery House Hotel Foldgate George & Dragon Greyhound Kings Arms Kings Head Nelson Star Sun Kings Arms * “Books of Recognisance” are the official record of licences granted and withdrawn etc (available from 1789). 1 �REEPHAM PUBLIC HOUSES: A SURVEY Please note: in this survey “Reepham” means “Reepham with Kerdiston, Hackford & Whitwell”. These parishes were united in 1935 to form the new parish of Reepham. In 1853 Lord Palmerston wrote “The words ‘licensed to be drunk on the premises’ are by the people interpreted as applicable to the customers as well as the liquor”. (Peter Haydon, The English Pub: A History). Reepham was typical in being almost awash with ale drinkers in the latter half of the nineteenth century when 14 pubs were opening their doors. The Duke of Wellington Beer Act of 1830 had abolished all duty on beer in an effort to reduce gin drinking. Any householder was allowed to sell beer upon purchase of a 2-guinea licence from the Excise, subject to a £20 fine for selling wine and spirits. Illicit alehouses came out of the woodwork and traded legally. In addition to large numbers of thirsty agricultural workers in this area, one of the chief reasons for the downing of so much beer was the building of the two railways by navvies who "dug, blasted and drank their way through the Norfolk countryside.” (See the Reepham Society magazine, “Railway” edition.). One can imagine the popularity of such situation friendly pubs as The Crown and The Star when work began in the late 1870’s. In his book The Railway Navvies, Terry Coleman refers to an average daily consumption of five quarts of ale. Coleman also notes that navvies were paid monthly, usually in a pub and for days afterwards they "drank their pay, and sold their shovels for beer." A different effect of the coming of the railways to this area was the end of the local Bircham Brewery monopoly. (The Brewery, situated on the site of The Old Brewery Hotel, provided beer for 52 pubs.) Fierce competition resulted in its sale by auction in 1879. Drink also flowed freely at the June annual fair and weekly market when visitors from gypsies to businessmen made good use of pubs. Reepham: public houses and male population by census year (Note: no census in 1941) 1200 16 14 1000 12 800 10 Male 600 Population Pubs 8 400 6 200 4 0 2 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2 Population Pubs �The chart shows a comparison between the number of public houses and beer houses in Reepham and the male population at dates of national censuses, 1801 – 1991. (Data provided by the Office of National Censuses.) Local population figures between 1831 and 1881 were higher than at any other time prior to 1981. The small upward movement in population, climaxing in 1881, may be connected with the building of the railways, when four pubs lodged navvies. On the down side three pubs closed in 1909; The Nelson, The Swan and the Farrier's Arms. The previous year had seen a hotly disputed parliamentary act, which proposed halving pub licences in rural areas from 1 per 200 population to 1 per 400. The Bill passed the Commons, which had seen an influx of new Labour MPs including many committed teetotallers, but was rejected by the Lords. Doubtless news of this debate had given publicans much to think about and in some cases they thought it best to close down, particularly as compensation for lost licences had recently been introduced. Other pubs closed in the 1950s when the novelty of television was an inducement to stay at home. By the early 1970s only the Kings Arms, The Crown and The Sun remained. The last named closed in the early 1980s, ten years after the opening of The Old Brewery House Hotel (see last page). BLACK LION (corner of New Road and The Moor) During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Moor was a prosperous commercial area and up to 200 people lived there. Hence it was a good site for a pub. (See Reepham Society magazine Spring 1990 edition). The original The Black Lion was built in 1830 in the grounds of what was later to become Moor House. In 1953 Henry Hawes, whose father Thomas, had been Parish Clerk for 49 years, wrote his recollections of Reepham since 1868. He describes The Black Lion as "a thatch-roofed building with small farm premises, including a barn, stable, piggeries, yard and skittle alley. On the gable was fixed a long board about 9 feet long with a lion painted on it." When Samuel Bircham built the present Moor House, he bought the pub premises, demolished them, and in 1888 funded the building of a new pub on the present site across the road. John Hever & Son built the replacement and had the road moved - hence the name New Road. The then landlord, Henry Mumford, drove passengers on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays to Norwich, departing 8am, returning 5pm. The name The Black Lion is said to be a little unusual. There are lots of ‘Red Lions’ but not many Black. Local builder and brick maker, Arthur Collison was landlord at the end of the 19th century. His builder's yard was nearby. The landlord in the 1920s was John Marsh followed by Tom Horne. It closed in 1952 and was bought for residential purposes by Mr. and Mrs. Claxton, on their departure from the Duke of York. CROWN (Station Plain) (See front cover for picture) The Crown originally used only one of the three 19th Century cottages, that nearest to Ollands Road, and incorporated land running down to Mill Road. It later extended into the other two. The 1854 Directory lists as landlord Edward Page who was also a carrier. Only three landlords ran this pub over the next 100 years. It was popular because of its proximity to Reepham Station and the roads leading buyers and sellers from Holt, Cawston, Aylsham and Wood 3 �Dalling to the auctions. Open all day Wednesday business picked up after lunch as return journeys began. The Reepham Society magazine Market Place edition reports "Memories still exist locally of some of the Briston dealers who regularly made their way home in an intoxicated and fighting state and who would stop and have 'one for the road'. Some local businesses were indeed cautious and Hunts Stores on Station Plain would often lock their shop doors until these particular dealers had passed by". Business was brisk attracting customers from the nearby Collison’s brickyard, from the businesses in the Station area and also from the annual fair which after WW2 moved to Crown Meadow until 1980. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Smith (now living in Bawdeswell) took over in the early 1950s when there were bare floorboards, sawdust on the floor and even old unused spit pans. A wall separated the bar from the meeting room and cellar. The present front door led to a sitting room with kitchen behind. There was a men’s outdoor toilet and a stable. In 1978 the stable, which had once brought in an income of 6d a day when a horse was stabled there, was used to fit electric coolers to the beer pumps – a first for Reepham. When the Old Brewery House Hotel opened in 1972 Mrs. Smith provided bed and breakfast for any overflow and also provided hot meals if ordered. In those times pubs usually provided only sandwiches. Another difference was the rarity of women in pubs. For those who did visit The Crown there was a sitting room where drinks could be served. A very popular Summer Darts League, involving 10 teams including those from Coltishall and Buxton led to one of the Smith’s daughters, Sandra (Greatbatch) playing for Wales and twice becoming Ladies’ World Champion. Sandra’s son now plays for England. Then, as now, The Crown benefited the local community, particularly the elderly, in its fund-raising activities, one of which was a swear box- a penny a swear word - which, with annual interest added, earned a tidy sum! Mr. Smith photocopied for me an article from The Sunday Telegraph, 18/06/1978, written by a journalist reporting on the commercialisation of public houses. He referred to an interview with Mr. Smith and the latter’s refusal “to have a juke box” preferring to attract younger customers through his Darts League. Mr Smith was also quoted as saying, “There weren’t such things as Bacardi when I started here 25 years ago. Beer, whisky, gin, brandy, port, sherry, lemonade and ginger beer – that was just about it”. The Smiths left after 28 years. DUKE OF YORK (Church Street) The Duke of York, a Grade II listed building, originating in the 17th century, stands in three parishes, Hackford, Reepham and Whitwell. All the walls were rebuilt in brick when rear extensions were added around 1800. An outbuilding in the yard was once a skittle alley. It was one of several pubs in or near Back Street and Church Street, originally Reepham’s main thoroughfare. Between 1836-54 White’s Directory mentions a Mr. Brett of Back Street as having a beer house. The 1864 Directory lists a Mr. Dyball and from 1868 it was known as Tom Dyball’s Tap. Its classification as a beer house continued i.e. no spirit licence. Tom was one of a family who had a large horse training business in the town. Before the last war, the Trunch brewery owned it. When Trunch closed, Morgan's brewery of Norwich took over. This was their first pub in Reepham. 4 �The landlord from 1916-1933 was Tom Bacon, quite a character, and a publican who never drank beer. As well as having the pub he also farmed a little land and looked after poultry at the sale ground on market days, but his chief job was as night soil collector and dustbin emptier for Hackford parish. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Claxton took over in 1933 until 1952 when the Claxtons bought The Black Lion on its closure as a pub. Their daughter, Gwen (now Hardesty) has told me how she helped wash the glasses, clean the red brick floor and scrub the bar and cellar. The large grounds, including stables and sheds (see picture), accommodated horses and carts, large lorries during WW2, even tanks, and a local car salesman, while in the Navy, left 6 cars for garaging. (The left-hand picture shows Mr. Claxton (on the right). His brother is standing in the bar entrance.) Nearby billeting in the Town Hall and Moor House brought additional business. Three dances a week were held in Reepham, music provided by locals. The Claxtons also had an evacuee family from London. In 1974 Mrs. Claxton (righthand picture) with her husband and daughter Gwen) organised the repainting and gilding of the Church clock as a memorial to her late husband. The last landlord was James McCarter who was a leader in a move to get the railway from Reepham to Norwich reopened for passengers, unfortunately without success. The pub closed in 1959 and is now known as York House. FARRIERS ARMS (Ollands Road - previously known as Hall Road) Sometimes known as the Three Horseshoes doubtless due to its blacksmith business, the Farriers Arms was classified as a beer house and situated on the site of the present Spar shop. Part of a centuries old timber framed building, some of the walls were of clay. First officially mentioned in 1836 under a Thomas Grand, its tenancy passed, on his death in 1851, to local blacksmith Robert Parker Gooch whose business included the sale of beer. He was also listed as a vet in White's Norfolk directory, kept cows and sold milk. Customers brought their horses for shoeing and drank beer while they waited, a common enough combination at the time. (The National Statistics Office records 2490 blacksmiths in Norfolk in 1851). The pub closed in 1909. The blacksmith's business expanded into agricultural engineering and descended to Mr. Gooch's grandson, Sidney Parker Eglington. In 1931 Messrs. F. Randell Ltd. bought the business. Mr. R. Randell, the last owner of the business assisted in shoeing the last horse in 1962. The business finally closed in 1991. 5 �FOLDGATE (Whitwell Common) (See front cover for picture.) The Foldgate or Falgate, one of the oldest pubs, is listed in the 1836 Directory under a John West, "victualler and shopkeeper." A picturesque thatched house, possibly 16th century, it was even more old-fashioned than The Star. The last tenants were Reepham residents Norman and Joan Egmore. As was common then, when pub tenancies were not profitable concerns, the wife ran the pub and the husband continued with his normal employment. Beer was sold from kegs standing on stools. The ceiling was very low with lots of oak beams, which made things rather difficult for dart players. It had the old settles round the walls, one of which contained a hole into which old George III pennies had to be rolled. Singing just for fun, with no payment involved was very popular. Cycle teams competed on an outside track. With the exception of crisps and later chocolate, which Joan introduced, no food was sold but customers could eat their own sandwiches over a drink. Bottled beer was very popular. Only one bottle of spirit was bought per month. The Foldgate closed in 1969. Joan has provided a detailed account of her 13 years’ tenancy. This account is with the Reepham Society archives. The present owners, Mr. and Mrs. Viall, are making enquiries as to whether they are connected with Samuel and Hannah Viall, listed in the 1845 Directory, who ran the pub for over thirty years. GEORGE AND DRAGON (corner of Church Hill and Norwich Road) The top picture shows the George and Dragon (on the right-hand side of Norwich Road). The original building was replaced in the 19th century. Sidney Eglington, owner of the nearby agricultural business (see Farriers Arms) was a loyal customer. In 1930 Amos Hessman took over from George Goward and his wife. Mr. Hessman had been a farmer but had to give up due to very severe arthritis. He was a member of the Reepham Rifle Corps. The Hessmans stayed until 1949. In June 1950 Reepham held a “shopping week”. The finals of a darts competition that had attracted more than 300 entries, were held here. Miss Reepham and her two attendants presented prizes. Various licensees followed for short periods in the 50's. The George and Dragon closed in 1962 when Athol Davis was licensee. The Reepham Supplement (the Deanery of Sparham magazine) dated October 1974 mentions the death of a Mrs. Wink (nee Dunn) aged 93 who was born in the pub in 1881. The building is now a private house. GREYHOUND (Back Street) Another Grade II listed building The Greyhound has been much altered since its origins in the 17th century. Partitions, screens, doorways and details remain intact. Henry Hawes refers to the landlord Dick Badcock, one of three brothers running Reepham pubs in the 1860s and 70s. Dick was a carrier to Norwich three times a week. His quarters in Norwich were in the Moon and Stars, Duke Street. Starting from Reepham at 8am with two horses and van, he left Norwich at 4.30pm in winter and 5.00pm in summer, calling at Booton, Alderford, Attle6 �bridge, Taverham and Drayton. For the next two decades the landlord, William King, a blacksmith, also ran a forge opposite. He later moved to the Kings Arms. Norwich brewer, Young’s, Crawshay and Young’s bought the pub and adjoining five cottages in 1901, having previously paid an annual rental for the pub and yard. This was the first pub in Reepham to belong to a Norwich brewer. By 1910 large brewers had acquired control of sales in 90% of pubs nationally. Wesley Piercy’s memories are mainly of the Medlers who took over in 1929. Arthur Medler had previously emigrated to Canada, served in the Canadian army in WW1 but returned to England after the war and married. His wife was used to the licensed trade, as her father was landlord of Haveringland's Kings Head. The Medlers left in 1944. Their son, John, visited The Greyhound and related to the present owners, Canon Page and his wife, a very poignant story. When a young lad during the war he was given a half crown on his birthday by an American airman visiting the pub, and promised a proper present the next day. Unfortunately the airman died on his next mission. Writing about The Greyhound in his book about the Reepham Home Guard, Alec Rowe refers to it as being "like the London Windmill Theatre - it never closed." The Home Guard waited there to go on guard duty at 2 or 4am. "Many has been the time when I would have to go and fetch them from the pub to go on guard”. The Greyhound closed in 1956 and is now a private house. KINGS ARMS (Market Place) (See front cover for picture) The listed building description of the Kings Arms, a former Inn, refers to 16th century brickwork and a south service wing of 17th century brickwork with a "flint wall at the centre and incorporating earlier building". This seems to refer to the east gable wall seen in Pudding Pie Alley and the attached south eastern extension. The former stables are 19th century. Many alterations have obscured its original form. On 7 October 1794 the diarist, Parson Woodforde of Weston Longville, attended a confirmation in Reepham after which he and others had planned to dine at the Kings Arms. However, a last minute change of plan resulted in the landlord, Joseph Bell, being compensated with a shilling from each expected guest. Before the courthouse was built next to the Police Station, the Eynesford Petty Sessions were held here on alternate Mondays. (Also mentioned in The Diary of a Country Parson 1758-1802). During the Swing riots in 1830 the Rev. Collyer of Hackford Hall, a parson magistrate, stood at a window and managed to quieten angry labourers gathered outside. It is said that on one occasion the future Edward VII, perhaps on his way to Haveringland Hall from Sandringham, stopped in the Market Place. William Bircham, owner and local brewer, hurried across with a glass of his best beer, called Old Velvet. The Reepham Society magazine Market Place edition quotes Marjorie Gibbs daughter of a local trader and a founder member of the Society, recalling early 20th century memories "At 6am the people living there were often awakened by the arrival of the mail cart and its noisy driver. The cart was like an ordinary heavy trap, with a covered-in portion behind for the bags 7 �of mail, and was red. The horse was given a nosebag while the driver knocked up the postmaster. He came every day including Sunday." The pub hired horses and carts, used by people such as commercial travellers staying there to tour the area. Henry Hawes refers to John Badcock, publican of the Kings Arms in the 1870’s. "He ran a coach and four horses to Norwich, Saturdays only, starting from the Market Place at 9am with Bugle behind, he kept better time than his brother Dick (see The Greyhound) and came home early." Henry Hawes describes an upstairs clubroom "all along the front”. In 1857 the Loyal Eynesford Lodge of Oddfellows was formed and held its monthly meetings there as did the Foresters. In 1882 a dinner was given to celebrate the opening of the railway line. Marjorie Gibbs recalled weekly dancing classes culminating in an annual dance. Wesley Piercy's earliest memory of the Kings Arms is in 1921 when he was invited to a Christmas Party given by the Hubbard family. George Hubbard, the landlord, had three children who were at school with Wesley A small shop was kept underneath the clubroom by various traders. This part of The Kings Arms (now Bonhams) was sold off in the 1970s. There was no front bar, and only one entrance, that in the corner on the left. A Bowling Green was laid in Dereham Road, or Pound Road, as it was then known. It survived for very many years and was well supported by Market Place residents. Wednesdays were busy days for the Kings Arms, which opened all day “for the convenience of persons attending the public market.” The annual Christmas sale and fat stock show ended in a sumptuous dinner for up to 100 in the clubroom sometimes followed by “entertainment with recitals or monologues performed by the more musical or artistic members of the local community.” These dinners ended at the start of WW2. Most of the farmers, butchers and dealers came by horse and cart, parking their carts on the Market Place. The wife of Mr. Devlin, landlord in 1938 and 1939, had achieved some fame in her youth as the author of a book "The Young Visitors" published under her maiden name of Daisy Ashford. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop (see photograph on left) followed until 1948 when on Mr. Bishop's retirement Mr. J. Haggerty, former landlord of The Foldgate, took over. The Haggerty family continued as landlords until 1990. In 1987 the then landlady, Pat Chipperfield, daughter of Mr. Haggerty (see photographs on right) accepted a Reepham Society biennial award "for the successful restoration both internally and externally which had in no way changed the appealing features of the Kings Arms. The financial efforts that the brewery owners had injected into the building and the flowering enhancement that Mrs. Chipperfield had introduced were greatly appreciated." Pat has vividly described to me her long years as landlady, her introduction of home cooked meals, bed and breakfast for local construction builders in the eight large bedrooms and frenzied Wednesday market days. 8 �KINGS HEAD (Booton) Listed as an alehouse in the 1789 Book of Recognisance under a John Bircham, the Kings Head was owned by the brewers Chapman Ives of Coltishall. A Mary Coxford and Francis Bircham occupied the two cottages that in 1900 were developed into one building. By 1832 the cottages had been transferred to local landowner Samuel Sewell; the John Bircham mentioned above still living there. The last landlord was Reginald Gray. His wife Mabel gave hunt dinners and receptions. During WW2 she sold home-baked food to American airmen and RAF personnel stationed at Haveringland. The pub closed towards the end of WW2 and is now a private house. (Photograph, looking towards Reepham from Booton, showing pub sign.) LAMB (Lamb Hill, Hackford Vale) The Lamb on Lamb Hill was a beer house that White's 1836 Directory associates with Mr. John Neale. The 1864, 68 and 76 Directories link it with Mrs. Springall, whom Henry Hawes also mentions as occupier. The 1881 census records The Lamb taking boarders including five navvies. Conveyances in the early 1900’s refer to a “dwelling house formerly a public house”. A cellar complete with delivery hatch to the road, room above with settle bench and serving hatch into the lounge were revealed in redecoration. It closed by 1902 and is now a private house. NELSON (Back Street) A listed early 18th century building, The Nelson in Back Street was originally called The Nelsons Head. An attached blacksmith's shop was later demolished. The original building had a thatched roof and was very old. Henry Hawes remembered it when occupied by landlord Sam Howes in the 1860s and 70s. It was Mr. Hawes who stripped off the thatch, re roofed and tiled it and coloured the walls. The Nelson closed in 1909 and is now in private occupation as two cottages. STAR (Whitwell Street) The Star, once known as The Cock, was very oldfashioned with sand on the floor. There was no bar counter; all drinks had to be brought up from the cellar. It was also well known for selling vinegar. The last landlord, William Morris, had been a "clicker" (he hand-cut shoes) in a Norwich shoe factory. Henry Hawes writes of its Whitsuntide Tuesday sports. Whitwell Street was used for races and a small field belonging to the pub for a ploughing match. The Star closed in 1935 and is now a private house known as The Old Star - but no longer permitted by its deeds to sell vinegar! 9 �SUN (corner of School Road and Market Place) Positioned in the Market Place The Sun, known as an Inn, was an extremely popular venue for traders and sometimes referred to as "the posh pub" popular with drinking schools. The 1854 Directory referred to "The Hero" omnibus leaving for Norwich on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 8am. Carts were hired in pre-railway days. Wesley's great grandfather, James Piercy, after working on a farm as a horseman and later as a steward ended his working life as ostler at The Sun. Among his duties was driving young Sam Eglington (son of a local landowner and businessman) to school in Norwich. Mr. Eglington, then over eighty related this to Wesley in 1950. Marjorie Gibbs wrote, "My very early recollection of the Sun Inn ...was of 'Charlie Colling', the dog, so named because Mr. Colling was the landlord. I think someone else followed him for a short time, but then came Mr. and Mrs. Fred Watson (see picture above taken 1920) and they were landlords there for a number of years. Mr. Watson was a most efficient painter and decorator and worked for Mr. John Wright who lived in Norwich Road. Mr. Watson continued with his work for some years but later gave it up to work entirely in The Sun. Mrs. Watson was a woman of great character, and very much respected by all her customers. She was a kind, motherly soul and during the War(WW1) was known to the forces as "ma". She was extremely good to all service men, whether Army, Navy or Air Force, especially if they were home sick or lonely." Extensive alterations were made in the 1920s or early 30s, including the demolition of the old stables. New ones were built opposite on School Road, but due to the advent of cars, not used for long. The stables were converted to a hall, which was used for functions where various organisations such as The Bowls Club and the Fire Brigade held their excellent annual dinners, catered for by Violet Watson. Violet and her husband Clifford, son of Frank, took over in 1922 and were landlords until Violet’s death in 1964. Irelands the auctioneers favoured The Sun. They had purchased the orchard in Station Road from William Bircham who owned the Reepham Brewery (now the Old Brewery House Hotel). This site became the Reepham Auction Market (or Stock Market) finally closing in 1972. In 1924 permission was granted to sell intoxicating liquors between 2.30-5pm on Wednesdays. This was for the benefit of those involved in cattle market trading. A board had to be displayed on the outside of the premises indicating this particular licence. During WW2 The Sun was popular with American servicemen stationed at Whitwell Hall and nearby airfields People who remember the Watsons describe them as “perfect landlords”. Ben Stimpson affectionately referred to Violet as a “disciplinarian”. She was captain of the Reepham Women’s Bowls Club which played on The Sun bowling green next to the Sun Hall. Four of its players represented Norfolk. The photograph shows Violet holding the runners up trophy in the ladies National English Bowls Association final, the first time a national trophy had come to Norfolk. The green now belongs to the Reepham Society, in use by Reepham Bowls Club. 10 �At the beginning of the 1980s Watneys decided to close down either The Crown or The Sun. The closure of the weekly cattle market in 1972 had reduced trade and as then tenants Mr. and Mrs. Barnes wished to retire the choice was easily made. SWAN (Corner of Dereham Road and Smuggler's Lane) Records of The Swan, a beer house, are few. The 1868 Directory links it with a Henry Russell, watchmaker, whom Henry Hawes also mentions as occupier at that time. The Swan closed in 1909 when the licensee, Arthur Palmer, forfeited his licence. The owner at that time was a Mrs. Robert George of Bawdeswell who also owned other property in Reepham. Her daughter Kathleen married Sam Eglington in 1925. It is now a private house, known as Cob House. Recent redecoration by present owners Mr. and Mrs. Clive Elgar has revealed a bar with hooks above used for the hanging of glasses, also a staircase leading to what would have been the cellar for storage of beer barrels. THE OLD BREWERY HOUSE HOTEL (Market Place) (See front cover for picture) The Old Brewery House hotel is included in this report for completeness although, because its establishment as a public house / hotel was comparatively recent, it has not been researched. The following is derived from the hotel’s own literature. The listed Georgian building was built in 1729 and originally named the "Dial House" because of a large sun dial over the front door. This can be seen as a white square in the photograph on the front cover. In 1972 the house was converted to a commercial hotel and renamed The Old Brewery House Hotel to recognise its previous rôle as residence of the Bircham family that, for generations, had run a brewery in Reepham, and because one of the hotel's principal rooms used to be the brewery. Acknowledgements My thanks to Wesley Piercy for his invaluable help and to Ralph Cox for technical advice. Also to several local residents for their time, friendly co-operation and use of photographs. Published by the Reepham Society, charity number 270398 Printed by DoorStep Print (Hellesdon) telephone 01603 402310 Copyright Joyce Cox 2001 ISBN 0-9539858-1-4 See map on back cover for sites of pubs. 11 �Index 1 Black Lion 4 Farriers Arms 7 Greyhound 10 Lamb 13 Sun 2 Crown 5 Foldgate 8 Kings Arms 11 Nelson 14 Swan 3 Duke of York 6 George & Dragon 9 Kings Head 12 Star 15 Old Brewery House Hotel � 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/RS/Publications Title A name given to the resource Reepham Society Publications Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Reepham Society Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976 to 2014 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Printed documents Box *** Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1976 to 2014 Reepham Description An account of the resource Reepham Society Publications Text - 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 Fifteen Locals Description An account of the resource A pub crawl through history by Joyce Cox describing Reepham public houses. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 2001 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1801-1991 Reepham, Whitwell Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/1703171307 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joyce Cox Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 13pp A4 Box 51 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Reepham Society RS Database 691 & 430 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Joyce Cox 2001 Black Lion Crown Inn Dial House Duke of York Farriers Arms Fifteen Locals Foldgate George & Dragon Greyhound Kings Arms Lamb Inn Nelson public house Star Sun Inn Swan