After the suicide of his father Robert, Philip Leamon and his brother Arthur took over the farming and tannery business. Philip soon got into debt leading to bankruptcy which resulted in the sale of the Whitwell Hall Estate.
Dedication of Reepham Ambulance by the Rev. G. Hurst on 9 January 1966 which took place outside the Bircham Institute with Hardiment's shop in the background.
Postcard of Dereham Road before surfacing and pavements. Wallace King boards can be seen on Hackford House. Telegraph pole indicates the presence of the telephone.Further copy in Norfolk Heritage Explorations - REEP48.
Dereham Road looking towards the Market Place with the Wallace King sign over the property now (2022) know as the Bircham Centre. Photograph taken around 1919.
Full size image shows a white pole near the entrance gate to the Kings Arms Bowing…
Looking downhill with Eynsford House hedge on left. No tarmac, no footway. Primitive Methodist Chapel in original state. Bircham centre in distance occupied by Wallace King's furniture stores. Curved cutaway corner on building on SE corner.
Research notes from Pigot's 1830 and White's 1845 Directories, 1851 Census Returns and Harry Hawes' recollections in 1953 on schooling in and around Reepham.
Aerial & wide angle images of Reepham town centre, focusing on the Dial House development in 2015. 12 images prepared for use in The Dial brochure.
Two examples given here from January & April 2015.