A history of Whitwell & Reepham Station and the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GN) from the station opening in 1882 to 1959 when passenger services ceased.
"Making, Selling & Servng in Reepham - Images from our Past"
Reepham Archive, Reepham Society & Gressenhall Museum combined to present an exhibition in the Bircham Centre on Sat. 18th July 2015.
The exhibition included, as well as a display of…
Three colour photographs taken in 1968 to celebrate the opening of Reepham's new fire station, built in 1967. The first picture shows the huge Sun Barn behind the fire engine with a portion of the old Band Hall in the background.The fire station had…
Two images of an army band - Royal Artillery? - providing entertainment in Reepham Market Place during WWI watched by Reepham families, other uniformed troops and some recuperating soldiers in their hospital blues.Item #1112 – GB-REE-2112100959 is a…
WWI : Cavalry & wagons in the Market Place.Photograph probably taken on the same day as Item #1326 - Cavalry in the Market Place - GB/REE/2302142000Note open window positions.
For a few years in the 1980s Roger Korval Sports traded from the premises that had once been Gibbs' ironmongers. Previously the shop had been occupied by Ernest Clark who ran a hardware business until he retired in 1982.
WWI : Cavalry moving through the Market Place with a few spectators.Photograph probably taken on the same day as Item #709 - Mounted soldiers passing Gibbs' shop - GB/REE/2004151304
Items collected by Sally Aitcheson. Some are identified as photographs from a local newspaper. All are concerned with farming & rural history, some relating to Kerdiston. They are stuck on blue sugar paper & still have their original titles.
Rev. George Hurst blessing a new ambulance in 1956. Members of the Red Cross are present & there are plenty of onlookers in the Market Place. Hints of a band far left, behind some Red Cross volunteers. Background includes fishmonger N.J.Wright,…
Sample extract from a digital copy of Reepham St Mary & Kerdistone tithe map with areas of land numbered.
Parts of the map have been copied & analysed many times & results of this work are stored in the Tithe Documents Collection.
A…