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Report of the events of Jubilee Day in Reepham recorded in The (Norfolk) Journal, Friday, 17 June 1977.
Plans for events in 1977 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II's accession to the throne with copy of Norfolk News report.

Old Time Dancers, photograph taken in The Town Hall in the 1960s. People shown include Busty and Joan Rudd, Jill Hall, Florrie Grant, Stewart Fuller

5 colour photographs of the Reepham Carnival held on 12 June 1971. The Brownie in the first picture is Mrs. Grant, others in the photograph in fancy dress on the float are Ellen/Eileen Rowe and Pam Swayze. The other two photos are of floats assembled…

Ten images. 4 black and white photographs of the children's tea party inside the Town Hall.

6 colour negatives showing preparation for the Street Parties in the Market Place and in Back Street.

Photograph of Edward and Evelyn Gibbs. Evelyn's birth was registered in 1891 and Edward's in 1892.

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Gladys Ford 1894-1984 (married name unknown) with her daughter and grand-daughter Anna Hancock. Gladys was the youngest daughter of William Ford and his first wife Ellen Fuller Clarke. She was born in Reepham and baptised in Hackford Parish Church.

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Obituary from The Times for Dr. Ruth Roseveare (1917-2014), surgeon and missionary who served in India from the end of WWII to her retirement in 1983 when she came to live in Reepham. Dr Roseveare's brother-in-law was Dr Arthur Garrett, who was with…

Map printed on linen showing plans for the supply of electricity to properties in Reepham. Shops and houses are marked in colour. Reepham was one of the first rural towns in the country to get electricity.

Transcription of notes written by Harry Hawes in two notebooks, describing houses, their occupiers and businesses in Reepham. It begins with details of Reepham Moor and continues into Reepham Market Place. Many of the tales from 'A True Story',…

View of St. Michael's Church & Church Plain showing Millers Stores with people standing outside the shop. The church tower is covered in ivy.

Copy of an original postcard : J&S 5578

Hard backed album marked "Jubilee 1977, List of Children receiving Crown Coins. Each sheet records 15 children, mostly in alphabetical order, who signed by hand or by finger print for their coin. One original 5/- coin remains with the album together…

Newspaper photograph of Reepham's Jubilee Queen, Mary Shepherd, on the Town Hall steps after the children's Jubilee party.

Picture of Mr. Pask's shop after he moved his business from the Market Place to Towns End Corner. The signs read: Outfitter, Master Tailor, Draper.

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Mr. Pask outside his shop with two ladies, probably his two youngest daughters Hilda and Rosie who continued to run the business after he died in 1943 aged 91.
The windows advertise the range of clothes offered; liveries, breeches, hunting uniforms…

The platforms at the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Reepham Station taken from or near the railway bridge at the junction of Cawston Road and Wood Dalling Road. There are no hedges, unlike the the overgrown embankments that line the…

School Road when the Sun Barn and the Band Hall are still standing, the Fire Station has replaced Sunbarn Pit, Reepham Motors are selling Fina petrol and Abbs Garage opposite supply Esso petrol.

Flock of Sheep in Reepham Market Place.
There appears to be no restraints, no dogs and no shepherd but the animals seem quiet and relaxed. They are spilling on to the road.
No indication that it is a market day. Perhaps it was a film shoot.

Children of the Page family outside the Crown Pub.
Back Row: - Rosa Blanche, Edith May and Nell (Florence Ellen)
Middle Row: Frances, Alice, Alfred and Bessie
Front Row: Sidney and Kate with Joey the dog.

Edward Page is listed as licensee in…

View of part of the malthouse/maltings building in St. John's Alley before changes were made.

From the entrance opposite the Spar shop in Ollands Road St. John's Alley leads past this now renovated part of the malthouse, emerging next to the post…

Newspaper reports and letters recording comments and arguments about Randell's proposed demolition of the malthouse/maltings & the two attached cottages. The plans in this file did not take place as proposed. Partial demolition took place…
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