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View of Reepham town centre taken in the summer of 1994.

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Geoff Deal in his vegetable and fruit shop, Meloncaulie Rose. The shop was an institution in the Market Place for thirty years from the early 1990s to 2019

Conversion of the old George and Dragon Public House to two dwellings, carried on at the same time as the re-development of Malthouse Yard.

Newspaper cutting from The Eastern Daily Press dated 15 August 1979 recording the Thanksgiving service for late Mr. G.H. Anderson held at St. Mary's Reepham. Mr. Anderson lived at Candle Court, Church Street, Reepham.

Studio photograph of George Mason (1890-1959), probably taken when he enlisted during WWI.
In the 1920s George worked as a horseman at Eades Mill Farm for R. B. Howes. George married Lucy Piercy in 1923. In 1939 they were living in the Birchams…

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Dwelling house with sign board proclaiming G. Self Plumber & Decorator
Paperhanger Glazier
Pumps fixed & repaired

An article recording the life of George Reeve, 1890-1984

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An account of the life and businesses of George William Reeve, 1890-1984

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At 6.38 p.m. every weekday the 6.05 from Wroxham and the 6.05 from Dereham met briefly at Reepham Station. Used in RS Magazine 1991.

Two images of Edward Gibbs and Son's cartridges. In the 1993 Reepham Society Magazine (page 4) it is recorded "in the yard was a gunpowder magazine for cartridges were made here. A hundred cases were set up in a frame, filled with powder, shot and…

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An account of Gibbs' Seed Business describing the seed room, the granary and the process of mixing different seed mixtures.

Postcard of Edward Gibbs' shop. Occupying only the first and second property from the corner with buckets, brooms etc outside and figure in doorway, possibly Sidney Eglington when he was apprenticed to Gibbs.

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View of Gibbs' terrace. The two-storey extension on the left-hand side was added in about 1907. This photograph dates before 1914. By WWI Edward Gibbs had a new sign which projected out from the building.
The name F. Gibbs refers to Fred Gibbs,…

Gibbs' Staff with delivery lorry

L to R :
Gordon Frankland, Ron Gibbs, Ernie Wilkinson,
Terry Arthurton

Extract from The Ironmonger describing Edward and Emma's Diamond Wedding in 1948. They were married at Hickling in October 1888. In the same month Edward Gibbs took over the ironmonger's business in Reepham from Stephen Leeds.

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Marjorie Gibbs' description of Edward Gibbs' Ironmonger's shop in Reepham Market Place begins with a brief history of the previous tenants, i.e. William & Mary George, followed by the Leeds family. She describes the original premises with details of…

Very old image, possibly 1890s. Taken in the Market Place facing the chemist shop run by Johnson Cripps. In more recent times this building was once used by Barclay's Bank, later by Quinneys & more recently by Country Cottages. The large wagon in the…

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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A meeting of Good Companions near Christmas in the early 1950s in the chapel in Fishers Alley. Standing near the window is Mr. Higton, the founder of Good Companions, the standing ladies are Mrs. Page, Ruby Dack and Edna Seeley. The speaker is Mr.…

M&GN Goods train collision at Guestwick, 31 October 1908 & report from the Diss Express.Believed to be from an original postcard.
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