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Ollands House – Another View
Very poor enlargement of a second Peck's Series (J 902) postcard, looking towards the main entrance. There are chairs placed outside and dressing table mirrors can be clearly seen in two of the upper windows, either side of the oriel window.
Ollands House
Enlarged copies of the original postcard with a view of the north & east elevations of the house, thickly covered with ivy. Shows the main entrances on the north & east. Includes the orangery/conservatory.
The same view was used for a later Jewell's…
The same view was used for a later Jewell's…
Ollands House - Postcards
One original postcard with the heading in red lettering. The view is of the north & east elevations of the house, including the orangery/conservatory. The reverse gives the card as part of Peck's Series, dating its publication as no earlier than…
Sale of Contents of The Ollands House & Gardens
Catalogue detailing the sale of contents of The Ollands. The sale took place over two days. The estate had been auctioned a month earlier in 1883. Messrs. Spelman's introduction stated that the furniture had been carefully kept, was in good condition…
Ollands Estate Sale Brochure 1883 (Modern Copy)
Facsimile reprint made in 1993 by the Reepham Society of the large original sale document. It includes an estate map with all 16 lots described & two sketches of the house.
The original copy was apparently in possession of James Vardigans who…
The original copy was apparently in possession of James Vardigans who…
Malthouse Yard
Demolition Work at the corner of Ollands Road and Malthouse Yard after the closure of Randells, in preparation for the new houses to be built on the site.
Swiss Cottage and houses on Norwich Road can be seen in the background.
Swiss Cottage and houses on Norwich Road can be seen in the background.
Electricity Cottages
The six semi-detached 'Electricity Cottages' on Cawston Road were built in the 1930s to house workers installing electricity in the town. The road was apparently then called Salle Road. Possible date of image 1938/07/08.
Dereham Road about 1919
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…
Full size image shows a white pole near the entrance gate to the Kings Arms Bowing…
Reepham Moor
Group of 8 smartly dressed men and 1 child in front of a wall on Reepham Moor
Market Place to the West
Looking towards Dereham Road with Barclays Bank in view, taken in about 1960.
Wood Dalling Post Office
The Post Office Street, Wood Dalling, with three adults, two bicycles and two children
Staff at Whitwell Hall
Photograph of seven members of staff at Whitwell Hall taken in the late 1870s.
Ram raid at HSBC Bank in Reepham
Photograph taken the morning after the HSBC Bank in the Market Place, Reepham, was ram raided and thieves took the ATM.
Bircham's Yard
Bircham's Yard in the late 1970s. The water pump is still standing in situ.
Sgt. Arthur Collison
Group photograph of Members Sergeants' Mess, 2/5th Battalion the Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Sgt. Tailor A Collison, a Reepham man, is at the left hand end of the middle row. This is Arthur Collison (1881-1927), a tailor and a son of Arthur…
Sgt. Tailor A Collison, a Reepham man, is at the left hand end of the middle row. This is Arthur Collison (1881-1927), a tailor and a son of Arthur…
Dr Perry with a group of Nurses
Dr. Perry with a group of 10 of the nursing staff at Reepham Red Cross Hospital during WWI.Nurses Gibbs & Dewing are in the back row.
Nurses at Reepham Red Cross Hospital
Two photographs of six nurses based at the Reepham Red Cross Hospital during WWI.
Includes Nurses Gibbs & Dewing.
Includes Nurses Gibbs & Dewing.
Frank and Ethel Leiper
Photograph of Frank Leiper and Ethel Keeley, their marriage certificate (1918) and her VAD card. Ethel Keeley was the VAD night nurse at Reepham Hospital during WWI. She gives this as her address on their marriage certificate. Frank was wounded and…
When deliveries were made by horse and cart
Family information about Stanley Watson and his wife Grace who, after Stanley's death, later married Walter Lawn.
The Ollands’ owner took part in town’s social life
Biographical information about John Kendrew and his wife Mary who lived at The Ollands until John's death in 1914.