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Ironmonger’s shop open all hours
The early days of Gibbs' ironmongers shop.
Varied history for Towns End Corner shop
Brief history of the shop at Towns End Corner, currently V's Cafe. Previous proprietors had been George Grief, Ada Frost and J. Dixon.
Farm life in Salle Street
Identification of some of the families who lived on Salle Street in the 1800s, particularly Joseph Leeds, landlord of the White Horse.
Musical events raise community funds
Members of Reepham Orchestral Band in the early 1900s; charitable events; band of the 3rd Norfolk Rifle Volunteers.
Whitwell Street pub well known for selling vinegar
Background to The Star, a public house on Whitwell Street, with details about its landlords William Morris and Frederick Watson.
Reepham connection sought for Norfolk vagrants
Initial research about Jimmy, Hester & Mary Ann, three vagrants familar to Reepham inhabitants in the early 1900s.
James, Hester & Mary : The Reepham Connection
Further information about James, Hester and Mary the three vagrants.
Reepham Troupe of Black Diamonds
Early performances of the minstrel group, particularly at a Garden Fete with electric lighting provided by Dixon's shop at Towns End Corner.
A hive of business activity on Norwich Road
Norwich Road in the early 1900s, with brief details about Beaver House, Jesse Bircham and John Rooke.
Nonconformists in Reepham
Nonconformist chapels and places of worship in Reepham during the 1800s and early 1900s.
Rev Edward Percy Green & Harriet Fisher
On reverse: Front row: Helen Fisher, George Fisher, Elsie Mary Fisher (the bride's sister), Percy Green, Harriet Fisher. Back row: not known, Walter Gaskins, and two young lads - Sydney Fisher and Reginald Fisher.Further information received in 2019:…
Soldiers on Church Plain WWI
WWI Soldiers outside Miller's shop on Church Plain Reepham. Some soldiers are at ease and some at attention.
Reginald Fisher (1897-1954)
Reginald Fisher (1897-1954) was the second son of George Ephraim B Fisher and Helen Hardiment. He married Eva M Leonard. Pictured in the uniform of a Bombardier in the Royal Field Artillery.
Reginald enlisted in March 1916. WWI records show that…
Reginald enlisted in March 1916. WWI records show that…
G. Fisher's shop, before 1903
G Fisher, Grocer, Draper and Outfitter, Market Place, Reepham, dated before 1903, with neighbouring saddler's shop.
This is an enhanced copy of GB/REE/1607301414 without the broken glass. It is also a wider view showing the roofline of the saddlers…
This is an enhanced copy of GB/REE/1607301414 without the broken glass. It is also a wider view showing the roofline of the saddlers…
Hall, Saddlers, Market Place, Reepham
Undated photograph with un-named man outside - possibly Bertie Hall or his father John Ebenezer Hall who died in 1955
Laburnum Grove, Reepham
View of Laburnum Grove and Cawston Road looking towards Cawston.
Reepham Market Place 2015
Two sheets showing snapshots of Reepham Market Place taken in 2015 for The Dial Brochure.
Geoff Deal in Meloncaulie Rose, 2015
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
Vernon Whall at Reepham ROC Post
On the reverse of the photograph:
Vernon Whall of Reepham with headphones on - at the Royal Observer Corps post situated at Great Witchingham near the land that became part of the Wild Life Park owned by Philip Wayne. About 1955.
ROC Posts were…
Vernon Whall of Reepham with headphones on - at the Royal Observer Corps post situated at Great Witchingham near the land that became part of the Wild Life Park owned by Philip Wayne. About 1955.
ROC Posts were…
Army Cyclist Corps 1916
Jack Brahms, Army Cyclist Corps, 1916.
Jack, 17, the only Jewish boy in his unit, the 3rd City of London Yeomanry is in the front row on the right.
Jack travelled by train from London to Reepham to start his army career at the local headquarters…
Jack, 17, the only Jewish boy in his unit, the 3rd City of London Yeomanry is in the front row on the right.
Jack travelled by train from London to Reepham to start his army career at the local headquarters…