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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.

Exhibition collated by C. Peakome for the Reepham Archive commemorating the start of the First World War.
All the material came from the records held by the Bircham Centre and the Reepham Society.
Most of these are independently recorded on the…

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…

Royal British Legion, Reepham Ladies Section, at a parade held outside Reepham. Included in the photograph are Mesdames Seely, Page, Timbers and Gaymer

"Let's Celebrate!"
A presentation to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
Selection of items from Reepham Archive describing various celebrations not solely connected to royalty. Many photographs appear as separate items on the…

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…

Two views of Randell's shopfront. Possibly early 1980s.
The top picture gives a closer view of the shopfront.
In the lower picture the Malthouse Cottages have been demolished. The wall of the malthouse/barn has been reduced & the lower windows…

Malthouse Cottages at the bend on Ollands Road. Once used by Randell's.

View of part of the malthouse/barn on the bend at the bottom of Ollands Road before any major demolition work took place.The lower half of the outer wall still exists. The windows were bricked in. A wide blue metal gate stands where the double doors…

A view of the bend in Ollands Road before any new houses were built on the Spar side. The sign directs to the car park at the back of the Old Brewery House Hotel.

Three views of Ollands Road taken in the late 1960s (?). Two show the top of Ollands Road. Part of the sign for the Crown public house can just be seen at the edge on the right. A third view, looking down the road, showing part of buildings that were…

A view of The Hollies at the bottom of Ollands Road. The Church Walk in the Ollands grounds used to run alongside it. Modern houses have been built between it & Ollands Road.

Sir Dymoke White's 4-in-hand carriage being driven up Ollands Road by Arthur (?) the coachman. The lady is possibly Ann Bircham. The Ollands wall clearly shown with garden buildings behind. Background shows the malthouse/granary with the outside…

Notes from George Kett about the writer who lived in Reepham in the 1920s. Portrait & title page from Robert Standish's biography shown here. More information in RS Magazine 1993.

Lady named as Mrs. Wasey, at the gate of a cottage on the bend at the bottom of Ollands Road. The gate into the grounds of the Ollands House can be seen on the right. The two cottages backed onto the Maltings & were demolished in the 1970s. The last…

Two-page illustrated report of a brief survey carried out for the current owners of the Cardinal's Hat in 2010.

Original, large sale document available in Archive Box 117. It includes a coloured estate map with all 16 lots described and two colour sketches of the house. Possibly belonged to James Verdigans who purchased one of the lots.

More information in…

Group of documents relating to :- auction of Ollands Park in 1973, site plans, Reepham Society involvement, tree felling, opposition & withdrawal of developer's plans in 1976/77. Minor interest since plans shown do not relate to the final/current…
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