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Group of 13 men, outside an open pavilion, 11 in cricket whites, umpire wearing a hat, man on left possibly a scorer.

Written on reverse : Reepham 1921.

Watts Austin, born around 1830, butcher, with his wife, in about 1904.
His father, also Watts Austin, 1802-1877 was a butcher. He married Ann Pye who was listed as a pauper at her death in 1884.

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Samuel Bircham with the Wood Pigeon and Peewit Patrols and their leaders outside Hackford House. Amy Rump is the 'girl scout' on the horse.

Annotated copy included.

The Grand Parade held on Wednesday afternoon 15 June 1950 of Light, Heavy, Riding and Saddle Horses and Vehicles. These came from many local farms and traders.

Robert became a gamekeeper at Hackford Hall and in 1918 moved to Beachamwell near Swaffham. His daughter Fernleigh Eaglen married Alfred Hardiment, grocer in the Market Place, Reepham, in 1932. Robert's father was a shepherd at Hackford.

Busy day with parked cars, delivery vans and cyclists in Reepham Market Place in the 1980s. B Robertson, Family Butcher, opened in 1987, with signwriting above the windows, the awning came much later. The Chimes was an antique shop with a tearoom…

Taken outside the Fire Station, now Thurloe House and originally the Primitive Methodist Chapel on Dereham Road.Top L to R:Laddie Neale, George Wilkerson, Herbert VardigansGeorge Goodbury, Bob Fuller, Lenny WardBottom L to R:Herbert Fuller, Dick…

Photograph showing Randell’s workshops and showrooms, now Spar and Malthouse Yard, the site of Wilkins Mills, the Bircham's Brewery and the car park of the Old Brewery House Hotel.

Attfield's family butcher in the Market Place, predecessor to Robertson's.

This shop in Reepham Market Place was once the home of Robert Barber, a watchmaker. Recently it was home to a branch of HSBC. Currently (2020) it is home to Motts Pharmacy.

Patients & nurses in the grounds of Hackford House (now the Bircham Centre). The men are wearing the blue uniforms with white lapels of wounded soldiers. VAD Nurses can be identified with their head veils bunched back.

On the left can be seen the start of the Crown Meadow Development, the disused station and storage that later became Kerri's Pine. The railway bridge over Marriott's Way is now a footpath to Coller's Way. Bottom right can be seen Fairway Garage and…

Mrs. Tipple, Mrs K Key, Miss Tipple, Miss P Barstead, Mrs Violet Watson, Mrs C Laskey, Mrs. S Symons, Mrs Mole, Mrs Downing, not known, Mrs Wyand and Mrs R Eglington

Back row:Peter Bacon, Colin Buxton, John AmisMiddle row:Doreen Hagen, Bridget Curry, Janet Pratt, Evelyn Lambert (now Whall)Front row:Norman Whybrow, Maud ?, Keith Barrett, Maureen ?The headmaster, not shown, was Mr. Stebbings and another school…

From a group of photographs concerning Massey and Bridges, Motor Engineers.

On reverse: 1952 "Old Kings Head" Booton, Norfolk, when Spider Hardiment (builder) lived there.

George Sewards presenting Cyril Page with a clock on his resignation as Captain of Salle Cricket Club, about 1960.
Also in the picture: Revd. Arthur Dickinson at the back, Mrs Sewards, Mr Cooke (Cashier at Reepham Bank), Joyce Mallett, Maurice…

Postcard of Reepham Churches, B&W drawing. Trace of signature bottom right, could be E. Purdy

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.…

A Parish Council Meeting about 1950 taking place in the Town Hall Kitchen.L to R round the table :-Dick Howard, Samuel Carman, Gordon FranklandMr. Bushell - PostmasterMr Bartle? next to his sister Miss Kate BartleMrs. Winifred? SimmonsMr. Fairclough?…
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