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Sun Barn
Colour photograph of the huge barn that stood on School Road where there is now modern housing. In the foreground is the area in front of the fire station. This was once a large pit or pond called Sun Barn Pit, famously used by an elephant in the…
Benjamin Edmunds Wyand
Studio portrait of Benjamin Edmunds Wyand (1844-1913). He was born in Halvergate and worked as a blacksmith. By 1881 he was registered as a farmer in Whitwell and later censuses give his address as Eades Mill Farm, Great Witchingham.
Included is his…
Included is his…
Nelson House
Colour photograph of Nelson House on Back Street, once a public house. The licence was refused in 1909 and the house was sold. In 1911 William Pask, the tailor, is registered as living there with his family.
Cawston Lodge
Postcard showing one of the four lodges attached to Salle Park Estate. This is the second one of two on the road from Reepham to Cawston. The lodges are unusual as they are situated on the opposite side of the road facing the entry gates to the…
A. V. King Coat Label
Label from a coat received in July 2024 by the Charity Shop in the Bircham Centre. Albert Valentine King was a tailor whose business operated from the premises that now contains Reepham Post Office.
In 1939 his widow Katherine King was still running…
In 1939 his widow Katherine King was still running…
Reepham & District Players
Collection of programmes, reviews and a few images from the Reepham & District Players in the 1930s. The reviews identify some familiar names e.g. Evelyn Gibbs & her siblings Edward & Marjorie, & Sidney Eglington as Stage Manager. Printing for…
Edward & Emma Gibbs
Studio portrait of Edward Gibbs (1861-1959) with his wife Emma (1863-1960), possibly taken to record an anniversary. They were first cousins and were married at Hickling in October 1888.If the occasion was their silver wedding the photograph would…
Bircham Centre Kitchen
Colour photograph of the Bircham Centre kitchen in 2021 before it became the Book Room.
Frank Brookes Walker
Details of the memorial service held in March 1946 for Frank Brookes Walker, only son of John Plane Walker. John worked for Wallace King when it came to Reepham & later had his own store in the old Maltings at the corner of Back Street & Station…
Norfolk Fire Brigades Parade
Report from the Yarmouth Independent of the Norfolk Fire Brigades first church parade held in Reepham in 1936. Fourteen brigades took part. After the service the Lord Mayor of Norwich inspected the officers & firemen in the Market Place & gave a…
Reepham Market Charges
Detailed list of charges to be paid to St. Faith's & Aylsham Rural District Council for various activities in Reepham Market Place on Market & Fair Days.
Stereograph Images
Seven undated stereograph images of Reepham.Six of the group are a set, the seventh pair of images are mounted on a different size & kind of card.One image from each pair is shown and include :-
Two views of Church Plain
Two views towards…
Brief Memories from Charles S Clements
Brief account of Charles' early years in Reepham. He was born in 1912. By 1921 his family was living in Bradford-on-Avon.Additional information:-
Henry Savage was born in Salle in 1868. By 1921 Henry Savage was living in Bradford on Avon, already…
Henry Pratt's Tailor Shop
Henry Maurice Pratt carried on his tailoring business in what is now Reepham's Post Office. It had been a tailor's for some years and was advertised as "The Little Shop with the Big Stock". Like Albert King Henry Pratt lived in Church Hill…
Market Place & Church Plain
View towards the church showing Hilton's Stores, possibly late 1930s. Church clock in situ & light strung across. Hilton's ran the shop from around 1923 until 1948.
Reepham Town Hall
A faded image of the Town Hall. Before the parishes were united in 1935 this was known as Hackford Parish Hall. Earlier it had been the school for the children of Hackford & Whitwell. The arch over the entrance to Bar Lane can be seen in the…
Stanley Watson
Tribute to Stanley Watson who was born in 1894 and christened as Frederick Stanley Archibald Watson. His younger brother Clifford married Violet Gore and they became the licensees of the Sun Inn. Stanley was apprenticed to Edward Gibbs and worked for…
Reepham Rectory
View of the rear garden in the Old Rectory where the Rev. Wilkinson, Rector of St. Mary's, lived for many years. Possibly taken in the 1910s as there are similarities to the image in GB/REE/2008271239.
Eglington's Work Yard
Sepia postcard of Eglington & Gooch's machine works with a large assortment of agricultural equipment. The work yard based in the area of Malthouse Yard and the site of the Spar supermarket. The name on the right-hand shed is McCormick Harvesting…