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View of the two churches and that part of the Market Place which has also been called Church Plain.
The reverse, written in the 1970s, probably refers to a stay at Whitwell Hall Country Centre.
RPM 18

View of the south side of the Market Place. Skipper's, the carpet shop, and Barclay's Bank can be seen on the right. Bus shelter in evidence. Projection on the side of the Bank House still there.

The reverse, written in the 1970s, probably refers…

Reepham Women's Bowls Club being presented with the Norfolk Women's Bowls Cup at The Lido, Norwich in November 1952. Mrs. C. V. Watson was the captain .

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

Colour photograph of the Bircham Centre kitchen in 2021 before it became the Book Room.

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…

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…

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.

Edition No. 3

The first newsletter of Reepham Parish Council

An update on the current state of the Bircham Centre.

Obituary describing the life of John Stimpson, a prominent farmer and landowner.

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…

John Bingley Barraclough was the incumbent for Hackford & Whitwell from 1911 to 1913, living at Whitwell Vicarage. Includes a statement of accounts.