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An account of the last passenger train on the railway line between Wroxham and County School on 13 September 1952, based on a newspaper report in the Norfolk News, 19 September 1952.

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.

View of Back Street showing the sign for the Greyhound public house. The sign has now gone and the building is a private house.

Descendants of William Gascoins who lived in Great Witchingham circa 1721-1765

A horse and cart being driven through The Ford at Lyng.

Nothing written on the reverse.
Printed on the LH side 'The Belvoir'.

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The Foldgate, a thatched public house on Whitwell Common, operated from the 1830s through to 1969. The name can also appear as Falgate, Faldgate, Fallgate, Folgate.

Refer to Fifteen Locals by Joyce Cox for more information.

The Blyth Family
Joshua Blyth (1856-1933) with his wife Rhoda Matilda (nee Timbers). They were married in 1883. The children are Joshua and Rhoda at the back, with Arthur, Charlotte and Percy in the front. Joshua worked as a jobbing gardener for…

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Shows New Road frontage and gable end wall in Reepham Moor. Crinkle marks suggest it is a copy of an older photo.

An update on the current state of the Bircham Centre.

Short history of the Bircham Centre

An account of the Bircham Brewery Well, which is historically linked to the old post mill which first stood in Reepham and was then moved to Booton.

The Bays, on Norwich Road, stretches back into Swiss Cottage. The two houses are now separated but were extended from an earlier half-timbered house, largely hidden from the outside.

This thatched house on Church Hill is one of the oldest houses in Reepham.

Some information about thatched cottages in Reepham Moor and biographical details about Martin Luther Dewing, his family and his shop.

Four images taken on the second day of re-thatching at Thatched Cottages, Church Hill in September 2021.
One shown here.

A row of thatched cottages on Orchard Lane, Reepham Moor once known as Stocks Hill Cottages, demolished circa 1939.

Thatched cottage near the corner of The Moor where it meets Orchard Lane. Two army cyclists are pictured about 1917, with a woman who was possibly Mrs. Self, mother of Charlie Self.

A celebration tea party at the Sun Hall in the 1950s.
Plenty of cups of tea, trifles, fancy cakes and sandwiches. Taken in springtime, judging by the vases of daffodils.

A brief account of the tanneries operating in Whitwell and (possibly) Hackford parishes

Photo taken from Malthouse Yard showing South and West sides. West Gable end wall carries painted Ad for "John Wright Registered Sanitary Plumber DRAINS TESTED Decorator". Now painted over.
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