My four-times-great-grandfather William Dove was born in Reepham in 1809. He was transported to Tasmania for machine-breaking and ended his life in Tasmania, gaining his freedom and eventually buying several pubs.

I still have distant cousins living in Reepham and we have visited the village twice. We just loved it.

We enjoy receiving the news from Reepham, which brings us a little closer to my forebears.

James Guthrie, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia