Ironmonger’s shop open all hours
Geoff Fisher This shop was once an ironmonger’s and seed merchant’s store run by the Gibbs family.
From The Archive
Decline in fortunes of the Leamon family of Whitwell Hall
In 1871 the farm and tannery business of Whitwell Hall was being run by Robert Leamon.
Recalling the thrilling days of the old manual fire engine
The disused Primitive Methodist Church on Dereham Road had been purchased in 1936 for the fire brigade by Edward Gibbs.
Hackford House as a First World War hospital
By December 1914, Reepham Red Cross Hospital was in operation as a 12-bed VAD Auxiliary Hospital No. 52.
On your bike: cyclists in the Market Place
Volunteer cyclist units started in Great Britain in the 1880s, and the official Army Cyclist Corps was formed in 1914.
The rise and fall of primary school numbers
Hackford and Whitwell School was built on the current site of the primary school in School Road in the 1890s.
Changes to Cawston Road/Wood Dalling junction
Six roads met at what was once called Station Plain, however, the railway reduced it to five.
Women’s bowls team success throughout the 1960s
The women’s bowls team played on the Sun Inn’s bowling green, which is still in use today.
When rationing measures were still in place
In 1950 the average diet was still influenced by rationing and relied heavily on bread, milk and vegetables.
Cricket club’s perennial search for a suitable ground
There are occasional newspaper reports of a cricket club based in Reepham as early as 1805.