Crowds gather to see clock reinstated in St Michael’s tower
Geoff Fisher Flags are decorating the buildings and “God Save the King” can be seen on Hilton’s shopfront.
From The Archive
Market Place baker with Hampshire connections
With his brother and sister Walter Ford ran Ford’s bakery in Reepham Market Place.
The shock of war
The May image in the Reepham Life 2024 Calendar shows the thatched cottage on Reepham Moor.
Fashionable wedding held in Reepham
On 14 April 1903, Francis Richard Samuel Bircham was married to Agnes St Clair Bruce in St Mary’s, Reepham.
Cello-playing painter and decorator
The building on the left of Norwich Road displays the name of George Storey who was a painter and decorator.
From selling furniture to singing of hope
At the age of 14, John Plane Walker was employed by the Wallace King furniture store.
The Crown at Six Crossways
The Crown public house stands at the junction of Ollands Road, New Road and Cawston Road, Reepham.
Love in the air at WWI hospital
Frank Leiper and Ethel Keeley met in Reepham during the First World War.
Crowning glory for the May Queen
Celebrations of spring have been held for centuries related to both pagan and religious beliefs.
Subscriptions raised towards expenses of volunteer rifle corps
Enthusiasm for the Volunteer movement in 1859 saw the creation of many rifle, artillery and engineer volunteer units.