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Recent
Reepham Society Publications (last updated
25/04/2008
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Requests for the following Reepham Society publications by people who are unable to visit
the town may be made to the Society Treasurer
at 50 Bircham Road, Reepham, telephone 01603 871181.
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My Town |
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This collection of essays on the History of
Reepham is the Society's most recent publication. The author,
Wesley Piercy, was born in Reepham and, apart from his war
service, has spent all of his life in the town. He gained
an Open University degree in History at the age of 77 and his
vast knowledge of local history has been much appreciated by
professional historians. To celebrate
his 90th birthday, the Reepham Society published this collection
of essays about Reepham. The collection has been compiled by
Joyce Cox with inspiration and help from our former chairman
Kate Nightingale.
Copies, price £5.00, may be obtained from Very
Nice Things, The Post Office or the Town Council Office. Or by post from Jolyon Booth at 50 Bircham Road,
Reepham NORWICH NR10 4NQ. Cheques should be made payable to The
Reepham Society. Please add 60p for postage and packing. |
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Harry
Hawes' Walk, The Heart of a Norfolk Market Town: edited by
Kate Nightingale
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This publication was
issued to accompany the September 2003 History Exhibition on Reepham Market Place. The booklet comprises 32 pages including
22 coloured illustrations. It can be used as a guide for a walk
around the centre of the town, or just read as a history of
(mainly) two centuries of a Norfolk Market Town. Harry Hawes,
the guide to this wander through Reepham, was born in 1863 in a
cottage in Church Hill. He and his ancestors appeared regularly
in Reepham records. The booklet includes direct quotations
from Harry's account of each building in the centre of Reepham
as it was at the time of which he was writing, during his
childhood. Kate uses his account as the basis of her history.
Copies, price £3.00, may be obtained from
Very Nice Things in the Market Place.
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The Reepham
Town Band (now Matthews Norfolk Brass). A tribute by Joyce
Cox
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Published in May
2002, this booklet is in the usual form, it comprises 16 pages
containing 24 illustrations. The booklet is a tribute to the
Band, covering half a century of commitment and success. Local
enthusiasts, supported by their families, created in the small
Market Town of Reepham a brass band that became demonstrably the
best of its type in East Anglia - an amazing feat. Its stature
was recognised by, for example, the award of prizes at annual
Crystal Palace national competitions, national radio broadcasts,
ENSA entertainments during the 1939-1945 war and, as the cover
opposite illustrates, a Reepham held royal performance.
The Reepham Town
Band is now known as Matthews Norfolk Brass. This band maintains
the very high standards set by its originator.
Copies, price £2.50, may be obtained from Very
Nice Things in the Market Place.
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The Millennium Magazine
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Fifteen Locals
A pub crawl
through history by Joyce Cox
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30 pages, 30 illustrations - now £2.00.
Contents:
- Why Reepham?
by Wesley Piercy;
- Public Access
& Right of Way by Kate Nightingale;
- Whitwell
(Part 1) by Tony Ivins;
- Hackford
Parish through the 19th Century by Jennifer Roberts;
- Childhood
Memories of Reepham by Ann Dickinson;
- A Thousand
Years of Salle edited by Kate Nightingale.
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12 pages, 27 illustrations £2.50
Reepham was typical
in being almost awash with ale drinkers in the latter half of the
nineteenth century when 14 pubs were opening their doors. These
pubs were:- Black Lion, Crown, Duke of York, Farriers Arms,
Foldgate, George & Dragon, Greyhound, Kings Arms, Kings Head,
Lamb, Nelson, Star, Sun, and Swan. More recently (1972) the Old
Brewery House Hotel. Read their histories.
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Copies
available from Very Nice Things or from the Treasurer (see above).
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Reference copies are available in the
Norfolk Heritage Centre, The Forum, Norwich.
A history of Reepham Methodist Chapel 1817
- 1992 by Wesley Piercy may be purchased from the Chapel price £2.00.
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