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FREEREEPHAM LIFE YOUR Community Newspaper www.reephamlife.co.uk No. 36, September 2016 Family butchers celebrate 30 years of trading LAST month, Robertson Family Butchers celebrated 30 years of trading at their shop in Market Place, Reepham. Brian Robertson started out as a young “Saturday boy”, when the premises were known as D. H. Attfields Butchers, and became their apprentice after leaving school. After five years he left Attfields and worked in several other retail butchers in Norfolk. Mr Robertson met Sandra in 1985 and an opportunity arose for him to return to Reepham to open as Robertson Family Butchers, back where he started. So, on 13 August 1986, he was established with his own business. Mr Robertson married Sandra in 1989 and they had two children: daughter Katie was born in 1991 and son Michael in 1994. Over the past three decades, the Rob - ertsons have noted many changes in the town: “some good, some bad, with Left to right: Michael, Sandra and Brian Robertson. Photo: John Tym supermarkets popping up everywhere; customer’s needs, jobs and lives have burgers were not on the shopping list, pork pies, Cornish pasties, assorted pies, changed, too. but the Sunday joint was. Sausages were family pies, sausage rolls, olives and “For instance, back in the day beef made for breakfast or toad in the hole, yoghurts, with a good selection of not for barbecues.” cheeses, some of which are made in Robertson Family Butchers offer free Norfolk, such as Binham Blue and Nor- Plans for 24-hour cash range meats, along with pork, lamb, folk White Lady, as well as local honey. machine outside Johnsons beef and game, Sutton Hoo chickens The Robertsons have an amazing array A planning application has been and free range eggs, all sourced locally. of customers and friends, adding: “We submitted for the installation of an Mr Robertson dry cures his own bacon appreciate each and every one, and thank ATM outside the Post Office in and hams, and smokes them on the them from the bottom of our hearts that Market Place, Reepham. premises. they still continue to support us.” n See story page 3. 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Wee’’rre situated just offff the Dereham Road (10670) at Bawdeswell Hamptons @The Barn, Dereham Road, Bawdeswell, Norffoolk, NR20 4AA Reepham Life, September 2016 3 news Reepham Life is a free monthly newspaper published by Reepham Community Press EDITOR Geoff Fisher Plans for 24-hour cash ADVERTISING Judy Holland machine outside Johnsons WEBSITE Jeremy Brockman Printed by: Colour Print, Norwich A PLANNING application (20161260) EDITORIAL ADDRESS has been submitted to Broadland District Reepham Community Press Council for the installation of an auto- Homerton House, 74 Cawston Road mated teller machine (ATM) outside Reepham, Norfolk NR10 4LT Tel: 01603 308158 Johnsons of Reepham, which houses Email: [email protected] the Post Office in Market Place. Web: www.reephamlife.co.uk The application submitted by New The views expressed in Reepham Wave Installations on behalf of Cardtron- Life are not necessarily those of the ics UK, which trades as Cashzone, pro- Publishers or the Editor poses that the 24-hour cash machine be All material is strictly copyright installed through the shop front window and all rights reserved to the left of the central entrance door. All material submitted for publication, The two-storey building is located Chamber of Commerce and Reepham including letters to the editor, may be within the Reepham conservation area Town Team, have been held with Cash- edited for reasons of space and clarity and is a Grade II listed building. The zone for the provision of a replacement applicant states that the ATM design cash machine in the Market Place. will be kept as sympathetic as possible Use of the existing, listed telephone cash machine outside the Spar in Ollands to the features of the conservation area box outside the Bircham Centre had Road, it is hoped the installation of an and listed building. been suggested as one possibility, and ATM in Reepham town centre will help The cash machine will be set at a BT made an application to install a encourage people to withdraw cash to height that makes it accessible for all combined public payphone and cash use within the surrounding area, thereby users and has space to the front for a machine at the junction of Station Road supporting local businesses, some of wheelchair. Free car parking is generally and Market Place on Townsend Corner. which are reporting a downturn in trade available around the store. The plans However, this was refused by Broad- since the bank closure. also call for two security bollards to be land, which said the proposed kiosk n In other planning news, Whitwell Sta- installed in the ground in front of the would be harmful to the character and tion has withdrawn plans to re-lay track ATM as well as a non-illuminated sign. appearance of the conservation area, on the Marriott’s Way. Following the closure of the HSBC and would lead to on-street parking in branch in Reepham in October 2015, the immediate vicinity. Do you have news for us? Tel: 01603 308158 or email [email protected] ongoing discussions, led by the local Although there is an existing 24-hour Festival of Light 2016 plans under way, more helpers needed WITH plans for this year’s Festival of the event can be found on YouTube at The Festival of Light is run on a shoe- Light already under way, more people https://youtu.be/fNV5BAyiP40 string budget and relies on the support need to get involved to ensure the However, the festival organisers are of local businesses and individuals to event’s future. con cerned that this may be the last time make it happen. The festival will be held in Reepham they are able to put on the event. This year’s event will again include a Market Place on Thursday 8 December. Brenda Gostling, chairman of the FOL children’s lantern parade, stalls selling The group organising the event have team, said: “We are struggling to find seasonal food and gifts, Santa’s grotto, begun to put the arrangements in place enough helpers to do what is needed, a craft fair and a full programme of en- and are confident that it will be another both in the run-up to the event and on tertainment. success. the day itself. n If you would like to help out with Last year’s Festival of Light was at- “We are committed to holding it again this year’s festival, please contact Brenda tended by hundreds of people from this year, but if we are unable to expand Gostling on 07760 458957 or email Reepham and further afield. A video of the group it will be our last.” [email protected] www.reephamlife.co.uk RWWV NNEW 0 SSERVICES 3KDUPUPDF\F\ ‘Moderrn medicine, with traditional good service’ Book your FREE NHS Medicine Use Review (MUR) withh us. See website for more information Motts Pharmacy, Market Place, Reepham TTeel: 011603 871738 www.mottspharmaacyy..co.uk Reepham Life, September 2016 5 letters, emails, comments More cars, no shoppers I FULLY expect to get shot down in flames by some people for what I am about to say, but I am thick-skinned. Could someone please explain what good the Dial House is doing for Reepham? I was in the butcher’s shop one mor n ing and within 10 minutes three cars pulled into the Market Place and their occupants went straight into the Dial House. Like many of its customers, they didn’t look the type of people who were going for a cup of tea be - fore shopping around town. So that’s three parking spaces un- available for people who wanted to go to the shops. This goes on all day and it must put people off coming. How was the Dial House allowed “Don’t look a Dial Horse in the mouth.” to get rid of its car park at the rear of the building when the issue of parking dle and guelder rose. cost to the Trustees. @reephamlife.co.uk has been raised time and time again? I followed their advice for the next One of our members also carried The Market Place is filled with cars, 12 years or so and worked hard to out a full water management pro- but nobody is in the shops. maintain a balance between access to gramme following the sudden and I have lived in Reepham since I the cemetery and the wildlife interest.