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John Craske - fisherman and artist, 1881-1943
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19th Century Dereham
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MITFORD POPULATION BETWEEN 1801 AND 1871.
LIFE IN DEREHAM IN THE EARLY 1800s
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THE LOCAL BOARD OF EAST DEREHAM
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A PICTURE OF ETLING GREEN
DEREHAM SNAPSHOT OF 1881
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World War One - Dereham
Dereham in Peace & War 1914
WW1 Red Cross Hospital
1914 - 80 Army Horses Stampede through Dereham at Night
Doctor's Duigan's War
The Milk Brothers
The Eglen Brothers
WW1 motorcycle despatch rider from Dereham 1914
Christoper Gapp a Wheelwright at War
1915 - Zeppelin Raid on Dereham
Songs of WW1
World War Two - Dereham, the Le Paradis Massacre
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The Alan Cambridge Hobbies Collection
Bishop Bonner's Cottage 125 years of photographs
Horse Brass Collection
Dr. Augustus Jessopp - Arcadian Club Newsletter Archive
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Christopher Gapp a Wheelwright at War
Christopher Gapp who's army trade was wheelwright and driver in the Army Service Corps.
A craftsman in both metal and wood this is a fine piece of trench artwork made by Christopher Gapp in 1918.
Card sent to his mother with one of the pieces of brass craftwork he made while in France..
Christoper Gapp
The emblem of the Army Service Corps carved by Christopher on the top of a box he made.
A beautiful example of brass trench art made by Christopher from a German shell case from 1917.
The Gapp family in August 1945
Christopher at work
Christopher and Fanny with family at their Golden Wedding celebration in 1976