{"id":14994,"date":"2021-01-01T17:17:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T17:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=14994"},"modified":"2022-08-25T14:53:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T13:53:55","slug":"arthur-methuen-ribbands","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=14994","title":{"rendered":"Arthur Methuen Ribbands (1899-1981) of Martham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Arthur Methuen Ribbands (1899-1981)<\/strong> of Martham<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Arthur was born on 12th<\/sup> December 1899 in Martham as the seventh child of Samuel Charles Ribbands & Susannah, nee Ward. He grew up living with his parents at Black Street<\/a><\/em> and attended the village school<\/a><\/em> from 1903 to 1909.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1926 he married Edith Helen Simmons the daughter of Elijah Simmons & Edith Ellen Flowerdew in Great Yarmouth. They had three children: Derek born in 1927; Cynthia born in 1931 and Moyra in 1935.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Former Martham Post Office then became Arthur Ribbands’hairdressing shop c1920<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Arthur was a postman in about 1920 and worked out of the old Post Office<\/a><\/em> which is now a private house at 26 Repps Road. Later he became a hairdresser and barber.<\/p>\n\n\n

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By 2020 Martham Post Office shown here (next door to The Star Inn was No26 Repps Road), re-named Clamps Close, left of it is No28 called Morningside, then No30 known as The Wilderness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Edith died on 15th<\/sup> June 1968 and Arthur on 14th<\/sup> August 1981. They are both commemorated with a plaque in section F of the area reserved for the scattering of ashes<\/a><\/em> at St Mary the Virgin.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Arthur’s hairdresser advert in the 1936 Martham Carnival programme.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Arthur Methuen Ribbands (1899-1981) of Martham Arthur was born on 12th December 1899 in Martham as the seventh child of Samuel Charles Ribbands & Susannah, nee Ward. He grew up living with his parents at Black Street and attended the village school from 1903 to 1909. In 1926 he married Edith Helen Simmons the daughter … Continue reading “Arthur Methuen Ribbands (1899-1981) of Martham”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14994","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t