Library Services

Library Services

This year the Devon County Library Service is celebrating it’s centenary. In October 1924, the Tiverton Gazette had a small piece on the Rural Library centres which were to be established. Services were to be offered, amongst others, in Lapford, Morchard Bishop, Bow,...

What’s in a Name… Lazenby Road

What’s in a Name… Lazenby Road

Who would think that Lazenby Road could trace its name back to a Fish Sauce recipe donated to Elizabeth Lazenby in London in 1793? Through at least four generations of the family, the sauce and pickle company they formed became highly profitable and was eventually...

Aural Culture

Aural Culture

In 1921, Mabel Bessie Ellerton was living with her parents at 4 Ailsa Terrace. She was born on the 8th April 1876 and baptised at St Peter’s. Her father, John Francis was also born in the town and had been a grocer in Fore Street and very active in the local...

Proper Devonshire

Proper Devonshire

It is reassuring that four of the books advertised in the Gazette of late August 1924 are among the Museum’s archive collection. We also have several dialect stories by ‘Jan Stewer’. As well as one of the well known people going to Widdicombe Fair, it was the pen name...

Henson’s Tailors

Henson’s Tailors

Number 7 on our Photographic Tiverton Trail is based at 2 Bridge Street, now home to Unite Carers in Mid Devon. The image shows the building when it was occupied by Henson’s tailors and outfitters. We know that Henry Henson’s business was in operation by 1880 as we...

Diving In

Diving In

Over the past few months in the Gazettes of 1924, there have been reports of the active swimming club which held regular competitions and galas in the baths in St Andrew Street. The Gazette reflected the excitement surrounding the opening, in July 1924, of the new...

University Education for the South West

University Education for the South West

An article appeared in the Gazette in early July 1924 that claimed to be of interest to ‘all concerned with education in the southwest’. Exeter University traces its roots back to mid-19th century with St Lukes College and the Exeter Schools of Art and Science. The...

Tiverton Museum Wins Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Award 2024

Tiverton Museum Wins Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Award 2024

Tiverton Museum is pleased to announce today that it has been recognised in Tripadivsor’s® Travelers’ Choice® Awards for 2024. The award honours businesses that consistently earn great reviews, placing them among the top 10% of listings around the world on...

The Electric Guide

The Electric Guide

This was the start of the installation of electricity in the town but it would be a long time before all homes had power at their fingertips. In 1919 6% of homes had electricity, by the end of the 1930s it was 65%. There were still a lot of homes dependent on other...

No other stopping-place has a prettier situation!

No other stopping-place has a prettier situation!

The Gazette published at the beginning of June 1924 reported the opening of Cove Halt. The first trains left on Whit Monday, June 9th. There was great excitement as the first train to Bampton left at 8.30 and for Exeter at 9.00. On the same day, an excursion to the...

Run a Smock

Run a Smock

The Devon County Show was held in Newton Abbot in 1924. It moved around the County until it found a more permanent home in Exeter on Exhibition Fields, Whipton in 1956. It moved to West Point in 1990. Archie Tremlett was born in 1891 in Silverton and was to become at...