Carrie Thomas

Tiverton Museum has secured funding through Devon County Council’s Locality Budget to commission bespoke artwork to use on new product lines to drive up sales in our museum shop. The museum’s future financial viability and sustainability is contingent on increasing...

This advert appeared in the Gazette in early July announcing the publication of the 1923 edition of the Tiverton & District Directory. In the 1920s, these came out every 3 years, 'with a specially compiled list of residents in Tiverton and 50 other parishes in...

In the 1920s, golf was becoming a popular activity and in late June 1923, the Gazette reported the opening of the course in Crediton. The cutting below begins: 'The new golf club at Crediton is in full swing. The nine hole course is prettily situated about eight...

In June 1923 Tiverton was embroiled in by-election fever. There had been a General Election in November 1922 when Mr. Weston Sparkes had been elected for the Conservative Party with a small majority over Francis Acland of the Liberals. Mr. Sparke’s tenure was brief as...

In our news archive of July last year, we talked about swimming in Tiverton. Here is an advert from the end of May 1923 announcing the opening of the new pool in Leat Street. The Gazette always had several columns devoted to jokes, some funnier than others! Here is an...

May was a time for celebration in local villages. Events were being planned for Whit Monday which was on May 21st in 1923 or Empire Day which was the Thursday of the same week. The adverts for these events appeared in the Gazette in early May. All three had a wide...

At the end of April 1923 the 4th Tiverton Eisteddfod was held. An Eisteddfod is a cultural festival with competitions including poetry and music. It was organised by the Congregational Church and took place over three evenings. The preliminary rounds were followed by...

The people of Cullompton, as elsewhere in the towns and villages of Mid Devon, were preparing for Easter. We have photos available to view at the Museum which show that people made an effort to look smart on their Easter outings. The Museum items with connections to...

At the end of March 1923, Blundells School was the venue for a very interesting talk by Captain Finch. The Gazette reports that he was a member of the 1922 expedition, the first to explicitly state the aim of reaching the summit of Mount Everest. He started by...

In early March 1923 the following appeared in the Tiverton Gazette: A close up of a newspaper article entitled 'Observations'. The text reads ' An object of interest in the Town Hall, Tiverton, during the past few days has been the bell from the H.M Minesweeper...

In mid February 1923 the Nature Notes column in the Tiverton Gazette reported ‘unusually mild weather continued to be a marked feature of our daily lives; for strange as it may seem, we are still in winter according to the calendar’. Included was a report from...

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