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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 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...

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...

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...

Staff at Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life have been busy scouring the archives in recent months for an upcoming Photographic Trail that will start at the end of June. The museum’s photo archive is a wonderful resource of images of local people and places from at...

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...

In May 1924, the Baptist Minister and the Curate from St Peter’s were asked to ‘test the efficiency of the religious teaching given in the (Elementary) schools. The syllabus had been approved by Tiverton Education Committee. At Bolham, the singing was ‘especially...

During 1924, this was a regular weekly column keeping readers up to date with the latest technology. As well as reporting the King’s speech, he directs readers to the current edition of the Radio Times which gives details of how the broadcast was achieved. He had also...

Tiverton has a long and proud housing history starting in the 16th century. John Greenway and John Waldron, both wealthy, but philanthropic, wool merchants, built their almshouses, looked after today, by the Tiverton Almshouse Trust. In the early 17th century, George...

There were several articles in the Gazette of late March 1924 referring to the Wolf Cubs Jamboree. Parents and local people had been very supportive with funding for their new hut and the Cubs wanted to demonstrate how well the building was being used. There were...

If you read the text of this advert for Savings Certificates, it gives a very good idea of family life in 1924. If the family kept to its savings plan, the £310 it would have saved by 1934 is equivalent to just under £28,000 today. A search of the Museum catalogue...

In late February 1924, Croscols, a bus company, wrote seeking permission from the Town Council, to start a daily bus service between Bampton and Tiverton. They proposed using a 20 seater bus and were offering to submit a timetable. They felt that the service would be...