Tiverton Museum reduce energy use as part of resilience project

Tiverton Museum reduce energy use as part of resilience project

Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life has taken an important step in reducing its electricity consumption. The museum worked closely with J.V.Lee Electrical to install motion sensors on most of the lighting in the museum’s galleries, and to complete the transition to LED...

‘Shop Early’

‘Shop Early’

By the beginning of December adverts were beginning to appear enticing the reader to ‘shop early’ for Christmas. The Tiverton Tobacco House, in Gold Street, was amongst them. The dangers of smoking were far from people’s minds in the 1920s.        ...

Christmas Cards

Christmas Cards

  Unlike today, the earliest references to Christmas in the Gazette of 1923 didn’t appear until well in to November. One of the first to appear was a description of the annual ‘package of Christmas and New Year cards, stationery, post cards, calendars and books...

Memories of the River Exe

Memories of the River Exe

Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life has recently teamed up with Friends of the River Exe to undertake a project together recording people’s memories of the river as part of this year’s Festival of the Exe. The memories captured included people’s experiences of spending...

‘Poppy Day’

‘Poppy Day’

In the very early days of November 1923, an article in the Gazette was appealing for ladies to help with ‘Poppy Day’ in Tiverton which was to take place on Saturday 10th November. Ladies were asked to help with the sale of poppies in aid of ‘Earl Haig’s appeal for...

H C Wakefield

H C Wakefield

Some people will remember H C Wakefield’s shop in Gold Street. It regularly advertised in the Tiverton Gazette and these two adverts are from the late October editions in 1923.                   In the Gazette of the 23rd...

We Need Your Help

We Need Your Help

We're struggling to pay our bills each month due to soaring running costs. As the winter chill approaches this will only become harder.   We have reduced our energy use where we can, but we have to have some heating for the comfort of our visitors, including hundreds...

Ploughing On

Ploughing On

The first evidence that the ploughing match ‘season’ was upon us, was this advert for caterers for one of the later matches to be held in Cruwys Morchard. The 24th annual Witheridge Match, held at West Worlington, was one of the earlier ones. The report in the...

Join Tiverton Museum’s Volunteer Team!

Join Tiverton Museum’s Volunteer Team!

We are delighted to invite passionate individuals like you to join our vibrant team of volunteers and contribute to preserving and sharing the rich heritage of our community. As a volunteer, you will play a crucial role in helping us welcome visitors, run events, and...

Tivertonians Abroad

Tivertonians Abroad

In late September 1923, the Gazette published two accounts of travels in Europe, both were in two parts appearing in consecutive weeks. ‘Angling in Norway’ - Tiverton Ladies Experiences, at first seems rather obscure, at least to a non-angler. However, for a period of...

National Lottery Heritage Fund Grant

National Lottery Heritage Fund Grant

Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life is awarded a £248,276 grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to strengthen community engagement and long term sustainability. Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life has received a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant of £248,276 for...

Motoring Safety

Motoring Safety

In September 1923, there were several reports in the Gazette about ‘reckless driving’. There was certainly blame put on visitors by one member of the Roads and Bridges Committee: ‘These horrible people come in and out of the county, and they don’t care tuppence what...