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The Origins of the Hetchin's Cycle Business
by John Liffen
Above: Hyman ('Harry') Hetchin (rt.), probably sometime during the 1950s.
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Bill of sale for Brilliant No.2 showing that the order was placed at Lea bridge Road on 16 March 1935. The signature over the stamp reads JH Denny pp H Hetchin. The original is in dark blue print on pale blue paper.
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Bert Liffen's Brilliant No.2 photographed when new in the summer of 1935. This machine was rebuilt to the original specification by the late Dave Pinkerton in 1996.
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The author's father, Bert Liffen, was one of the earliest customers for a curly Hetchin's, taking delivery of his Brilliant No.2 (frame no. 336) on 19 April 1936. This view dates from autumn.
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A Hetchins solo as photographed for the first catalog.
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An early conventional tandem photographed probably for the first catalog.
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Cor Wals and Piet van Kempen both riding Hetchin's in the 1938 Wembley Six-Day; it was after this event that the Six-Day model incorporating the fluted seat tube from the Competition Tandem was launched.
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