HARRY, JACK, & ALF
![]() |
|
Hetchin's shop in Seven Sisters Rd., Tottenham. That's Alf in the doorway and Alf's Hillman Super Minx (first introduced in 1961) at the curb. |
![]() |
|
Hetchin's shop in Southend-On-Sea, 1982. |
![]() |
Hyman ('Harry') Hetchin, 1939. |
![]() |
Hyman Hetchin, date uncertain. |
![]() |
|
Hyman Hetchin (behind rear saddle), with Hetchins tandem, date uncertain. |
![]() |
Hyman, probably 1950s. |
![]() |
|
Alf, 1940s. |
![]() |
Alf with Hellenic frame, |
![]() |
Alf with a frame made for his father in 1948
|
![]() |
|
Customers often liked to be photographed with Alf; Southend, 1980s |
|
|
Above 2 fotos: Alf inside the Southend shop, 1980s, with an employee (Ray?). |
![]() |
|
Alf with a customer's renovated frame, Southend shop front, 1990 |
![]() |
|
Alf and Jack Denny, |
|
|
Alf at a trade show, ca. 1985-6. |
|
|
Alf at a trade show, Long Beach Calif. 1985. |
![]() |
|
Alf with a customer's renovated 1939 tandem, Southend shop, 1992. |
|
Paul Hetchin kindly supplied the following two anecdotes:
This advertising slogan was born when a bus broke down outside the Tottenham shop |
|
Additional pictures and anecdotes are welcome. |