Fotos accompanying the article
The Origins of the Hetchin's Cycle Business
by John Liffen



Hyman ('Harry') Hetchin (rt.), probably sometime during the 1950s.



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.



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.



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.



A Hetchins solo as photographed for the first catalog.



An early conventional tandem photographed probably for the first catalog.



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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