Sleepy Hollow - A Hertfordshire town

A slide show made in 1974 about Hitchin by Rev R. Tebbutt. By kind permission of his daughter, Mrs G. Clough who rediscovered it in 2015.

[@chrisparker6550]

What a great film of our historic town. Very interesting.

[@KuldeepSingh-qq6ui]

Very moving video

[@DreamSneak]

Thanks for this video, great stuff.

[@sheridanalexander1832]

Absolutely fascinating, really enjoyed watching.

[@grh566]

Great film. Loved this.

[@alexbillington6813]

An interesting video, its amazing to see how the shops have changed, I used to visit Hitchin between 1980- 2015 when I lived in that area, I can remember the toy shop on the first floor that is where Hendersons is.

[@mjstefansson7466]

Its was called Toy & Card. And at the other end of the arcade was Zodiac Toys

[@klisher]

@@mjstefansson7466 Zodiac was slightly cheaper. There was also Gaytime toy shop up Hermitage Road, Toy and Card used to have a good selection of craft toys (Remus ,painting and craft kits) and magic related toys.

[@jeankhan5335]

I remember seeing them on television a d in the local paper

[@hitchjack]

Look at the willow tree by the church compared to now! Love these old films

[@grahamewilliams1707]

Willow tree had rot and fell down this week.

[@hitchjack]

@@grahamewilliams1707 I know 😞 I was actually thinking where did I see that tree when it was younger, thanks for reminding me!

[@xSentiinel]

Thanks for uploading this, very interesting :)

[@jeankhan5335]

Some relatives of bob hope lived in hitchin. He used to visit them once a year

[@SamHallas1949]

That's right. Richard Whitmore wrote the script for a Hitchin Historical Society film about Bob Hope's Hitchin connections. I think it's on one of the DVDs the HHS published.

[@DSherman50]

Thank you for posting. I’m interested if other villages and towns have their histories documented in such a way.

[@airzulu2733]

Hitchin still a very beautiful market town .

[@DreamSneak]

Thanks for this video, great stuff.