Thank you for this video. I visited Hitchin on just one occasion. However, I have enjoyed looking at videos and photographs of Hitchin since then. A nice-looking town. I might pay another visit very soon.
Close to tears!!!!! Born Hitchin 1949, and loved every inch until I left in the late 70's. Thank you for all the wonderful memories. The commentary, Sam, was faultless. Thanks again.
I had to drive my wife at the last minute from Nottingham to Swanley just to hand some documents to a solicitor. We'd just finished watching Dr Foster a week before and eere planning on staying somewhere near Swanley for the night. I was delighted to see that Hitchin was only an hours back in the direction of Nottingham and only added 10 minutes to the journey. I didn't tell my wife it was the town from Dr Foster until we arrived. We both absolutely adored our 20 hours in Hitchin. It's a magical town indeed.
I remember a little shop next to Superdrug called Wades. I think it sold car parts. It used to have a small bronze horse on the ridge tiles until someone stole it.
@@SamHallas1949 I thought the one in the museum was the one from the roof. didn't know there were 2 of them. I remember the one on the roof being there late 80s early 90s. them saw the museum one in the 2000s.
@@klisher I'm relying on Rev Bob Tebbut's commentary in my 'Sleepy Hollow film - cue No 23. "Keeping watch ever the Farmers & Dealers as the cattle changed hands was the man on horseback on the ridge tile of the Brotherhood Hall. Have you ever seen him? It is one of a pair of tiles which were fixed each end of the building, The other one is in the Hitchin Museum."
Yes I remember it too although a bit further up think it was the last shop where Lloyds Bank now stands...husband n wife ran it...was always very expensive 😂😂
I well remember the cattle market the older one with cows etc in the 60s and the later one over the road which sold rabbits amongst other small animals !
Thank you for this video. I visited Hitchin on just one occasion. However, I have enjoyed looking at videos and photographs of Hitchin since then. A nice-looking town. I might pay another visit very soon.
Close to tears!!!!! Born Hitchin 1949, and loved every inch until I left in the late 70's. Thank you for all the wonderful memories. The commentary, Sam, was faultless. Thanks again.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video!!! Lived here in 2004/05, nostalgia
I had to drive my wife at the last minute from Nottingham to Swanley just to hand some documents to a solicitor. We'd just finished watching Dr Foster a week before and eere planning on staying somewhere near Swanley for the night. I was delighted to see that Hitchin was only an hours back in the direction of Nottingham and only added 10 minutes to the journey. I didn't tell my wife it was the town from Dr Foster until we arrived. We both absolutely adored our 20 hours in Hitchin. It's a magical town indeed.
I lived in Hitchin 20 years ago & have a lot of happy memories
Great video, my family moved to Hitchin 2 years ago and we love it here. Thanks for this historical overview, keep up the good work.
Glad you enjoyed it. It's worth joining the Hitchin Historical Society to learn more about your adopted town.
I’ve lived in Hitchin for 10 years now and it’s changed so much since I first moved!
You're right! We've been here nearly 44 years and have seen even more changes.
I remember a little shop next to Superdrug called Wades. I think it sold car parts. It used to have a small bronze horse on the ridge tiles until someone stole it.
There's supposed to be a second horse in the N Herts Museum, but I've never seen it.
@@SamHallas1949 I thought the one in the museum was the one from the roof. didn't know there were 2 of them. I remember the one on the roof being there late 80s early 90s. them saw the museum one in the 2000s.
@@klisher I'm relying on Rev Bob Tebbut's commentary in my 'Sleepy Hollow film - cue No 23. "Keeping watch ever the Farmers & Dealers as the cattle changed hands was the man on horseback on the ridge tile of the Brotherhood Hall. Have you ever seen him? It is one of a pair of tiles which were fixed each end of the building, The other one is in the Hitchin Museum."
Yes I remember it too although a bit further up think it was the last shop where Lloyds Bank now stands...husband n wife ran it...was always very expensive 😂😂
Can't believe there were no comments, so happy to be the first. Thanks for posting. Proud Hitchiner :-)
Nice to hear from folk in the comments. Glad the videos are enjoyed.
Born in 1991 live in Hitchin, I feel nostalgic 😌
I well remember the cattle market the older one with cows etc in the 60s and the later one over the road which sold rabbits amongst other small animals !
I was born here and grew up on Bankroft in 1972 where my family had a hairdressers Andre of Mayfair
Thanks for that Tamar. Hope it brought back some memories.
that cinema was stunning, what a shame
The town has been ruined by londoners moving in ...
That's Stevenage