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Hetchin's, originally Hetchin's Lightweight Cycle Specialists, simplified to Hetchin's Lightweights since 1993, is a brand of bicycle frame. It takes its name from the founder of the firm, Hyman Hetchin. History Hyman Hetchin was a Russian Jew who fled the Bolshevik revolution around 1917 and settled in Britain. By 1922, Hetchin had opened a shop in Seven Sisters Road, Tottenham, North London, selling household appliances including gramophones, sheet music, shellac 78 rpm records, and, later, bicycles.Hilary Stone has researched this in Kelly's Street Directories 1914 - 1934.John Liffen has verified this in the rates books and electoral register. At first Hetchin resold mass-produced bicycles, including Raleigh and Rudge. Jack Denny was a London frame builder who had a shop at 194 Wandsworth Road, not far from Seven Sisters Road. Denny had experimented with an innovative design involving curved stays; Hetchin recognized the marketing potential of the design, partnered with Denny, ...
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Hetchin's, originally Hetchin's Lightweight Cycle Specialists, simplified to Hetchin's Lightweights since 1993, is a brand of bicycle frame. It takes its name from the founder of the firm, Hyman Hetchin. History Hyman Hetchin was a Russian Jew who fled the Bolshevik revolution around 1917 and settled in Britain. By 1922, Hetchin had opened a shop in Seven Sisters Road, Tottenham, North London, selling household appliances including gramophones, sheet music, shellac 78 rpm records, and, later, bicycles.Hilary Stone has researched this in Kelly's Street Directories 1914 - 1934.John Liffen has verified this in the rates books and electoral register. At first Hetchin resold mass-produced bicycles, including Raleigh and Rudge. Jack Denny was a London frame builder who had a shop at 194 Wandsworth Road, not far from Seven Sisters Road. Denny had experimented with an innovative design involving curved stays; Hetchin recognized the marketing potential of the design, partnered with Denny, ...
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