Hitchin Collection

Bassist Spike Heatley (left) at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, December 1986

Wild Bill Davison, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, 1967. Creator: Brian Foskett
Wild Bill Davison, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, 1967

Wild Bill Davison, Roy Williams, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, 1967. Creator: Brian Foskett
Wild Bill Davison, Roy Williams, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, 1967

Art Themen, Dave Green, and Michael Garrick playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 1981
Art Themen (saxophone), Dave Green (double bass) and Michael Garrick (piano) playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 4 January 1981. Drummer Alan Jackson is hidden behind Themen

Saxophonist Art Themen playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 4 January 1981

Esmond Selwyn playing the guitar at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 22 February 1981

Ron Lohn playing the electronic organ at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 22 February 1981

Don Weller and Chris Laurence playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 1980
Don Weller (saxophone) and Chris Laurence (double bass) playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 28 October 1980

Saxophonist Don Weller playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 28 October 1980

Bassist Chris Laurence playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 28 October 1980

Michael Garrick playing the piano at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 28 October 1980

Derek Hogg (drums) and Bobby Wellins (saxophone) playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 1985
Derek Hogg (drums) and Bobby Wellins (saxophone) playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 28 April 1985

Saxophonist Don Rendell performing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 29 August 1982

Bill Le Sage playing the vibraphone at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 12 September 1982. Derek Wadsworth on trombone is just visible in the background

Saxophonists Kathy Stobart and Jimmy Skidmore at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 10 October 1982

Saxophonist Peter King playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 28 November 1982

Guitarist John Coverdale playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, January 1984

Jazz at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, January 1984. Artist: Denis Williams
Jazz at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, January 1984. Roy Williams (trombone), Clive Thacker (drums), Pete Blannin (double bass), Phil Day (saxophone) and John Coverdale (guitar)

American trumpet and flugelhorn player Art Farmer at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 1983
American trumpet and flugelhorn player Art Farmer at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 11 September 1983

American trumpet and flugelhorn player Art Farmer at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 1983
American trumpet and flugelhorn player Art Farmer at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 11 September 1983

Art Farmer on the flugelhorn at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 25 February 1985

Spike Robinson playing the tenor saxophone at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 11 September 1986. Pianist Ted Beament is visible on the left of the photograph

Tenor saxophonist Spike Robinson playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 11 September 1986

American jump blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon performing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 1981
American jump blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon performing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 15 June 1981

Sonny Stitt and Red Holloway playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 24 November 1980

Saxophonists Red Holloway and Sonny Stitt at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 24 November 1980

Bobby Shew playing his trumpet at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 19 May 1985

American trumpeter Bobby Shew playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 19 May 1985

Trumpeter Bobby Shew performing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 19 May 1985

Tenor saxophonist Eddie Lockjaw Davis playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 12 April 1982. Bill Eyden (drums) and Jim Richardson (double bass) are visible behind Davis

Eddie Lockjaw Davis and Jim Richardson playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 1982
Eddie Lockjaw Davis (tenor saxophone) and Jim Richardson (double bass) playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 12 April 1982

Tal Farlow playing the guitar at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 18 May 1986. Artist
Tal Farlow playing the guitar at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 18 May 1986

Tom Burnham with a pint at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, December 1986. Artist
Tom Burnham with a pint at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, December 1986

Tom and Marian Burnham at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, December 1986. Artist
Tom and Marian Burnham at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, December 1986

Tom Burnham at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, December 1986. Artist: Denis Williams
Tom Burnham at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, December 1986

Saxophonist Phil Day playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, January 1984. Artist
Saxophonist Phil Day playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, January 1984

Stan Tracey playing the piano at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 2 February 1986

Alan Jackson (drums) and Don Weller (saxophone) playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 1980
Alan Jackson (drums) and Don Weller (saxophone) playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 28 October 1980

Tenor saxophonist Alan Skidmore playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 16 November 1986

Phil Bates and the tenor saxophone of Spike Robinson at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 1986
Bassist Phil Bates and the tenor saxophone of Spike Robinson at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 11 September 1986

American trumpeter Bobby Shew performing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 19 May 1985

American guitarist Tal Farlow performing at the Bell Inn, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 1986

The Front of the Manor House, Hitchin, 1911. Antique Victorian print of the columned doorway on the front of the Manor House in Hitchin, a market town in North Hertfordshire, England

A watch cap maker at work, 1911-1912. Artist: AL Hitchin
A watch cap maker at work, 1911-1912. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1911-1912, The Process Year Book, volume 17, edited by William Gamble and published by AW Penrose (London, 1911-1912)

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