Inside East Bedfordshire Magazine - March 2021 - Magazine - Page 30
1. The motto of which school is ‘Per Ardua Ad Alta’?---------------------------------------2. What is the name of the main river flowing through Hitchin?-------------------------3. What was the name of Hitchin Hospital before it closed in 1972?-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4. Which King of Mercia gave his name to a village just outside Hitchin?-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5. Which pub in Brand Street closed in 1970?--------------------------------------------------6. In which year was Hitchin railway station opened?--------------------------------------7. Which plant, grown locally, gives its name to a road in Hitchin?--------------------8. What was the original name of Windmill Hill?-----------------------------------------------9. What area of Hitchin was traditionally used for archery?------------------------------10. The name of which recreation ground was originally limited to women, girls
and boys under the age of five?-------------------------------------------------------------------11. What is the name of the street formely known as Dead Street?--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12. The present Police Station is built on the site of which former educational
establishment?--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13. Who is the official Town Crier of Hitchin?----------------------------------------------------14. With which French town is Hitchin linked?--------------------------------------------------15. Which song by Vanity Fare reached number 23 in the Official Singles Chart
Top 50 in January 1970?-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Competition provided by David Lewis
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