DARTH Vader and his Stormtroopers stopped off in Hitchin on Saturday. The characters came from UK Garrison, a national group which supports children s charities, and visited a super-sized book sale on Saturday at the British Schools Museum as part of Nor
DARTH Vader and his Stormtroopers stopped off in Hitchin on Saturday.
The characters came from UK Garrison, a national group which supports children's charities, and visited a super-sized book sale on Saturday at the British Schools' Museum as part of North Hertfordshire Book Festival.
In the playground there was also a giant Darth Vader model which came from the toy company Hasbro.
More than 300 people attended the event and they bought on average five books each, raising more than £300.
On the same day around 70 people attended Hitchin Museum for James Mayhew's storytelling, and the Jane Austen afternoon tea raised nearly £300 on Sunday, also for the British Schools' Museum.
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