Volunteers of Pye History Trust present The Story of Pye.
From its origins in a garden shed in late-19th century Cambridge, to a globe-spanning, industrial conglomerate in the decades after World War II, Pye made significant contributions to key technologies of the 20th century: from radio, to (colour) television, radar to mobile communications.
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About this video
Running time: 40 minutes
Subtitles: English (United Kingdom) and automatic language translation available in YouTube (check your device settings)
Researched by: volunteers of Pye History Trust: Bob Bates, Roger Crabtree, Richard Howes, Richard McMullan, Mike Wassall.
Featuring: interviews with former employees of the Pye Group of companies
Introduction by: Museum of Technology Curator Pam Halls.
Narrated by: Elaine Midgley
Edited by: Mike Wassall
Series producer for Cambridge Museum of Technology: Gordon Davies
About the Pye Trust
The Pye History Trust (Registered Charity No. 1162310) serves to research, document and record the history of the Pye Group of Companies between 1896 and the present day.
The Pye Museum opened in 2019 and can be visited with general admission to Cambridge Museum of Technology.