1981, inside a home appliances store, a shopkeeper with two schoolboys holding up for the camera their prizes of the latest portable transistor radios, a Pye Model 1420. The Pye brand dates back to 1896 when William Pye started making scientific instruments in Cambridge under the name W. G Pye Ltd and then 1922 wireless components. In 1928 Pye sold the business, now called Pye Radio Ltd to C.O Stanley.

1981, inside a home appliances store, a shopkeeper with two schoolboys holding up for the camera their prizes of the latest portable transistor radios, a Pye Model 1420. The Pye brand dates back to 1896 when William Pye started making scientific instruments in Cambridge under the name W. G Pye Ltd and then 1922 wireless components. In 1928 Pye sold the business, now called Pye Radio Ltd to C.O Stanley. Stock Photo
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Allan Cash Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo

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2RRBRBN

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36 MB (1.5 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

4437 x 2837 px | 37.6 x 24 cm | 14.8 x 9.5 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

1981

Location:

England, UK

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