In this talk we will tell the story, via slides and video clips, of how Pye, from humble beginnings in a garden shed in 1896, became the UK’s biggest electronics company and how 100 years later it had disappeared.

With its HQ in Cambridge, at its peak it employed over 7,000 staff in the Cambridge area, and around 33,000 worldwide.

We will talk about its key people, and its main achievements, companies and products and describe what it was like to work there.