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THE HERITAGE IMAGE REGISTER»Pye's of Clitheroe Collection

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"The vast majority of these photographs were taken by Edward Pye who started the family photographic business around the turn of last century. The shop first started at 51 Peel Street around the early 1900's. After a few years Pyes of Clitheroe then moved to 1 Cowper Avenue or Ribblesdale Studio as it was known at the time. By 1918 a very old Clitheroe photographic business that had been going since around the early 1870's run by one Benjamin Satterthwaite who was just past the retirement age, was up for sale. Edward Pye took upon the opportunity to expand his business and bought the business 'Fixtures and fittings' from him. Which today makes the shop an incredible 130+ years old. It is thought that Pye's of Clitheroe is one of the oldest photography shop's in the UK."

The text is taken from the Home Page of http://www.oldclitheroe.co.uk/clitheroe.htm by kind permission of the site owner.

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