Primrose Publishing was formed in 1975 by Anne and David Sephton, two keen linguists from Oxford, at Primrose Farm, a 15th century moated manor-house in Norfolk, which was their home. 

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It was here that they created the Tick-Tack range of language programs and produced their first software.To hear a message from the original team at Primrose Farm, click here.

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In 1988 they moved their head-quarters to a 400-year-old "Suffolk Long Barn" not far from Cambridge.

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They ran their first Tick-Tack exhibition in London.

Our very first computer program in Chinese, many years ago.

In 1998 they moved to their present home and offices, a converted mediaeval barn in the idyllic Danes Vale, an ancient Viking farmstead in rolling countryside near the Suffolk/Essex border.

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