CLARKS GREEN, Pa. — Behind every picture is a story, and for every picture he's framed over the last four decades, Summit Frameworks owner Charles Sandercock has a lot of stories to tell.
"Fellow brought in a, basically it was a fancy chicken, and it was a chicken hide and it was very feathery and colorful, and he wanted it shadow boxed," said Sandercock.
He's framed family portraits, computer monitors and artwork shipped from Africa.
"And it was actually painted on bark and it, the bark is treated. But then it, it's all sewn together," said Sandercock.
After framing everything and anything for the last forty-five years, Charlie as his customers know him, is calling it a career.
At 74 years old he says he's ready to retire.
"To my knowledge I'm, uh, probably the last independent picture framer in the county," said Sandercock. "That's, still in business."
Before he was framing memories for families across the area, Charlie was "snapping" them as a photographer. He eventually opened his own shop inside this building at the corner of Glenburn and North Abington Road.
A piece of history itself.
"The guy that built it in the 18 eighties had a hardware store down here and he lived upstairs," said Sandercock, who has old building relics around his shop. "It's nice being in a, in an old building. I mean, it has its quirks."
In his years of work Charlie's prided himself on taking chances.
"And fix up jobs that probably a lot of people would have said just put in the dumpster."
But most importantly he's never stopped putting the customer first.
"The personal service that I give is, is the main thing, you know, and, and that you don't find that everywhere," said Sandercock.
Summit Frameworks will close its doors on December 31st.