Every Christmas St Mary’s Church, Acton is filled with Christmas trees sponsored and decorated by local businesses. This year, Millie our part time receptionist decided we should enter into the local spirit. She spent the year collecting broken specs, her mums empty eye drop bottles and various other pieces of optical ephemera which she and [...]
Many of you will remember the times when I used to bring my Pugs Oscar and Louis to the practice. Oscar died a couple of years ago at the ripe old age of 15. It’s with great sadness that I report that we had to have Louis put to sleep in early January. He was [...]
At the end of December it was with great sadness that we said goodbye and good luck to practice manageress Jo Hall. Jo and her husband Simon have moved to Walsall to run a window blind making business. She will be missed greatly by us all. To mark the end of over 30 years working [...]
Thanks to the power of the internet, one of our most recent new patients made contact with the practice to arrange a sight test even though he and his partner live in France! Mr. B was having problems finding a frame that was comfortable. He had tried several opticians in France and had even [...]
Lindberg are constantly exploring new paths and pushing things forward. Here are a few of their newest ranges Lindberg N.O.W The newest addition to the range. Combines a remarkably thin composite front and ultra-lightweight titanium into a minimalistic design Lindberg Strip Distinctive design in which the lenses are mounted in a [...]
SW & C JACKSON OPTICIANS, FRIDAY 19 JULY 2019 Do you find the whole process of choosing glasses stressful? Do you struggle to find specs that fit properly, feel comfortable and look good? Do you find glasses uncomfortable and annoying and struggle to know what frames suit you? SW & C Jackson is an independent [...]
If you find yourself down this way over the summer, consider calling at a new café-bar that has just opened in Beaumaris. Jack Fruit is a plant-based Restaurant & Café-Bar set in the beautiful sea-side resort of Beaumaris, Anglesey. Serving creative, delicious food with classical influences and modern interpretations suitable for Vegetarians & Vegans. We [...]
One of my friends here on Anglesey is Richard, a Methodist minister, retired hairdresser and all-round good egg. He approached recently for a donation for his fund-raising events in support of Marie Curie nurses. Having supported Richard in some of his other fund-raising endeavors Jacksons was happy to donate a pair of Oakley sunglasses to [...]
With all the recent celebrations for D Day I was moved to think of my Dad, now in his eighties. The temporary exhibition was opened by the last surviving Dambuster, George “Johnnie” Johnson along with the now sadly late Dr. Mary Stopes-Roe (Barnes Wallis’s Daughter). The Museum, located on the now major housing development, Woodford [...]
One thing I particularly enjoyed doing last autumn was collecting blackberries from the local hedge rows and making blackberry jam. It seemed to be a bumper year for fruit, and we made loads both for our store cupboard and for friends and family. Eventually however I got sick of the whole sticky business, and the [...]
