Kingstonian
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I had a black pair of 524 frames long before Morrissey made them fashionable. I tried to avoid wearing spectacles wherever possible.
https://www.college-optometrists.or...irtual-spectacles-gallery/nhs-spectacles.html
Then John Lennon started wearing the round metal frames, so I got a pair of those. I still have the frames but I don't wear them. They are smaller than modern frames. I did buy similar from Algha in a larger size. These were nothing like NHS prices. I also had 'private' frames by that time. You never knew quite what they would cost because the opticians kept pricing information close to their chest and comparing opticians on cost was very difficult.
In the early 80s, opticians gave you copies of your prescription if you asked. Armed with that, I was able to buy a couple of pairs in Toronto. I knew what the prices were from newspaper ads. It was amazingly easy. My brother told similar stories about buying a phone. You just went into a shop and got one. In the UK choice was limited and you waited until whenever the GPO/BT decided to connect you if it was a new line.
https://www.college-optometrists.or...irtual-spectacles-gallery/nhs-spectacles.html
Then John Lennon started wearing the round metal frames, so I got a pair of those. I still have the frames but I don't wear them. They are smaller than modern frames. I did buy similar from Algha in a larger size. These were nothing like NHS prices. I also had 'private' frames by that time. You never knew quite what they would cost because the opticians kept pricing information close to their chest and comparing opticians on cost was very difficult.
In the early 80s, opticians gave you copies of your prescription if you asked. Armed with that, I was able to buy a couple of pairs in Toronto. I knew what the prices were from newspaper ads. It was amazingly easy. My brother told similar stories about buying a phone. You just went into a shop and got one. In the UK choice was limited and you waited until whenever the GPO/BT decided to connect you if it was a new line.