by Darren Manion | Blog and News
A good thing about selling and buying vintage stock is that you never know what will turn up. We’re always on the look out for little gems and this week we found one; a lovely pamphlet produced by the British eyewear company Dollond and Aitchison which was...
by Darren Manion | Blog and News
Hello, We are unwrapping ourselves today from our six layers of thermals here in Norfolk. Last week we had lots and lots of snow. Luckily communications still carried on and our delivery drivers and postie still made it through the icy lanes to Dead...
by Darren Manion | Blog and News
February is finally here. Thank goodness for that, I don’t know how it was for you, but this year January seemed to drag on forever! I am happy to say that there are some signs that Spring is around the corner; there’s one brave snowdrop in our garden and...
by Darren Manion | Blog and News
Here at Dead Men’s Towers we had some excitement earlier this week – we had snow! It was very short-lived and sloppy but all was white and pretty for a while and I managed to snap a photo of it out of Dead Man Junior’s window. We are now having wild...
by Darren Manion | Blog and News
Its a particularly miserable day here in Norfolk, but life goes on here at Dead Men’s Spex. I did scurry in the sleet into our showroom in the garden (we call it ‘the shoffice’) to find a frame we required and whilst there I had a peruse of Dead...
by Darren Manion | Blog and News
We’ve made it through 2020 – hooray! As we look back over the challenging year of 2020 (using our vintage spex of course), we are very grateful to all of you for supporting Dead Men’s Spex; we wouldn’t have made it without you!...
by Darren Manion | Blog and News
Over the years we have sold our Dead Men’s Spex at many shows and there is one cry which rings through our ears “Oh look at those Dame Edna Spex!” Well we are happy to say that we now have a pair of the real McCoy folks; a pair of certificated Dame...
by Darren Manion | Blog and News
Today is 13th December – and did you know that it is a special day for opticians and all things eye related? It is St Lucy’s Day or St Lucia’s Day – St Lucia is a Christian Saint who is the patron saint of eyes and virgins. The British...
by Darren Manion | Blog and News
Today is the day of Little Vintage Lover Fair’s virtual vintage lover fair. It’s a beautiful morning but very chilly so there are some advantages to a virtual fair; you can peruse vintage goodies without going out into the cold! We have chosen a selection...
by Darren Manion | Blog and News
Did you get to see the Small Axe film ‘Mango’ last Sunday? We did and were looking out for our glasses which we spotted, Aunt Betty (Llewella Gideon ) the cook in the Mangrove was wearing a pair of ours and so was Ian Macdonald (Jack Lowden) the defence...
by Darren Manion | Blog and News, Uncategorized
How is lock down two going for you? We are fortunate in that our business is mainly on line and we can continue pretty much as usual and thankfully (for all of us!) Dead Man Junior is still attending school. Unfortunately, not all businesses are as lucky as us; the...
by Darren Manion | Blog and News
What a difference a week makes. As we enter lockdown 2 day 5 Dead Man and I have been mainly sorting frames. He managed to get in under the wire and get to London last Wednesday the day before lockdown and buy a whole selection of fabulous new old stock. It was not...
