Dead Men’s Spex and The Raven Trust
A colourful collection of 1980s Anglo American frames sourced from the Raven Trust As I was saying last week, one of the good things about Dead Men’s Spex is the interesting people we meet. A few weeks ago, Darren and I went to Essex to visit Sue and John Kevan who...
Taking Stock at Dead Men’s Spex
Hello, spring is in the air and the birds are getting frisky here in rural Norfolk, the pigeons have already started eyeing up their nest sites and the primroses are sprinkled liberally along the verges. This time of new beginnings has prompted me restart the blog so...
Summertime at Dead Men’s Spex
We're happy here at Dead Men's Spex as the sun is shining on us in Norfolk- at last! After a very cold May, we are having some lovely weather. Last week we made it out towards the coast, we avoided the beaches because it was half term and by all accounts they were...
Dead Men’s Spex – We can see you again!
Hooray, lockdown is slowly lifting and since April 12th we have been happy to say that we can now welcome customers into our show room once more- with Covid safe measures of course. It's great to see people again, so far in our showroom at Dead Men's Towers, we have...
Happy Easter from Dead Men’s Spex
Happy Easter to you all, the weather here has fluctuated wildly this week; on Monday and Tuesday we were basking in semi tropical weather, 23 degrees centigrade. We made the most of it and took an afternoon off, luckily for us it coincided with the unlocking of...
When will we see you again?
Another Monday morning and life here at Dead Men's Spex continues, I am happy to see that spring is well and truly on its way, the spring equinox, which marks the beginning of spring is this upcoming Saturday 20th March. Hooray, I am hoping there is light at the end...
Dead Men’s Spex takes a nostalgic look at London
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 established...
On the case with Dead Men’s Spex
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...