Sharing a bath with Henry the horse.
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 Man's collection of...
Happy New Year and thank you from Dead Men’s Spex
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! We're also very grateful to our...
Hello Possums! Dame Edna’s Spex at Dead Men’s Spex
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 Edna glasses with...
St Lucia’s Day
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 Optical Association has a...
Dead Men’s Spex at Little Vintage Lover Fair
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 of frames...
Dead Men’s Spex – look out for us online!
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 lawyer for...
Mangrove – glasses supplied by Dead Men’s Spex
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...
Lockdown two at Dead Men’s Spex
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...