Unearthing hidden histories with Dead Men’s Spex
Hello, As promised, I have been researching the names of the shops on the 1950s paper bags which were used to wrap the lenses in Joseph Briffa Boothman's testing kit. There were several including Meesons Ltd a national chain tobacconists, with its head office in...
Easter treasures at Dead Men’s Spex
Hi all, Happy Easter Sorry I didn't blog last week, things ran away with me a bit! Dead Man Junior came home from University for a few days and we spent time with him. Then I had a grand tour to drop him off which involved travelling from Norfolk to Warwick via...
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...