Boots is a well known opticians chain with over 600 shops in the UK. Most of the Boots glasses in my collection were acquired in charity shops during my travels in England and Wales, at the turn of the Millennium. The Boots glasses shown by Nicole came from a Welsh charity shop I will never forget. It was run by three very friendly, talkative old ladies. When I asked if they had any used prescription glasses in the shop, they held a conference and then asked the reason for my request. They were quite interested to hear about a Dutch couple in search of crystal balls and prescription glasses. Two of the ladies went into a back room and soon returned carrying a giant crate filled to the brim with old prescription glasses. The shop did not have any crystal ball for my life partner Coby so she decided to help me selecting the prescription glasses. This would have saved us a lot of time but the three old ladies were fascinated by our selection process and they let us partake on their advice regarding each pair we dug out of the crate. Even more surprising was that in many cases they mentioned the name of the first owner and started exchanging the latest news about the lady in question. They often even knew that there were more glasses from the same lady in the crate. As a result, their hospitality took us a couple of hours but it yielded a harvest not equaled before or after. Glasses stories....
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