Will glasses suit me?

Black glasses

If you’ve never worn spectacles before then this can be quite a worrying question to ask. After all … you have been used to your appearance without them all your life and now the optician is recommending that you will see better with them !? The optician will probably be only thinking about what an […]

Why are glasses so expensive?

Bottomley blue glasses

Why are glasses so expensive? Answer – It’s a very good question. First of all, we need to realise that not all glasses are the same. There are lots of different types of lenses that would be fitted into the frames that do a lot of different jobs. As you would expect, within each different […]

The French Connection

French Connection

THE FRENCH CONNECTION As if Tiger hadn’t spent enough time these last few weeks in and out of the cat hotel, I once again coaxed him into the carrier case with some of his treats and dropped him off again like the terrible cat dad I am. This time I was picking up Nareece and […]

Optometrist job

Bottomley's Eyewear Boutique sign

Are you bored of the same old same old? Exciting new opportunity for a full time optometrist to work across both our practices in Halifax and Lindley. We are 3 generations old, progressive and love what we do. We are and always have been serious about clinical excellence and we have a lot of the […]

Eyewear Consultant job

Bottomley's Eyewear Boutique sign

Do you love eyewear like we do? Are you passionate about it to the point that you can’t help yourself even when you’re at home watching tv and you see a badly fitted frame on a presenter or actor and you just want to jump through the screen and adjust it and get it fitting […]

Theo’s on Tiree

Theo on Tiree

Every year around this time I pack the van and get stuck into a 6 hour road trip to Oban. I get up there in good time and sleep in the back of the van on the dock so I’m ready to roll on the ferry at stupid o’ clock the next morning. I’ve been […]

Be careful where you aim

OSA Award 2019

Every year we attend a two day conference of the top tier independent opticians in the UK and Republic of Ireland. It’s great to rub shoulders with these creative entrepreneurs, learn from them and get to know them. I always look forward to it and I’m excited by the thought of bringing something new back […]