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David Goad | 
01st Feb 2012 at 18:12 | 133 views | 
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85 Years In The Making
2011 was the 85th anniversary of the founding of Robert Frith Optometrists (then called Frith Bros). January this year saw all the current staff joined by many past ones ...
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David Goad | 21st Dec 2011 at 16:00 | 133 views | 0 comments(s)
The Trials of Driving at Night
Seeing this article on headlights http://ow.ly/86xZm and looking out of my office window into the gloom reminded me of how important anti reflective co...
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David Goad | 14th Dec 2011 at 13:53 | 73 views | 0 comments(s)
The Seasons Greeting
Now we are all looking forward to a few days off for Christmas, being with family and friends and celebrating the season whatever that may mean to you in pa...
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David Goad | 14th Dec 2011 at 13:31 | 154 views | 0 comments(s)
"Enjoying" the winter snow
What with this being the 100th anniversary of the death Scott of the Antarctic and some of us receiving our first fall of snow I thought it a goo...
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David Goad | 28th Nov 2011 at 10:36 | 102 views | 0 comments(s)
In need of inspiration for a Christmas gift this year?
Well one idea, and one that I've been asked for a lot this year, is gift vouchers for new spectacles. In these difficult financial tim...
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David Goad | 24th Oct 2011 at 15:13 | 357 views | 2 comments(s)
4,000 drivers lose licences over failing eyesight!
The importance of having a regular eye examination if you are a driver was bought home to me in this article from the Daily Telegra...
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David Goad | 24th Oct 2011 at 14:57 | 170 views | 0 comments(s)
How are you being served?
I am well known throughout Robert Frith Optometrists and the wider optical community, for my passion, no obsession, with customer service. When I go anywher...
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David Goad | 24th Oct 2011 at 14:51 | 372 views | 1 comments(s)
Whatever next?
When I think of how technology has changed the world it amazes me more every day. In my Fathers lifetime we have gone from the early flying experiments through to spac...
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David Goad | 10th Oct 2011 at 09:40 | 98 views | 0 comments(s)
World Sight Day: 14th October 2011
Did you know that:
80% of all cases of blindness world wide can be prevented or treated.
180 million people world wide are visually disable...
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David Goad | 07th Oct 2011 at 11:42 | 158 views | 0 comments(s)
Halloween
The name Halloween derives from All Hallows Even meaning the eve of All Hallows Day. The name in turn derives from the old English “Hallowed” meaning sanctified...
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David Goad | 23rd Sep 2011 at 15:12 | 141 views | 0 comments(s)
This is the time of year when days shorten and your arms need to lengthen! For many of us as the bright long summer days become a distant memory, with the increasingly gloomy evenings co...
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David Goad | 23rd Sep 2011 at 15:02 | 387 views | 1 comments(s)
Running a small independent business in these days of economic gloom and doom can be challenging. When that business is an independent opticians with the clinical responsibilities for pa...
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David Goad | 12th Aug 2011 at 12:00 | 494 views | 5 comments(s)
If you live near Shaftesbury you will know that the hi-light of the social calendar is the Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show. In my opinion one of the few traditional shows left, certain...
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David Goad | 05th Aug 2011 at 09:23 | 469 views | 3 comments(s)
Do your eyes hurt?
Whilst chatting to an acquaintance in the village the other day I got buttoned holed and asked. "Why do my eyes always hurt? They constantly seem to sting and...
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David Goad | 05th Aug 2011 at 09:01 | 532 views | 6 comments(s)
Is your child going to school this September.
As I remember it, and it was a long time ago, the worst thing about the school summer holiday was just getting that feeling of freedom only to...
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