Echoes of the Past: A practice refit and planning issues

The September 25 issue of Optician from 1964 is the focus for this week’s Echoes of the Past. Around the time the issue went to press, the island nation of Malta obtained independence from the United Kingdom and King Constantine II of Greece married Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark, who became Europe's youngest Queen at the age of 18 and 19 days.

Articles such as ‘other people’s practices’ would have practitioners of the time a valuable insight into what others were doing in terms how practices were designed in terms of both form and function.