Echoes of the Past: The Sun views spectacles

Echoes of the past travels back in time to 1974 this week, with a look at Optician’s news pages from the September 27 edition. Around the time the issue went to press, scientists first reported that freon gases from aerosol sprays were destroying the ozone layer and Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas was number one in the UK charts.

A news item on a consumer-focused report about the spectacle market published in The Sun earlier in the month grabbed the headlines that week. Described by Optician at the time as a ‘jumble of statements,’ The Sun article looked at the how spectacles were sold by opticians and whether the full range of NHS frame options were being shown to patients in an effort to increase the number of more expensive private frame sales.