Anthony Gasson

Liveryman Anthony Gasson (pictured) died recently after a bravely borne illness. The funeral was attended by many members of the Worshipful Spectacle Makers Company (WCSM) as well as colleagues from the optical, cricketing and golfing communities.

Gasson came from an optical family which included his grandfather, father, two uncles and two cousins. For several years he managed a Mayfair practice with many international and celebrity patients. He subsequently set up his own very successful practice in Rickmansworth which on his retirement was taken over by his former optometric assistant. For several years he supervised clinics at the then London Refraction Hospital (Institute of Optometry).