David Gould Opticians celebrates 20 years

Rossendale Valley-based independent David Gould Opticians celebrated its 20^th anniversary on October 18.

The practice celebrated with a full clinic and optical themed cupcakes made by the neighbouring bakery, Molly Makes Cakes.

In 1992, David Gould started working at the original Rawtenstall practice, which was owned by Manchester group Blakes Optical, and he became the operations director in 1999.

‘In 2003, I made them an offer they could have refused, but it was accepted and I acquired the Rawtenstall and Haslingden practices from Blakes.

‘The Haslingden practice was refitted soon afterwards and the Rawtenstall practice was relocated out of a dilapidated shopping centre into a bigger building on the main shopping street in the town,’ Gould told Optician.