Firmly established as the biggest night in the UK’s optical calendar, this year’s Optician Awards night took on a new poignance as a waypoint towards a semblance of normality.
It was a long time coming but the excitement, relief and joy were palpable at the presentation ceremony in London last week. Like an oasis of bliss in a desert of misery, the Optician Awards beckoned nearly 500 optical folk to the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane where excellence in optics was recognised, rewarded and celebrated.
On a personal level there was more than a hint of emotion among the guests meeting and greeting over drinks and dinner but it was the overwhelming sense of optics, as a group, enjoying the action of celebrating the profession that remains with me.
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