Independent celebrates centenary

Wigram and Ware Opticians celebrated its 100th anniversary with a 1920s fancy dress tea party at the practice in King’s Lynn.

The independent, which is part of the Hakim Group, hosted a traditional tea party and held a raffle for attendees, with prizes including an £80 voucher, Cocoa Mint sunglasses and a bottle of prosecco.

Wigram and Ware Opticians was founded by the Wigram family in 1920 on King’s Lynn high street, with the founder’s nephew Francis Wigram taking over as chairman and chief executive in the 1950s.

He sold the business in 1969 to Peter Hutchinson and Kevin Smith, who opened a second branch in Dersingham in 2003 and moved the original practice to its current location on Blackfriars Street in 2006.