Wearing Glasses

[beccabear67]

I always think of the boy in Timeslip and Hank Marvin of The Shadows when I see those black plastic frames.

[George 1978]

For some reason or other, the NHS frames were never exported to foreign countries so remain officially confined to Britain.

I knew that there was something very British about the old NHS frames - but then again, the NHS was British as well...

[Arran]

I knew that there was something very British about the old NHS frames - but then again, the NHS was British as well...

My mother says that the NHS is the British Leyland of healthcare.

It's important not to conflate the concept of state run healthcare with the specific institution that is the NHS.

Anybody who sticks a pair of NHS glasses on their face might as well stick the square steering wheel from the Austin Allegro on their face.

[George 1978]

I would compare the NHS with Skoda. To be fair though, they do look after us when we need them.

[culnara]

Re: Wearing Glasses

NHS frames from around 1980. The designs had not changed since the late 1940s.

I remember I had a pair with the loop that went behind your ear, they hurt like hell after a time ><