Brittain

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, while stocking shelves in Brittain’s optician shop, a delivery driver noticed an old leather case among the frames. Curious, he opened it and found a pair of spectacles with a strange inscription on the temple: ‘Wear me wisely.’ The delivery driver tried them on and suddenly saw the world through rose-tinted lenses—everything looked charmingly quirky. He walked out into the street, nearly bumped into a neighbor, who asked, ‘What happened to you? You’re seeing things!’ The driver grinned and replied, ‘I just found these magical glasses.’

2. In the late afternoon, as customers browsed through frames at Brittain's optician, a strange announcement crackled over the store's PA system: 'Ladies and gentlemen, if you see someone wearing glasses that don't belong to them, please return them immediately.' Confusion reigned for several minutes until an elderly gentleman approached the counter, sheepishly holding up a pair of spectacles. ‘I must’ve taken these by mistake,’ he stammered, pointing towards his own identical glasses on his nose. The whole shop burst into laughter, including the befuddled owner who exclaimed, “Welcome to Brittain’s—where your glasses might just get lost in plain sight!”

3. While trying on new glasses one day, a regular asked the clerk, ‘Do these make my eyes look bigger?’ The clerk replied, ‘Not yet, sir.’ A few days later, a delivery driver popped in and joked, ‘Hey, do these make my nose look shorter?’ The clerk smiled and said, ‘Not quite yet, sir.’

4. In the dim light of early dawn, a delivery driver pulled up to Brittain’s optician. As he unloaded boxes, his dog, usually oblivious to deliveries, perked its ears and stared fixedly into one crate. The driver followed its gaze and saw something peculiar: a pair of glasses that seemed to wink back at him. The driver picked them up, and sure enough, they blinked again—this time in perfect sync with his own heartbeat. Startled, he quickly replaced them, but not before catching a glimpse of himself in the mirror behind the counter. His reflection wore an identical pair of winking spectacles, causing him to laugh out loud. From then on, whenever anyone visited Brittain’s Optician, they’d ask if they could try on ‘the talking frames.’