Ward Opticians

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, while waiting for his glasses, an impatient child kept staring at Ward Opticians’ signboard. Suddenly, he noticed something strange: every time a delivery van pulled up, the man inside would wink at the shop’s old clock. Finally curious, the boy followed the wink and saw that each time the clock chimed, the delivery driver would quickly adjust its hands. Turns out, the old clock was off by exactly three minutes—just enough to make everyone in town late or early depending on when they looked! The moral of the story? Never trust a clock from Ward Opticians unless you’ve checked its batteries.

2. A delivery driver arrived early one afternoon with a mysterious box. As he approached Ward Opticians, curious neighbors watched from their windows. The box contained an enormous pair of spectacles that covered half his face. A regular passing by exclaimed, ‘Goodness gracious, man! Are you trying to see through a telescope or something?’ The delivery driver just grinned and replied, ‘No, sir, these are for my boss’s new display window.’

3. In the quiet corner of Ward Opticians, a curious package appeared one morning. No label, no note—just a small brown box sitting innocently on the counter. Over the next few days, more packages arrived—a pair of spectacles with mismatched lenses, an old magnifying glass with no handle, and even a dusty eye chart from the 1950s. Finally, a delivery driver explained that it was all part of some secret contest organized by the owner’s eccentric uncle. The prize for solving the mystery? A free lifetime supply of frames from Ward Opticians. And so, our neighborhood optician became known not just for its glasses but also for occasional deliveries of oddities.

4. In the dead of night, when even the city’s streetlights seemed to sleep, a soft humming sound began drifting from inside Ward Opticians. The neighbors first noticed it, then the late-night passersby, but no one could figure out its source. Curious residents gathered around the window, trying to catch a glimpse of what was causing the strange noise. Eventually, an old delivery driver opened the door and announced cheerfully, 'Just my new humming fridge—nothing to worry about!' Everyone laughed, realizing that sometimes the most mysterious things turn out to be just ordinary appliances in unusual places.