About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a delivery driver noticed something odd on the Boots Opticians’ loading dock—a pair of glasses with no owner in sight. He picked them up curiously and placed them back later that day, only to find them gone again the next morning. Soon enough, word spread around town that if you left your glasses at Boots Opticians overnight, they’d mysteriously vanish—and reappear somewhere unexpected the next day. A regular customer joked that Boots had hired a secret agent to retrieve lost specs. Eventually, someone found the glasses hidden inside a staff member’s desk drawer, along with a note reading: ‘We’re keeping these safe for you.’
2. One day, an elderly gentleman entered Boots Opticians and asked the staff, ‘Do you sell glasses that can see through walls?’ The receptionist smiled and replied, ‘Not yet, sir.’ But ever since then, customers swear they’ve seen strange reflections in the store’s mirrors. Soon enough, a delivery driver arrived with new frames, peered into one of the mirrors, and exclaimed, 'I can see my entire route!' The staff laughed it off until a regular customer pointed out, 'That’s because your bike is parked right outside.'
3. Late one night, as the Boots Opticians closed its doors for the evening, a strange humming sound started coming from inside. The security guard, checking the surveillance footage, saw nothing unusual—just a faint, rhythmic tone that seemed to originate from the old display cabinet. Curious, the manager decided to open the cabinet early next morning and found only an old pair of spectacles, dusty but intact. As he adjusted them on his nose, he suddenly noticed everything around him was slightly clearer—a new prescription perhaps? Turns out it was just an old optical trick played by an anonymous regular.
4. Late one night, as the Boots Opticians closed its doors for the evening, a faint humming sound began to fill the empty streets. The hum grew louder, until an old man appeared in the window, peering out with his glasses askew. ‘I thought I left my specs here,’ he muttered, scratching his head. The next morning, everyone found their missing items—even the delivery driver’s umbrella and the neighbour’s lost remote control.