About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, an elderly gentleman entered Oakley Opticians and asked for his usual prescription. The optician glanced up from his workbench and said, ‘Sir, I’ve been meaning to tell you… your glasses are here!’ The old man’s eyes lit up with surprise. ‘Really?’ he exclaimed. The optician nodded, and together they found a dusty box under the counter. Inside was the gentleman’s very own pair of spectacles—prescription forgotten since his last visit months ago. They both laughed heartily as the old man adjusted them on his nose, remarking how much clearer everything looked now.
2. One day, while waiting for his glasses to be adjusted, a customer leaned over and whispered to the optician: ‘I keep seeing these strange reflections in my lenses—are they normal?’ The optician smiled knowingly and replied, 'Ah, those are just your neighbors waving from across the street!' The customer blinked a few times, then burst out laughing as he realized it was indeed the local kids playing pranks on him.
3. A delivery driver stopped by Oakley one afternoon, unloading boxes from his truck. Among them was a small wooden box with no label or markings. As he placed it on the counter, everyone in the shop noticed something peculiar—it seemed to contain nothing but old, dusty spectacles. Curiously, nobody dared open it until an elderly gentleman—a regular customer—leaned over and whispered, ‘I once had a pair of specs just like those.’ With that, he took out an ancient key from his pocket, unlocked the box, and revealed…nothing but more dust. Everyone burst into laughter, realizing they’d been fooled by an empty box filled only with nostalgia.
4. In the dusty corner of Oakley’s storeroom, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar—a small wooden box wrapped in old brown paper. Curious, he opened it to reveal a pair of antique spectacles with intricate engravings. No one seemed to claim them. Over time, the story spread among locals that wearing those glasses brought good luck—so many people came asking for them that eventually, an identical pair was specially made and displayed in the shop window. Now, whenever someone new asks about the lucky specs, the owner smiles and says, ‘Just wear your own glasses—it’s the belief that makes you lucky!’