Dead Men's Spex out and about at MK Handmade and Vintage Extravaganza

Hi there
Our weekend at Milton Keynes Handmade and Vintage Weekend Extravaganza went off well and we had a good time. We met some new customers and saw some of our regulars. We managed to spread the word about Dead Men's Spex and got lots of compliments about our name and a few shudders, as always.

Dead Man decided to have a little competition between me and him. He put photos up of us on instagram, mine went up on Saturday and his on Sunday and weirdly we both had 53 likes. However, he also put them up on Facebook and he had loads more views than me : 1295 to 707. It's OK, I know who is the most photogenic out of the two of us!

Me titivating the stock. I do like a good polish at the start of the day!

When we came back from the show we took the opportunity to restock the website and show room.  Dead Man's put some new gent's frames on the website.

Dead man, jovial as ever - even on a Sunday morning.

Well TTFN Mrs Dead Man

Happy New Year from Dead Men's Spex

Hi there

We hope you had a good break, thank you to everyone who supported us in 2016, we had a good year. In December, Dead Man Junior and I visited the Warner Brother Studios Harry Potter Tour. It was fantastic! We loved Dumbeldore's office and decided that it would be the perfect hideout for Dead Man ! He and the great man seem to have the same taste in large magnifying glasses.

Vintage magnifying glasses in Dumbeldore's office

There was also a bit of magic occurring; at the end of the tour is a room full of wand boxes one for each person who was involved with the films; it is extensive, there are hundreds of people! I took a photo of a random section..(honest!) and when I got it home Deadman noticed the appropriate names- Derek Deadman and Peter Mann (Dead Man's dad, Deadman Sleeping is Peter Manion)!

Appropriately named wand boxes.

We are looking forward to 2017 and will be doing some shows. Our first one of the year is on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th March and is quite a large event. It is the MK Handmade and Vintage Weekend Extravaganza at Milton Keynes. This will be our third time at this show as we went last year. It is a lovely show with a mix of crafts and vintage, it  has some very interesting stalls , including ours of course..! We will be at other events throughout the year and will let you know as we book them. In the meantime you are always welcome to make an appointment to come to our showroom in our garden to choose vintage spectacles.

We wish you all a good new year,
TTFN Mrs Deadman

Pop along to the Poppy Line with Dead Men's Spex

Hi there,

We are back from Milton Keynes Hand Made and Vintage Fair, we enjoyed the show and had a good weekend. There were lots of other stalls selling lovely things and Lindy Hop demonstrations, which proved popular. Deadman Junior loves Milton Keynes as he can go off on his own and buy random stuff.(Chip off the old block!) However, we had some transport issues; the clutch went on our van; uh, oh!  This meant that we all had a ride in a big truck all the way back to Norfolk!

Deadman at Milton Keynes

This weekend we are off to the Poppy Line to the North Norfolk Railway's 1940s weekend. This is always a busy, fun event and we look forward to seeing lots of you there.

1940s  frames 

We will have our usual selection of vintage frames and Deadman is preparing lots of lovely 1940s  frames ready for the weekend. Let's hope the weather holds, it is usually warm and sunny.

Hope to see you soon

Mrs Deadman

September's a busy month for Dead Men's Spex

Hi there,
Deadman Junior is now at High School; after some trepidation, he had a good first day, let's hope this continues for many a year.. That leaves his aged parents plenty of time to prepare vintage spex. We are taking our Dead Men's Spex stall for an airing at  Milton Keynes this weekend; Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September.

Vintage and Handmade Fair at Milton Keynes in March 2016

We are going to the Milton Keynes Handmade and Vintage Fair, we went in March and had a great time so we are repeating the performance. Deadman's in his workshop preparing a great selection of vintage frames and I am making lists.. For those of you who know Milton Keynes we are in Middleton Hall, right in front of John Lewis and near lots of coffee shops (uh oh!) The hours are 9 am -6 pm on Saturday and 10.30 am - 5 pm on Sunday.

Dead Men's Spex at Milton Keynes 

We are planning to arrive in our newly acquired transit van called Tom, (red like a tomato) I'll feel like a proper stall holder!

The weekend after that ; September 17th and 18th we'll be at Holt with the Poppy Line on the North Norfolk Railway. That's always a fun event and it has increased in size and popularity since we first started selling our glasses there in 2008. For us, it also has the added bonus of being really close to Dead Men's towers.

Hope to see you when we are out and about!
TTFN
Mrs Dead Man

Handmade and Vintage Extravaganza "The show with Specs Appeal"

Hi there
Well our weekend in Milton Keynes at the Handmade and Vintage Extravaganza was a big success! The organisers Jacqui and Andy made us very welcome; we were mentioned in their advertising for Milton Keynes shopping centre. The local newspaper- The Citizen - called it "The show with specs appeal." We enjoyed ourselves and sold a respectable amount of specs. If you'd like to see some more photos of the event including the advert, have a look at Jacqui Lewis's Facebook page.

Dead Man in position

Middleton Hall is a lovely venue; very spacious and airy and close to a wide range of coffee outlets! We met a whole lot of new people; customers and other stall holders, and there was the usual gamut of varied expressions from amused through to revolted after people read our sign! We were also delighted that quite a few of our regulars came to see us. Thanks to everyone who came to see and buy and special thanks to Jackie (yes another one!) who put us onto the fair.We also discovered The Pudding Parlour - who make the most delicious chocolate brownies ever! We are going back in November for another great event.

See you soon
Mrs Deadman

Dead Men's Spex ventures west to M.K. - Milton Keynes!

Hi there


Well it's mid February and we will soon be making our first public appearance of the year in two weeks' time on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th March 2016 at the MK Handmade and Vintage Weekend Extravaganza. We booked a stall in December and are looking forward to it. The whole event looks very busy and has a wide variety of stalls.

Stalls from above

Lots  of interesting items... Photos from the MK Handmade and Vintage website

We will be taking our usual range of great vintage frames and some of Dead Man's crafts such as his spexlaces ; necklaces made from original vintage frames, and some lovely old testing lenses which clean up beautifully and are great for crafts.

Spexlaces- spectacle necklaces- unglazed but can be glazed for a lady of a certain age...

We have a new display case; well it is actually lovingly reconditioned - this is Dead Man we are talking about! This case  holds a good selection of frames. Dead Man has commissioned his friend Steve Appleton a local artist to decorate it for him.

The image for inside the lid designed by Steve Appleton

We will also be giving out copies of Vintage Explorer Magazine, look out for our advert in there.

We hope to see you there; it will be Mothers' Day on the Sunday March 6th and a great place to take your mum. Mine will be having a great time - playing with Dead Man Junior all weekend! (Thanks Mum!)


Mrs Deadman

Festive times with Dead Men's Spex

Hi there

We had a good time at Holt Hall and were in a great position; close to the very grand fireplace complete with real fire, lovely!

A real fire..

We were also close to the huge and very imposing Christmas tree and the tea rooms- they did a delicious line in mince pies and great sponge cakes too.

..and a huge Christmas tree

It was nice to meet some new faces and see some familiar ones. Deadman junior did a great Christmas card in the crafts area and enjoyed chatting to the other stall holders. He's following in his Dad's footsteps.. perhaps his next step will be reconditioning frames?!

The Eastern Daily Press photographer was on duty and on Thursday I opened the paper to see some familiar faces smiling sweetly at me.

EDP photos taken from Little Vintage Lover Fair's website 

This is our last show before Christmas and it was nice to get into the festive spirit. We've booked to go to Milton Keynes to the MK Handmade and Vintage Weekend Extravaganza  in March 2016. It is a very large event in a huge indoor area called Middleton Hall in front of John Lewis. We are excited about this as it's our first time at this show. I will be looking forward to returning to my old stomping ground, I watched many a classic 80's film at The Point cinema just across the way!!

I hope that you are enjoying the festive season.

Mrs Deadman