Another year and it's still 1942

It's hard to believe that another year has come around and we are now preparing for Holt and Sherringham's 1940 weekend. We are again sacrificing cute animals to the "God's of fine weather" but this year looks like it could be a damp one. But not to worry as we will be under cover on the market field at Holt station and have a lovely stock of original period frames for you to peruse whilst sheltering from the showers.

Come and see us and don't forget to bring your prescription if you want lenses fitted.

I'm just off to the workshop to make sure you all get the bests frames possible, but before I go I think I'll just go find us one more kitten 😉

Deadman

Dead Men's Spex has another lovely day with Vintage Lover Fair

Hi there,
Well, Little Vintage Lover Fair did it again and booked another lovely warm day for their annual event at Heydon in deepest Norfolk.  It was very busy as usual and we had a good day, we met several of our regular customers and it was nice to catch up with the other stall holders. We also introduced some new people to Dead Men's Spex.

Little Vintage Lover Fair 2017

Dead Man Junior and I left Dead Man in charge of the stall so we could take a few photos.

Summer flowers

We will be out about next at the North Norfolk Railway 1940s event at Holt on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th September. 

TTFN Mrs Deadman

Dead Men's Spex at Heydon Norfolk

Hi there,

Well the Summer holidays are upon us, so are the showers! Here at Dead Men's Spex we are getting ready for  a regular event; Little Vintage Lover Fair at Heydon on Sunday August 6th. We are usually very lucky with the weather and have a fabulously warm day, let's hope so! Dead Man has been prepping as usual and we will have a good selection of original vintage frames with us. We have glasses for both gents and ladies and cover all the decades from the 1940s through to the 1980s and of course we will be bringing several pairs of the classic NHS 524 and a selection of vintage sunnies.

A lady choosing Spex on our stall at Mannington Hall

We hope to see you there!

TTFN Mrs Deadman

The first part of the stream-lining of the search menu on the website is done (took a little longer than expected with customers at the showroom today) 
I am in the process of writing frame histories for each time period so please look out for these and let me know if you like them - the first is here 

Adieu
Deadman

Hi, 

things have been very much busy, busy, busy at Deadmen's Towers over the last few months. The website has been earning its keep and I’ve been in the workshop preparing lots of frames for some big name shows in London as well as a couple of well known opera companies.

As we head in to summer we find ourselves with a few shows to attend. We will be at Heydon with LittleVintage Lover Fairs, Gressenhall’s village at war and also North Norfolk Railway’s1940’s weekend. So please look out for us and come and say hello.

We also have a new recruit in the photo booth 😀 - "Uncle Walter"

Alongside this Mrs Deadman – Claire, is also attending a raft of shows locally over the Summer promoting her business Broadsky Astorology. She has been an astrologer for over 20 years and is now offering her services locally and online through her website.

So as I said busy all round, but having fun.......... what more could a man want?!

Deadman

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

Dead Men's Spex at Milton Keynes

Hi there
It is almost March and Spring feels like it has sprung today. Dead Man Junior and I bought some new primulas to brighten up the outside of our shoffice.

We are also getting ready for our first show of the season on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th March. It is the MK Handmade and Vintage Weekend Extravaganza at Milton Keynes.   The show is in the very spacious Middleton Hall right in front of John Lewis and opens from 9am -6pm on Saturday 4th and 10.30am to 5pm on Sunday 5th.

Soft cases £6.00 each 

We went last year and really enjoyed ourselves, we saw some of our regular customers and also met lots of new people. It is a lovely show with a mix of crafts and vintage. We are looking forward to going and are preparing plenty of great stock. If you are in the area we'd love to see you.

Dead men's Spex stall at Milton Keynes in 2016

TTFN Mrs Dead Man