Are you finding words appear jumbled on the page, or a little fuzzy around the edges? Are your perceiving colours differently? A free and simple ChromaGen™ colour blindness and dyslexia assessment at our practice could put your mind at rest.

ChromaGen™ is a unique system of coloured lenses of a specific density and hue that are worn as either contact lenses or spectacles. For people suffering from colour deficiency or ‘colour blindness’, ChromaGen™ haploscopic filters work by changing the wavelength of each colour going into one or both eyes, which enhances colour perception and colour discrimination.

The simple assessment and wearing ChromaGen lenses can:

• Rule out or help with colour blindness
• Help with dyslexia, dyspraxia, migraines, and glare reduction
• Assist with feeling comfortable reading from computer screens
• Flag up issues with tracking the position of words when reading
• Help notice when words are seen as ‘moving’ or having ‘fuzzy edges’ and ‘jumbling’ letters
• Spot when you might see 6 and 9 looking similar when reading
• Help you avoid missing words, loosing alignment, and having to use a ruler to keep position. 

The assessments are free of charge for children and adults of any age they will be carried out in the privacy of the examination room by trained ChromaGen staff.

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Oliver, Terry, Edel, Oliver Goldsmith, the Mayor of Buntingford and James.

The Buntingford Late Night Shopping event was a great success last Friday, with the community enjoying the festivities and fantastic lights that now adorn the shops and streets around the High Street. 

As part of the celebrations at our practice, we invited one of the top eyewear designers, Oliver Goldsmith, to visit us. The Oliver Goldsmith collection is a very popular range for us, and we’re one of only eleven opticians in the UK who have the Oliver Goldsmith Vintage Collection available. It was fantastic to talk to Oliver about his Vintage Collection, which includes styles that were worn by celebrities in films, including Michael Caine, Audrey Hepburn, John Lennon and Peter Sellers.

Also joining us at the practice for the celebrations was Buntingford’s Mayor, Stan Bull.

Our chosen charity for the evening was Optometry Giving Sight, who relies on practices like ours, to help fund training of local people and building of vision centres in the developing world. We raised £73.79 for the charity from the evening’s donations, and J. Oliver Radley Opticians doubled this to make a £150 donation to Optometry Giving Sight.

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It might be cold outside, but inside our practice we’ve selected the very best eyewear collections for winter sports from Oakley and Adidas. So come in, keep warm and see what we have to offer!

Oakley’s winter sports sunglasses come in a wide range of colours, styles and provide UV protection and clear vision during the winter.  You can customise your sunglasses to create the perfect look for the slopes, driving or out and about in town.

Adidas ski sunglasses and goggles give clear vision, UV protection, secure fit and durability during harsh conditions on the slopes. And if you’re driving in the fog where glare can be a problem, Adidas sunglasses come with interchangeable lenses making them an excellent piece of kit for the winter.

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The Buntingford Late Night Shopping event is on Friday 2 December. We’d love you to join us at the practice on the night for a complimentary glass of wine or orange juice courtesy of Andrew at the Wine Cellar, and cheese tasting from Toby at the Cheese Platter.

Late Night Shopping is an excellent community event. The High Street is illuminated and the shops stay open until 8pm. You can watch the lighting of the ‘Lights of Love’ tree in aid o f Isabel Hospice, join in with the carol service and the kids can enjoy the fun fair and Santa’s Sleigh.

Buntingford local businesses pull out all the stops to make the Late Night Shopping event one to remember and the window displays along the High Street get you in the Christmas spirit. This year our practice has an exclusive winter display of flowers by Crazy Daisy in the fireplace, and Country Flowers are creating a festive display for our front desk.

Celebrity guest, designer Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver, Dispensing Optician; Gill, Resident Optometrist; and Practice Manager, James with the practice’s 7th year anniversary cake.

7th year Anniversarycelebrations on 1 August saw J. Oliver Radley Opticians on the High Street in Buntingford celebrate seven years of trading.　

Thank you to our team of staff for their hard work and to all of our customers for their support over the past seven years. And if you popped in to see us on the big day, we hope you enjoyed your slice of chocolate cake!

As your local Independent Opticians, we’re open to NHS and private patients. This year we’ve extended our full range of eyewear products from our budget collection of classically designed frames starting from £15 through to our customised Solid Gold range, and numerous designer brands.

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J. Oliver Radley Opticians has the Oliver Goldsmith frame collection available to our clients. But it seems like we’re not the only one with good taste, as Oliver Goldsmith have told us they’ve seen a number of celebrities in London wearing their retro frames.

So, if you’re looking for a new set of frames, visit the practice to see which suit you.

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Golf requires visual precision whether you’re a pro or enthusiast. So to help you improve your game, we’re now stocking Adidas prescription and non prescription golfing eyewear with the specific tint that helps enhance the colours and contours for golf.

They are also essential kit to help protect your eyes from the effects of long-term UV damage, and to shield them from glare and windy environments when on the green.

• Prescription eyewear – the Advista – offers 100% UV protection in a shatterproof, wide wraparound frame that eliminates glare and provides excellent peripheral vision – even when playing side on. You can chose from either the prescription insert – a discreet, almost invisible, clip-in mini frame, that slots in behind the nose bridge, or the prescription adaptor – an all-over lens glaze.

• Non-prescription sunglasses – the Retego – developed with British golf proJustin Rose, these slick new sunglasses deliver a confident look and crystal-clear vision.

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This month we’re excited to offer the exclusive Alfred Dunhill men’s collection.

As a specialist in lifestyle accessories and classic designer eyewear, Dunhill’s prescription glasses have seen a rise in popularity since the actor Jude Law became the face of the brand. 

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Coming soon to the practice is the Alfred Dunhill Collection.

Dunhill is one of the most popular men’s brands of the 1980s and specialises in classic designer eyewear and lifestyle accessories.

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New to us this spring is the Oliver Goldsmith Genuine collection.

This legendary designer’s frames were the first to be featured in Vogue and the brand boasts icons Audrey Hepburn, John Lennon and Peter Sellers as fans.

The Genuine collection has styles for men and women, in a combination of acetate and metal frames, featuring black, white, tortoiseshell and transparent designs.

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