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Our family firm was founded on 16th May, 1929 in Farnborough by two cousins, Stanley White and Reginald Brown. Expansion followed early in the 1930’s, with new practices opening up in Fleet and Luton. Reginald passed away in 1949 and despite serious illness Stanley managed to keep the business going until his son, Keith, qualified in 1952 and after his national service joined the company full time taking over the Hampshire branches. Following his fathers death In 1960, Keith White followed in his fathers footsteps and moved back to Luton and opened a fourth practice in partnership with Viv Dunington. Located in Houghton Regis, it soon gained contracts to test the staff of local factories, including Vauxhall, SKF, Renault Trucks and AWD. This industrial work is still carried out today by the grandson of the founder, principal optometrist Martin White who joined the company full time in 1986. The latest Brown and White practice is in Hook, Hampshire. It was acquired in February 1999 from Gill McAllister who had originally worked for Brown and White for 10 years in Farnborough and Fleet. So when she decided to sell her practice due to extra family commitments , it was a natural conclusion that she should approach a firm that shared her belief in individual eyecare. Martin and his qualified staff are determined to maintain the ideals of the founders Stanley White and Reginald Brown - a commitment to providing excellence in all aspects of eyecare and to offering every patient an individual and friendly service. It was with much sadness that Martin decided to close the practice in Farnborough at the end of March 2007. However this has allowed more investment in the thriving Fleet and Hook practices in Hampshire. Our 80th Anniversary celebrations in 2009 were a great hit, cant wait until the 85th! |