Campbell & McDearmid Optometrists

26/04/2026

Proud to share this morning’s sporting achievements from the Team!

Tim has completed his third road cycling race around Loch Ness - gaining another personal best 🙌🏼

Sophie and Carl are well over half-way into the London Marathon and I managed to spot them on Tower Bridge!

Both wearing their Maui Jim sunglasses and Sophie wearing her new super amazing contact lenses 👀 😎

Feeling so proud of you all and everyone participating - I know there’s so many personal reasons people complete challenges like this, life can be so tough and sport is such an outlet.

Keep going!

Faye xx

17/04/2026

Who puts the AWESOME in ACUVUE?

That’s right it’s the world’s first daily disposable contact lens to correct your long or short sight, presbyopia (what we like to call Birthday Related vision changes 😉 IYKYK) AND astigmatism!

For too long we’ve had to pick between correcting your long or short sight and presbyopia or long or short sight and astigmatism.

The re-usable options just didn’t cut it - taking too long to come, not always giving the best results and not always being consistent.

It was frustrating for us and for you!

Well not anymore!

Covering over 90% of prescriptions with amazing visual clarity and comfort, I’ve had the joy of fitting these lenses since early spring with amazing results.

The most exciting one recently - giving Sophie McDearmid her lenses to run the London Marathon in!

To order trials for you we need an up to date prescription and two other quick measurements then we sit back and let the magic happen 🪄

EVERYONE who has been fitted here so far has experienced enhanced vision compared to their current best option which is incredible.

I’ve got very limited slots before we re-open at the end of May - so if you want to get yours, or want to book in for when we reopen - let me know by DM or leave a comment.





Faye

❤️👀

16/04/2026

So I’ve been keeping a couple of MASSIVE secrets…and I can tell you what one of them is now…!

This year I’ve been working in the practice for 21 years(!) - I know, child labour comes par the course in a family business (also in denial of how old I actually am!). From Student Optometrist, to Pre-Registration, to Optometrist, to Specialist and Director and Co-Owner.

I’m very lucky that I get to work with such amazing people - my Team - but also all of you who have become so much more than my clients over the years ❤️ the biggest job satisfaction to me is knowing you trust us with your most precious sense - we take that so seriously and everything I do in the business is built around further delivering the goal of helping you enjoy your life with the best possible vision 👀

As part of that mission we are moving to the next Chapter of the practice with a full interior refurbishment!

Adding a new consulting room to further develop clinic services. New private eyewear styling and dispensing areas and relaunching our newest brands - Rayban Meta, Nuance Hearing specs and Tom Ford.

During the work the practice will be closed for appointments. You will be able to reach the team on the phone 01642 483611 or email info@campbellandmcdearmid.co.uk

Charlotte and Emily will assist you and will look after anything you need purchases of drops, contact lenses, solutions, repairs, making appointments for when we re-open and pass you on to Tim if you need any clinical advice. So please contact us if you need anything at all during this time.

Our last clinic day until we close for the refurbishment is **Wednesday 29th April and we will re-open on Tuesday 26th May**

We should also have another piece of exciting news by then too - but you'll have to wait until I next see you to hear about that one!

Thank you for supporting our small family business - it has been 30 years since our last refresh (I was 8/9 then!) and it has taken me a lot of time to plan and have the courage to make some big changes - I can’t wait to share this next exciting chapter with you all 🥰

Best wishes
Faye

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11/04/2026

Today’s post is a very personal post on behalf of my sister Sophie - she keeps the practice running smoothly behind the scenes and can sometimes be seen - usually mistaken for me(!) - behind the desk for holiday cover accompanied by Albus Dumblepaw 🐾

For those of you who don’t know yet - we suddenly lost our Dad at the beginning of March - many of you will have met him or spoke on the phone during COVID when he volunteered to help me with reception work so I could keep the practice open and run things on my own!

Dad instilled our never give up spirit - I’ll let Sophie continue in her own words

Faye x

2 weeks tomorrow I’ll be running The London Marathon for Ehlers-Danlos Support UK 🇬🇧 🦓

This training block was always going to be the hardest of my life physically with so many sacrifices and logistics, think planning 15hrs connected to a feed pump around work, travelling for cheer to Blackpool, Edinburgh and Telford, resting injuries, taping pretty much every part of my body back together and running on way below empty fumes. But combine with that what happened on 4th March, it has also been a monumental challenge mentally to just keep running. 🏃‍♀️

It has shown me that running has the power to be so mentally healing ❤️‍🩹. Giving yourself that headspace to just keep going - which is exactly what I’ll be doing on the 26th. I know I’ll have a guardian angel with me the whole way (probably ahead of me, Dad was a way better runner than I’ll ever be).

To everyone who has sponsored me - Thank you so much - the support means so much to both Carl and I ❤️🫶🏻. This charity is an incredible cause and is much smaller than some of the other wonderful causes. We would love to raise as much as we can for them so they can continue their wonderful work supporting, educating and researching to improve the lives of people like me - until you’ve lived with EDS it really is impossible to understand just how hard EVERYTHING is.

15 days til I go out and hopefully show life doesn’t end at diagnosis, you just get really good at adapting and keeping moving!

If you are able to sponsor me, any amount is hugely appreciated, every little helps and it is truly a wonderful cause.

https://2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/sophie-mcdearmid

02/04/2026

Happy Easter from our Team to yours!

As usual we are closed for the Easter break and look forward to consuming our body weights in chocolate, creme eggs and mini-eggs (not Bertie though!)

We are back at 8:30am on Tuesday 7th April and we might have another exciting update for you…

Wishing you a very Happy Easter

Faye and all The Team at C&M

18/03/2026

Very proud of Tim and his Teammates coming top of the league with a game in hand!

If you need help keeping your eye on the ball - you know where we are 😍

Huge congratulations to our Men’s 2nd Team who have become Durham & Cleveland Division 3 Champions with one game to go…

A fantastic season with some brilliant matches and individual performances have seen them score 234 points to top the table with a final home game against Yarm to come next Monday evening….

Why not come down to the club to watch this final match and celebrate the league win with the players….

02/03/2026

Morning All - apologies that our phone lines are down this morning.

Our VOIP provider behind the scenes is working hard to resolve but in the meantime you can reach Emily on the practice email info@campbellandmcdearmid.co.uk

Multi-tasking making a quick post while I’m doing in London doing an event - don’t tell on me 🤭

Faye

11/02/2026

So lovely to see our new neighbours doing so well and bringing something new, exciting and special to Station Road.

We had our first Team outing of the year here on Monday evening and everything was fantastic - food, service, atmosphere ❤️

We ate:
Hot Shot Parmo with extra garlic and a side of broccoli for me (I love Broccoli and got to get the greens in for your peepers 👁️ 🥦 )
Smash Burger 🍔
Chicken Burger 🍔
Louisiana Chicken with extra spice 🌶️

I could have eaten any of the dishes and can’t wait to go again to try more!

Congratulations to the Team involved 👏🏼

Faye xx

So good it gets accused of being fake. We’ll take that 👀

POV, you walk into KOHA and immediately check you’re still in Redcar 👀
Yes, it’s real. Yes, it’s here. Yes, you should book.

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28/01/2026

Want to support a British brand?

Like to support family businesses?

Is eco-friendly manufacture important to you?

Want a £50 gift from us towards your frame and 1/2 price lenses for your second pair?

We can’t get enough of these colourful designs that are made from plant-based materials. Bird Eyewear is a UK brand focused on nature, with each design named after a species of Bird found in the wild.

Bird Eyewear are the UK's leading sustainable eyewear brand, and the highest scoring B Corp in the global eyewear industry. Founded by three brothers Bird frames are multi-award winning, including Frame of the Year at the Optician Awards!

We have worked with our suppliers to bring you a promotion on one of our favourite brands - British, family-founded and who cares about the environment - just like us!

Until the end of February - or while stock lasts we are gifting you £50 towards any Bird Eyewear frame, on as many pairs as you like, PLUS our lens supplier friends are gifting you 50% off a second pair of lenses into a Bird frame.

The order for the second pair needs to be placed within 30 days of the original pair to qualify and needs to be for the same prescription - you can have 2x Distance specs, 2x Reading specs or Varifocals in your first pair and varifocals, multi-use or just distance or reading in your second pair AND the second pair can be made into sunnies if you want to get ahead for the amazing summer we must be due after all the rain!

The most fun part is trying them on and narrowing it down to what you'd chose - keep an eye on the page over the next week as the Team share their picks of the flock!

Faye xx

25/01/2026

Excellent squash playing by our friends Redcar Squash and Racketball Club

Well done everyone who took part and congratulations to all the winners 🏆

16/01/2026

It’s Friday again! And this week’s exciting news is a sneak preview of an absolutely iconic brand on its way to Redcar…!

Any guesses as to what it might be?

To give you a few clues…

Five words to describe the brand:
LUXURY. VISION. PERSONALITY. UNMISTAKABLE. IRRESISTIBLE.

Always known as a trendsetter, the brand expresses a style rooted in luxury with unique charm and a vision capable of guiding design and elegance towards innovative aesthetics. Modern, provocative and refined, the brand's personality translates into glamorous allure through products characterized by high-quality materials, exclusive design, and meticulous details.

I’ve picked an amazing pair and we all can’t wait to be able to style you in them too!

Faye x

09/01/2026

Wow, we've done a week of 2026 already and I promised an exciting update in the first week!

For those of you we've known a long-time you will remember Emily, our super smiley, beautiful and wonderful Optical Receptionist from I think 2015 until mid 2020...

Well once you're a much loved part of Team C&M you never truly leave and I'm so pleased to welcome Emily back to the Team!

Emily re-joined us on 6th January and has already had some lovely catch-ups with long-term clients and I'm sure they'll be many more of you happy to see her again.

With Emily back we welcome two more doggo's to the practice animal family - Hugo and Clifford the labradors!

It's been all hands to the deck this week with Charlotte also completing her first "full" week on her new hours back from maternity leave and Kelsey getting used to having two extra people!

We are also now operating on our new working hours:

Monday 9am - 6:30pm for all clinics, eyewear styling and dispensing services, repairs, collections and adjustments with me (Faye), Tim and James supported by Kelsey and Emily

Tuesday 8:30am - 5:30pm with part-day clinic with me, and til 5pm for eyewear styling and dispensing services, repairs, collections and adjustments with Charlotte supported by Kelsey and Emily

Wednesday 8:30am - 5:30pm with Tim's clinic and eyewear styling, dispensing services, repairs, collections and adjustments with Charlotte til 5pm supported by Kelsey and Emily

Thursday 8:30am - 5:30pm - same as Tuesday

Friday 9am - 6:30pm for all clinics, eyewear styling and dispensing services, repairs, collections and adjustments with Tim and James supported by Kelsey

Our audiology clinic also runs most Friday's with Aroosah from 9am - 5pm.

TWO MORE EXCITING UPDATES NEXT WEEK! Eeep!

Also it's probably the last day I can say - Happy New Year...so Happy New Year and all the best for 2026 to all our friends and followers,

Faye xx