A POPULAR opticians has celebrated a quarter of a century serving the Leigh community.

Gill Opticians, in the Spinning Gate Shopping Centre, marked the occasion on November 14 with loyal customers and shoppers.

The store provided food and drinks for visitors and ran promotions throughout the day including a raffle to win free designer sunglasses.

The firm, which is managed by David Hindley, has nine members of staff all of whom are dedicated to their clients.

Polly Duffy, assistant and technician, who has worked at the store for 20 years said: “We have a very good team and a very loyal customer clientele that come in to us regularly.

“We care a lot about people and give them the best customer service and after care that we can.

“The Spinning gate is a great location for the store and the amount of people that came to our celebration was overwhelming.”