Name: F Robson Opticians
Address: 16 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 6QG, GB
Telephone: 01912321631

Business Info

Originally, the work mainly involved the manufacture of measuring equipment such as slide rules and barometers. However, the introduction of the NHS in the 1940s, and NHS-funded sight care along with it, changed the primary focus of the business towards the more familiar supply of spectacles that is seen today. Robson’s has had a rich history — it was one of the first practices to install a slit lamp (found in all opticians practices today) and was often the location of local Contact Lens Society meetings as a result.

Our history dates back to Victorian Era Newcastle, where a young Frederick Robson established F. Robson & Co. on Dean Street in 1867. Since 1919, the practice has been located in a Grade II listed building, 16 Pilgrim Street, and it is still there to this day.