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RS Erskine & Co. Ltd About

Andrew A. Erskine couldn't have imagined when he set up his opticians and chemists shop in Fochabers in the 1920's that three generations later the business would still be in the family. When he moved to Bridge of Allan in 1943, he laid the foundations for R S Erskine & Co. and then moved to a site very close to the current Bridge of Allan practice in 1963.

His son, Roy, left a promising football career with Hibs to train in optics and founded the present day R S Erskine & Co by setting up the Dunblane practice on the site of the current Royal Bank of Scotland. He took Gordon Logan on as a partner in 1972 and concentrated on Dunblane and Auchterarder, which was started in 1967, leaving Bridge of Allan to Gordon along with Crieff, bought from the Govan family, who still practice in St. Andrews and Dundee.

Roy retired in 1991, leaving his legacy in the capable hands of Niall and his wife Tracey who now run Dunblane, alongside Glaucoma specialist Aileen Buick, and practice Dispensing Optician Barry Duncan, the current Chairman of his profession. Niall runs Auchterader with Suzi Reid, and experienced Dispensing Optician Mandy Wardrope, and helps Laura Christie and her Dispenser Tom Herriot at the Bridge Of Allan practice which was relocated to Henderson Street in January 2002. Gordon still maintains Crieff, giving the kind of service not often seen these days. Modernisation and improvement continue as you read this, with each practice being brought up to date year by year.

Three generations of service and customer care awaits you in each R S Erskine practice.