TV star to draw winner of Kylie glasses at Specsavers

TV star to draw winner of Kylie glasses at Specsavers

7 April 2017

CASTLEWELLAN actress Niamh McGrady, star of the Fall and Holby City, will be in town on Easter Saturday, April 15, to officially open the new Specsavers Downpatrick store.

Based in The Grove Shopping Centre, the new opticians and audiologists is owned and run by store directors Lynsey Caldwell and Paula Cunningham, who have invested £250,000 in the premises, creating seven jobs.

They have invited Niamh along to cut the ceremonial ribbon at 2.30pm, which will be followed by an afternoon of Easter fun, including face painting, balloon modelling and an Easter Egg giveaway until 4.30pm.

Specsavers Downpatrick has also teamed up with the Down Recorder to offer readers the chance to win a pair of newly launched and exclusive Kylie Minogue  designer glasses or sunglasses. 

The iconic pop princess has created a fabulous glasses range encompassing 25 different styles, including petite frames for spec wearers with dainty features. 

Lynsey and Paula have run the successful Specsavers Connswater store in East Belfast for the last 16 years. With more than 35 years combined experience in providing essential health services to community they are well pleased to open the new Downpatrick branch. It has state of the art facilities including two test rooms and a hearing centre with a soundproof room for hearing testing.

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Lynsey said: “We’ve had a wonderful reception in Downpatrick so far and have loved getting to know our new customers so we’re inviting them into the store on Easter Saturday afternoon to thank them for their support. We’re really looking forward to welcoming home-grown celebrity Niamh McGrady to officially open the store and getting into the Easter spirit with the community through our Kylie glasses giveaway, fun activities and of course plenty of Easter Eggs!’’ Niamh, who has recently finished filming new movie Maze which will be released in the autumn, will announce the winner of the competition at the store on Specsavers Downpatrick on Saturday afternoon.