After 46 successful years, his son, Richard C Arnold, took ownership of the practice in 1974 when Raymond sadly died. Along with bringing up their young family, Richard and his wife Margaret worked enthusiastically to maintain Raymond's legacy of high quality service and to expand into two new branches at Midhurst and Cowplain.

The family ethos is still very strong with Richard's daughter Sarah and his son Charles both working in the business. Sarah currently works as an Optometrist, and Charles managed the Midhurst branch for many years before starting his own company (see Midhurst & Cowplain section below).

In addition, the Petersfield branch now has a Laboratory for 'in house' glazing facilities, an Optomap retinal imaging clinical area, OCT Scanning facilities and a large area for spectacle dispensing. The services have somewhat changed over the course of 80 years as advances in techniques and equipment have been introduced. For example, we no longer fit false eyes but do use one of the most sophisticated ocular imaging systems on the market (Optomap) as a part of the extended eye examination.

if Raymond Arnold was able to visit the practice today, much of what we do would be unfamiliar to him. However, we feel that he would be proud that the Arnold's ethos of quality and service, care for the individual and appropriate advice for their needs, remains at the core of our business.