Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Duncan lāua ʻo Todd e hoʻolilo lākou i "miliona paona" i loko o kahi hale hana hana hou ma hope o ke kūʻai ʻana i ʻelima mau hale kūʻai optical ʻē aʻe a puni ka ʻāina.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻo North East, ka ʻoihana ma hope o ka hoʻolālā, e hoʻolilo ʻo ia i miliona mau paona ma kahi hale ʻike maka hou a me ka hale hana lens contact ma Aberdeen.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Duncan lāua ʻo Todd e hana ʻia ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana o nā "miliona paona" i loko o nā keʻena hana hou ma o ke kūʻai ʻana aku i ʻelima mau lālā opticians ma ka ʻāina.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hui ʻo Duncan a me Todd ma 1972 e Norman Duncan lāua ʻo Stuart Todd, nāna i wehe i kā lākou lālā mua ma Peterhead.
I kēia manawa, alakaʻi ʻia e ka Luna Hoʻokele Francis Rus, ua hoʻonui nui ʻia ka hui i nā makahiki ma Aberdeenshire a ma waho, me nā lālā he 40.
Ua loaʻa hou iā ia kekahi mau hale kūʻai optical kūʻokoʻa, me Eyewise Optometrists o Banchory Street, Pitlochry Opticians, GA Henderson Optometrist o Thurso, a me Optical Companies o Stonehaven a me Montrose.
ʻIke pū ia i nā maʻi i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ma ka hale kūʻai ʻo Gibson Opticians ma Aberdeen's Rosemont Viaduct, i pani ʻia ma muli o ka hoʻomaha.
I loko o nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hoʻokomo ka hui i ka mālama hoʻolohe a hāʻawi i kēia mau lawelawe ma ʻEkokia, me nā hoʻokolohua hoʻolohe manuahi a me ka hoʻolako ʻana, kūpono a kūpono hoʻi i kahi ākea o nā mea hoʻolohe pepeiao, me nā mea kikohoʻe.
E wehe ana ka mahele hana o ka hui, Caledonian Optical, i keena hana hou ma Dyce ma hope aku o keia makahiki e hana i na lens ma'amau.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ms Rus: "ʻO kā mākou 50th anniversary he mea nui loa a ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ka hui ʻo Duncan lāua ʻo Todd mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana me hoʻokahi lālā ma Peterhead.
"Akā naʻe, paʻa nā waiwai a mākou i paʻa ai i kēia lā a haʻaheo mākou e hāʻawi i nā lawelawe kūpono, pilikino a maikaʻi hoʻi ma ke alanui kiʻekiʻe ma nā kūlanakauhale a puni ka ʻāina.
"I ko mākou komo ʻana i kahi makahiki hou ma Duncan a me Todd, ua hana mākou i ka nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hoʻolālā a hoʻopukapuka nui ʻia i loko o kahi keʻena hana hou e hoʻonui ai i kā mākou hana hana lens no kā mākou hui a me nā mea kūʻai aku ma UK.
"Ua wehe pū mākou i nā hale kūʻai hou, hoʻopau i nā hana hou a hoʻonui i kā mākou mau lawelawe.ʻO ka lawe ʻana i nā hui liʻiliʻi kūʻokoʻa i loko o ka ʻohana lōʻihi ʻo Duncan lāua ʻo Todd ua ʻae iā mākou e hāʻawi i kā mākou poʻe maʻi i kahi ākea ākea o nā lawelawe, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma ke kahua o ka mālama lohe.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia: "Ke ʻimi mau nei mākou i nā manawa kūʻai hou a ke nānā nei i nā koho i loko o kā mākou hoʻolālā hoʻonui i kēia manawa.He mea nui kēia iā mākou i ko mākou hoʻomākaukau ʻana e wehe i kā mākou lab hou ma hope o kēia makahiki.He manawa hauʻoli kēia i ko mākou hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i kā mākou makahiki 50. "