OVER £5000 was raised when Minehead-based Cranmers Optometrists joined Somerset Sight to host ‘Dining In The Dark’.
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A charity auction was also held from the evening held at Somerset County Cricket Club.
Kate Webb, from Cranmers Optometrists, said: “Having no sight, even for a short period of time, had a profound effect on how we all communicated with each other and brought home the extreme difficulties people face in every day tasks.”