Doug Perkins Doug Perkins Douglas John David Perkins (born April 1943) is a British billionaire businessman. He is the co-founder of Specsavers, an international optical retail chain. Douglas John David Perkins was born in April 1943 in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. "His father was a policeman and his grandparents were farmers in the county for generations." He was educated at the Llanelli Boys Grammar School, and he graduated from Cardiff University. Perkins began his career as an optometrist in Llanelli and Carmarthen. In the 1970s, he took over his father-in-law's optician store in Bristol and subsequently opened 22 stores. Perkins co-founded Specsavers with
Church of Our Lady with a Chain (Alcamo) carried on 26 June 1661. In 1922 the Reverend Ignazio Corrao founded here the female Congregation of Our Lady with a Chain. Inside the Church there is a painting dated 1799, realized by Giuseppe Renda, a painter from Alcamo, which represents Our Lady with a Chain. It is set in a 17th-century frame and was restored in 2009, thanks to the financial support given by the Rotary Club of Alcamo. Church of Our Lady with a Chain (Alcamo) The Church of Our Lady with a Chain (or "Church of the Holy Mary with a Chain") is a Catholic Church located