Then I read that following the last total solar eclipse in 1999, 70 people were reported to have experienced visual loss due to exposure without protection. Having been laughed at several times by a dozen shops, I decided to simply try searching “eclipse glasses” on Google Maps. People queue to buy solar eclipse glasses (Image: NQ)My Eclipse Glasses in Aldgate East popped up – and only a 15-minute cycle. Stephane Camberiati with his solar eclipse glasses (Image: NQ)Gladly I soon discovered that the hideously long queue was for card while the cash line was a fraction of the length. He waited for 45 minutes in the card queue when he made a dash to the ATM and joined the much shorter cash queue.