Beards & Barbers?
 

Two questions in one question thread :)

Anyone know of a good traditional barber? And Is there anyone that has their beard trimmed etc at the barbers? Cause my veil attempts at vanity end in disaster when I try to do it myself :D

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Have you tried Clive's on Abbey Street?

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Forget about vanity ... get yourself a mad trapper hat, and let the beard grow as it wishes ... and the eyebrows too.:D

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Eric I have one of those already!!

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Yeah I often go there for haircut but its always packed...

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That's great:theband: Keep it; what grows wild and free is much better than the manicured, tailored things. And it's a great place to store leftover food scraps.;)

And if you have trouble finding a hat; I'll send you one.

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Jims on Union rd in Ossy is very popular. He's been going for years, my son's and brothers have all had their hair cut there. I dare say you'll get a shave and tidy up too as he's from the 'old school' of barbery. (is that even a word).:o

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I hear there's a barbers down Blackburn road, depending on how traditional you want to go :D

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Is that the one across from the halaal butchers that proudly states 'Certified Barber'?:D

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Yeah, That's the one.
It seems pretty popular with our Asian cousins.....

.....Would I use it? Like .... I would ;)

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Try Mick Dalby next door to the cycle shop in Padiham, if you want an original mens barbers shop, (would you like anything for the weekend sir ?). only jesting, the guy and his son are top notch, £5-50 for a haircut plus he will do a full shave, beard trim or whatever is your desire.(hair dressing wise of course).
I have used the guy for years and have never had a cause to complain.

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Get yourself a set of clippers with various heads & just crack on, I do. Having said that, as an eggshell blonde there's not a lot to clip & as to the face fungus, well, a good scrape with a wet razor every couple of days suffices.

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I've always found you can't beat a good cut throat razor to get under the nose and around the jaw line. Lol.:p:o

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I thowt I were ugly but thas beat me agaun.

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I once had a male nurse, Waring, I think he was called, come up to my bed in Accy Victoria in 1968; on his trolley was a bowl of soapy water, a towel and a cutthroat razor.

"As you are due to have an operation today Mr -------- I have to shave you below the waist", he informed me.

With a cutthroat ? I almost screamed, please be careful, I've only been married a few months. forty six years and three children later, I'm glad to say that everything turned out alright, (Phew) but I was more than a little worried at the time.

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Was it not the barber Taddy? The hospitals had a barber who did that sort of thing.
Male nurses were a rare breed in anything but psychiatry and learning disabilities at that time.

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Finally, I get the recognition I deserve.:D

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That must have been one of his other jobs Taddy. His main job was putting and removing plaster on broken limbs. Did he have his welibobs and rubber apron on when he operated on you

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I do hope he had separate razors! :eek:

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I'd heard he was a Rabbi in his spare time, always keen to take a short-cut in his search for converts.:eek:

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No Margaret, I used to know the barber at the time, I forget his name but he lived in Huncoat.

I have a pint or two (or more) with a bloke who used to be the (Chef ?) at Accy Hospital at the time I am refering too, it was he who came up with the name Waring and he too thought that he was a male nurse or could have been known as an orderly.

Anyway things turned out ok and I did not end up being able to pass as an Israeli citizen. :):):)

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Being a lifelong angler Irene I am rather into the rubber scene, I love nothing better than to put on my rubber waders and to stand in the middle of a river dangling my tackle in the water. :D:D:D

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:mad:I wonder if that was the same chap who 'potted up' my arm when I fell off my roller skates? It would have been about 71/72. I remember the terror I felt seeing the giant clippers used to take the plaster off. I got to take the pot home as a memento.:o

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But where's the mad trapper hat to give the total surround hairy look.?:D

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Watch out for the muskies when you're dangling your tackle.:eek: Great muskie fishing around here by the way. If you are a fisherman, you would love it here. Great muskie fishing. And now that I've passed 65 years, I can fish without a licence anywhere in Ontario:theband: And remember, give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day; teach a man how to fish, and he will sit out in a boat all day drinking beer.:D



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWTLuCf_TRA

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Thanks for the advice Eric, By the way lovely Muskie,am I right in thinking they are also known as Northern Pike ?

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Same family ... but they are relatively rare, whereas Northerns are common, especially in northern lakes which are not fished all that often. Pike are good sport fish, but not good eating. They are vicious, and tenacious cannibals: but, ironically, they move around in large schools. I love fishing ... even when I'm catching nothing, I sit and stroke my beard (gotta keep on topic:D) and enjoy the day. As a fisherman, you would love it over here. Yanks pay thousands of dollars to come here and fish, particularly in our north, where many fishing camps are fly in only.

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I've known a couple of folk that catch pike for their camp fire (nothing like the size of that monster in your pic).
They say "pike are lovely" ,personally I haven't and wouldn't eat one :eek:.
I really enjoy catching them though ,sometime they "tail walk" and their a strong fish that don't give up easy.
I've had plenty of "jacks" on the canal while spinning for perch (which are also allegedly a "good eat").I wouldn't like to get a spinner caught in my beard :eek:
Pike are allegedly a "forgotten feast"
HUNTER-GATHERING: wild & fresh food: Eating Pike: A Forgotten Feast?

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Normans Whalley road Clayton been going 40 odd years

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Margaret, I owe you a sincere apology,today I had a pint or two (at least) with the x chef at Accy Vic, (mentioned in an earlier post) and yes you were nearly right; the bloke that I classed as a male nurse was in fact a chap called Albert Waring,

As Aussie Irene mentioned, he was also the chap who did the plaster casts. so he must have been a general orderly come dogsbody or whatever.(no insult intended )

The casualty doctor at the time name of Armstong drove an old Rolls Royce,
superb doctor, registrar, (whatever he was known as) but absolutely no bedside manner.

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If every coarse angler in this country removed one or two fish every time they caught, within a few years there would be nothing left to fish for; (return them), don't get like the east europeans who are over here who are decimating our fisheries.:mad::mad::mad:

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You've nothing to worry about there T, as much as I enjoy "catch and release" fishing, I'm not a lover of eating fish :)

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Aye, the Leeds to Liverpool canal has become like a giant, revolving sushi table these days. :D

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Ive been thinking about going clean shaven at xmas and then doing one of those "pic everyday of the year" things and record the growing of the beard over 365 days :D

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Please think this one thru a tad more;)

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to be honest it requires too much effort :D

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proof that i do indeed own a trapper hat

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That's not a proper one! A proper one gouges & bites cobs out of you before it can be converted to headgear! :D

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I would think that a Muslim barber would be great in shaving beards after all quite a few of that religion who have beards. Surely there would be some in Accy.

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Thought I don't think they are supposed to trim their beards just their moustaches and a lot of (none practising) muslims have those thin line beards that personally I cannot stand

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And you'd happily sit in his chair while he's waving sharp implements in close proximity to your neck? :D

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That's just what I was thinking Dave!:p

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no

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I have loads of times. But they are usually not that great....

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I trim mine whenever it gets in the way of my drinking, I hate my moustaches supping more than I can, cut it whenever needed.

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same here. haha. did that yesterday

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I wonder why men grow beards when(most) women don't? I mean, you don't see female animals with bald faces. Cats and dogs are all the same and so are horses, cows etc. That's my moment of profound thought for the weekend. I'll leave it with you folks.:rolleyes:

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Then again why do male lions have thick luxurious manes but lioness's don't ?

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Man = hunter

woman = gatherer

Men walked miles in search of their prey in all kinds of weather.

Women stayed close to the warm cave chewing nuts.

This can still be observed today, men will walk miles out of their way to catch fish in a pond, thus avoiding decorating the cave.

Women will head for department stores credit card in hand and gather all those none essential, essentials that they then cram into the cave like interior of the wardrobe never again for it to see the light of day because she has decided that having gathered it, it is two sizes too small and will have to wait until the successful completion of her diet.
;)

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Just a touch of chauvinism maybe ?

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Nah mate! Wry humour, happens a lot on here! :D

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Nah... Its just less

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Ok, :d:d:d

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Plonker, why would I try to offend the weaker sex?

Proof is man is weaker, she frightens him enough to fight Tiger, Buffalo and other dangerous beasts, while she stays at home planning what he will do when he gets home, Hmmm, lets invent white wash, he can slap that on the cave walls rather than eat the over ripe fruit I've gathered, after all he doesn't need this hangover I've invented.

somehow I don't need such criticism. I can create enough when I'm being serious.

:o

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But if you are ever lost and hungry ... I know this is difficult in a country which has a limited amount of desolate wilderness apart from Yorkshire ... those old scraps of food in your beard could keep you alive until the cavalry arrives.;)

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I'd rather they kept me going until the carvery arrived.

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You wish to be taken seriously and yet you put your location as Boloxnia, Ha,Ha. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

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DUH! Thats where he lives. He's always lived there.... :hidewall: