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Old 09-01-2010, 09:52   #16
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Derek Wynn's in Ossy.

It was just before my third birthday, and I was taken by my dad.

I remember the electric trimmer tickling my neck.

Mum wasn't too happy, because I came back like a toddler army recruit, but with a Brylcreemed quiff.

Maybe he should have left enough in the back for a Brylcreemed DA
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Old 09-01-2010, 10:56   #17
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Maybe he should have left enough in the back for a Brylcreemed DA
I'll bet Rindi doesn't know what a DA is Eric
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Old 09-01-2010, 11:46   #18
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it was swiffs ive for got were it was but my grandad took me there when i was small and you came out with no hair left on your head
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Old 09-01-2010, 17:32   #19
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them were the days when roy use to ask you if you wanted any yakum on and he did your hair on top like a ice cream cone.That feeling when you walked outside and the air got to it and it stiffened up like a brush.lol
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Old 09-01-2010, 17:59   #20
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the barbers i used to go to was by babyland toy shop i think it was called kemps it was quite trendy for the early 60s
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Old 09-01-2010, 22:05   #21
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Same as beechy, Rene Archibold's. I always remember it as being on Abbey St., roughly where the CAB is now.
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Old 16-01-2010, 20:35   #22
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That's it Basigalupo .... it was hovering at the edge of my brain .... and Tom Dawson, yes.
There was also Jack Thornton on Barnes street where I was made to go. No matter what you wanted it was short back and sides with a bit of opera thrown in!
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Old 16-01-2010, 21:29   #23
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jack been finishd 40 yrs norman his apprentice still going strong did 40 yrs in nov
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Old 18-01-2010, 18:00   #24
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jack been finishd 40 yrs norman his apprentice still going strong did 40 yrs in nov
Showing my age - saw Norman recently when I was over but shop was busy. I remember him starting with Jack and went to him when he moved to Whalley Road.
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Old 18-01-2010, 18:19   #25
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This has made me chuckle. I had the job of taking my brother to the barbers on Blackburn Road. Can't remember any names but I think he might have repaired umbrellas too.

Our kid hated his short back and sides but I would have been in trouble if he'd have had anything different. Look after number one!
This was Norman Scott's at 281 Blackburn Road. I lived next door and used to help him fill the cigarette machine outside the shop putting 3d and 6d in the change slots. He never did pay me but I was only 5 or 6.
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Old 18-01-2010, 20:25   #26
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Same as beechy, Rene Archibold's. I always remember it as being on Abbey St., roughly where the CAB is now.
thats the one, opposite what used to be Catlows.
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Old 18-01-2010, 21:02   #27
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the barbers i used to go to was by babyland toy shop i think it was called kemps it was quite trendy for the early 60s
Yeah that was Kemp and Smiths, its still a barbers now! My first was a chap called Billy Wild on Nuttall street...we called him "Wild Billy" I also used Baccicullupo (Spelling?) at bottom of Warner Street, and then went to Gordon Kenyon's who later on opened Plus Two on Abbey Street...i'm trying to recall exactly where Gordon's first place was..was it on Bank Street or near there?....only a small place!!

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Yeah that was Kemp and Smiths, its still a barbers now! My first was a chap called Billy Wild on Nuttall street...we called him "Wild Billy" I also used Baccicullupo (Spelling?) at bottom of Warner Street, and then went to Gordon Kenyon's who later on opened Plus Two on Abbey Street...i'm trying to recall exactly where Gordon's first place was..was it on Bank Street or near there?....only a small place!!

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was it not across abbey st on corner Taggy? just a mens back then, i used to go yon, cos chinny was the only one who used to section me mop as it was a bitch to cut right.
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Old 19-01-2010, 04:39   #29
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Used to go to a place on Abbey St just around the corner from the bottom of Plantation St. called Jacks. When I think back I think he was a bit too friendly to the young lads?? I also remember the brylcream dispensers at the Accy baths, a good hand full for a couple of pennies.
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Old 19-01-2010, 07:37   #30
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was it not across abbey st on corner Taggy? just a mens back then, i used to go yon, cos chinny was the only one who used to section me mop as it was a bitch to cut right.
I think you could be right Cashy, my memory seems a bit grey, i know it was only a smallish place, then he moved and opened plus two, as you say it was just a mens barbers back then!

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