benjamin1945 16,160 Posted April 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 The one in Sneinton lived with a cousin of mine,and set up again off Porchester think in the 90s,, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 There's the 'Electric Chair' on the corner of Porchester Road/Lees Road, operated by a guy named Julian, and he started in the mid 90s. I went there in the early 2000s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted April 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 Not him cliff ton...............this chap is named John,,,don't know if hes still there,,,next street after Post Office coming down Porchester......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 894 Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 In my early teens I regularly went to a barber in the front room of a terrace house on Vernon rd opposite the car place, between Nottingham rd and Church st. Not glamorous, did a good job. I always had a 50s flat top cut. Thinking about it reminds me of Jerry Keller's song 'here comes summer' and long summer evenings with mates on pedal track bikes riding round Melbourne park: - baseball boots, denims, white shirt, flatop cut and obligatory ray ban aviators, ( or something looking close). Those 'track bikes' of the late 50s, cow-horn handlebars and 26 tooth rear sprocket, loved that 30 year old 3rd hand me down bike. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Foghorn 0 Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 I remember that barber,i was taken there as a young boy by my grandad to get a short back and sides i think that was his speciality or all he could do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 They didn't have many styles, Boston, Tony Curtis, DA, or short back and sides. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 I seem to recall having a 'Perry Como' briefly.... it didn't last... A couple of years later I started to assert my emerging manhood by refusing to get it cut at all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldphil 331 Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 On 4/28/2020 at 10:04 AM, benjamin1945 said: If you want to see my kind of Barber,, take a look at the Barber shop'' scene in Clint Eastwoods '''Gran Torino''''...........Brilliant.... the ladies love the lilac water! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted July 15, 2020 Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 Had my hair cut today. First time since the middle of March. That's the longest period between cuts since the early 1970s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,418 Posted July 15, 2020 Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 My hair now gently cascades over my collar and is heading determinedly for my shoulders. I can't be doing with buggering about making hair appointments but herself says if I don't I'll wake with a bobble and a pony tail... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,149 Posted July 15, 2020 Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 You paint such a poetic picture of sartorial elegance Brew. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,138 Posted July 15, 2020 Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 I’m in the same position. My hair’s never been so long. I’m a bit reluctant about cutting it myself so I think I’ll prevail on my wife. Probably better to do it out in the garden and not have a mess to clear up inside. If birds are still nesting they will be glad of it! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,138 Posted July 15, 2020 Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 21 minutes ago, Brew said: My hair now gently cascades over my collar and is heading determinedly for my shoulders. I can't be doing with buggering about making hair appointments but herself says if I don't I'll wake with a bobble and a pony tail... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted July 15, 2020 Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 I've cut mine twice since lockdown.. using my Wahl Beard Trimmer. Not quite as neatly as the hairdresser.. but good enough. It will take more than a dodgy haircut to ruin my natural Animal Magnetism and devastating attractiveness... I wish... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 963 Posted July 15, 2020 Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 I usually wear my hair quite long but I t got really long in lockdown and not only looked a mess but was getting on my nerves. I’d been at the whisky a couple of weeks ago and looked in the mirror. Well something clicked in me and I got the scissors and cut my hair. Not recklessly but carefully Layering as far as I could reach. Jane had to trim the neck and my son layered the back where I couldn’t reach. Result was and agreed by most that see me as the best cut I’ve had in years. Looking back I don’t know how I managed it or had the courage to cut it so short, for me that is. It’s become known as the famous grouse cut. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,418 Posted July 15, 2020 Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 Hmm gave that some serious thought but sadly Yorkshire tea didn't have the same effect. Looked in the bathroom cabinet earlier and there is a suspiciously large number of bobbles. I shall sleep with the clothes basket against my bedroom door tonight... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 On 2/27/2014 at 1:20 PM, benjamin1945 said: seem to remember a "Rons " where in town was it siddha? Rons Upper Parliament Street did a good feather cut Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,138 Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 I had my first haircut in over two years yesterday. The last occasion was just prior to my hip replacement in early March 2020. Then came the first lockdown and a period when I wasn’t allowed to drive. I’ve been hacking at it myself as necessary but last weekend I recognised that I was a becoming a rather scruffy unkempt bugger. Just as I expected my barber’s first words of welcome were ‘who’s been cutting your bloody hair!’ I confessed I was the culprit and he made a very professional job of tidying me up. There was a lot of hair on the floor. I didn’t ask the price, I just gave him £20 which he seemed very pleased with. I’ll be less generous next time! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 I had my hair cut last week. We have a new hairdresser so thought I would try her. Never again. My usual hairdresser is very good and I'm very critical of how they cut ( I was a hairdresser) but thought I'd have a change as shes a bit of a gossip. This new one has left scissor marks all over and has cut my hair too short ( it does happen ) now I have to wait at least 2 months until it can be corrected by going back to my gossipy hairdresser. Sometimes I wish I could still cut my own hair like I used to but now I cant turn my head in the position I need it to be. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted March 23, 2022 Report Share Posted March 23, 2022 14 hours ago, philmayfield said: I just gave him £20 which he seemed very pleased with. I’ll be less generous next time! That's more than twice what I pay. No wonder he was surprised. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,138 Posted March 23, 2022 Report Share Posted March 23, 2022 Yes, but think what I've saved over two years! I like to make people happy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,418 Posted March 23, 2022 Report Share Posted March 23, 2022 17 minutes ago, philmayfield said: Yes, but think what I've saved over two years! I like to make people happy. Does that mean you're a philanthrope? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,138 Posted March 23, 2022 Report Share Posted March 23, 2022 I'm usually a misanthrope but he had such a hard luck story to tell and I'd just drawn £200 from the cash machine I felt the urge to give a large tip. I regretted it afterwards of course! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted March 23, 2022 Report Share Posted March 23, 2022 Be thankful you still have hair which needs to be cut. Some people have grown out of that luxury. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,149 Posted March 23, 2022 Report Share Posted March 23, 2022 I'll send 'er indoors up. She'll cut your hair for less than 20 quid and no tip required. Wots a philanthrope? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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