Karlton 582 Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 #36 Loppylugs I remember Bert had a shop at the very bottom of Carlton hill but not for long, i used to go to Betty Needs opposite Regal on station road When we was kids I went in for a D A and a tony curtis he wet it singed it cut it blew it, and it come out like two bleddy flat sausages, god knows what the row of old pensioners thought. happy days. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blondie 1,392 Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 My first barber was Jackie Browns, on Duke St / Gawthorne St corner, New Basford. A real old fashioned short back and sides barber with a hair tonic that set your hair like concrete at the end. After he retired, I went to John's on Sandon Street. My last regular was Brown's Broad Marsh, but since my second wife is probabaly one of the better qualified hairdressers in Nottingham, I now have no reason to go anywhere. Lucky duck...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 Wonder what happened to old Bert? Doubt he's still around now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blondie 1,392 Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 Bob's on Hucknall High Street in the 50's was the one...........people queued for hours, my dada and my brother went there - he was class at short back and sides........When he popped his clogs, everybody seemed to go to the Criterian......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 Last friday of every month D10 toilets at Boots hair/shave- two quid!! Bills next to star on Mansfield rd. Sixties: tonys on North sherwood st. Next to a bookies ( navy blue paint) can't remember name. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 #39 Loppylugs I would imagine so Using past tense, he was a nice chap as I remember. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coffers77 34 Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 For years I went to Bill the Barbers next to the Golden Fleece on Mansfield until he packed up about 5 years ago. There was a spell in the eighties when he became somewhat over popular when Morrissey cuts/flat-tops became all the rage and word quickly got around that he could do them (not all barbers had the skills or the willingness to do them). They were queuing out the door and I had to go elsewhere for a few years. Trends changed and his old regulars gradually drifted back. Had the best line in barber chat - e.g. never asked you where you were going on your holidays but somehow you always found yourself talking about interesting things and places. He was big into Buddhism and bought land near his house to turn it back into a flower meadow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Right coffers: those flatoppers took over! Forgot the Fleece was the boozer next door. Bill was fascinated about India- i seem to remember. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coffers77 34 Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Yes he did have a thing for India and he described to me a lengthy cross country trip he undertook. I think it was east to west. He was very well travelled generally and we discussed the philosophy around travel many times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NickA 13 Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Another I've remembered, from my later years (probably early-mid 1960s), presumably because my dad was going there. Still only short-back-and-sides though. Pelham Hairdressing on King Street. You can see the barber's pole on this photo. That marks the entrance, then you went down stairs to the main shop which was below street level. Pelham!! That's it! Thanks CT! I read the first page of this thread and was racking my brain - I'd worked out it was on King St and that it was probably the basement which is now a bar, still a hairdressers' on the site though, according to googlemaps: Sound about right? But amazing to see the old pic you posted of the place itself. I was taken down there for my first cuts, when a little lad in the mid/late 60s. It was always the kindly dapper chap with black/silver brylcreemed hair, a pencil moustache, a cheery smile and a twinkle in the eye who I had - I took it at the time he ran the place. I was always very impressed with the array of cut-throat razors and remember him explaining to me (and demonstrating) how he used the leather strap hanging from the side of the chair to sharpen them. Anyone remember that character; and his name? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,470 Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 Updating the previous post(s) about Pelham hair dressing, a photo of King Street, with Pelham on the left (and Jessops on the right). The enlargement shows its name sign on the wall. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 Barbers you say? Check this bad boy cut out 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
albert smith 803 Posted February 24, 2020 Report Share Posted February 24, 2020 So long as he kept his hat on my sergeant major would have passed it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 Good case to be made for having several water butts I'd have thought PP. ... In a few minutes I'm going to have a go at cutting my hair using my Wahl beard trimmer. My normal cut is 'No.2' on the sides and 'No.4' on top, all expertly blended by my hairdresser. I only have 1-3 combs for my trimmer so I think my best bet is No.3 all over then see how awful it looks before proceeding... maybe I can sort of bleed 2 into 3.. but probs best left alone... Hairdresser usually squares off the neck for me.. which will be a 'two mirror' job for me. Should be fun.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldphil 331 Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 1 hour ago, DJ360 said: Hairdresser usually squares off the neck for me.. which will be a 'two mirror' job for me. Should be fun.. I look like Worzel Gummidge . Neighbours are telling me (from a distance) that I look like a sixties hippy. I wish 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,422 Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 2 hours ago, oldphil said: I look like Worzel Gummidge I've been asked which colour ribbon I want... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 Before: https://photos.app.goo.gl/9LJby4GQZ4EcRt2g8 After. https://photos.app.goo.gl/HSnEiZnGF2VRE8iD8 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,145 Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 You're a brave man. You should open a salon. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,422 Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 Good grief!! 36 minutes ago, philmayfield said: You should open a salon Please don't.. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 No respect for talent and artistry on here..... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,159 Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 Which one's you Col? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,603 Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 I think your haircut looks good, Col. Well done! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,470 Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 It was probably photoshopped Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 I made a few mistakes but I think I got away with them.. I've christened it the 'Strangeways Look' Having reached such a high level of skill and artistry in just one cut..and since my long term hairdresser has now retired.. I'm going to do all my coiffure in future and save myself about £80 per year. It all helps. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,145 Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 Some of the money saved could go towards the purchase of a hat. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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