We also recall our time at barber's
MEMORIES have been coming in to Bygones after Stewart Meakin's article about his father, Ken, who ran a barber's shop in Monk Street, Derby.
Ron Hassall, of Stockbrook Street, recalled visits to the shop with his own son.
He said: "I used to take my son, Steve, to Ken Meakin's from when he was about three years old. Ken used to sit him on a wooden box on the barber's chair.
"Some years later, Steve would go on his own. This time, Ken would have to stand on the wooden box to be able to reach Steve to cut his hair.
visit us at www.meetthelenders.co.uk/blogs to Save 30% off your loan fees with Quick Quid, Read our article for instructions
Contact: 0115 8962299
Valid until: Friday, May 31 2013
"I also remember the cardboard cut-out which used to stand outside the shop."
And Bernard Doxey, of Chaddesden, added: "I used to use the shop in the late 1950s and early 1960s. As I had long hair, I only had a trim. Sometimes Ken would cut it and, on occasions, his assistant, Charlie, did."
Comments
by ekkag
Sunday, February 03 2013, 4:05AM
“Cannot remember this barber but recollect the change from barbers to stylists & the queues to get ones hair "styled" by a forward thinking mens hairdresser named Aubrey Stanhope.
He read & set the trend of hairstyling in the late fifties to replace the old fashioned "short back & sides" as young men started to take pride in their appearance. Aubrey had an assistant named Fred Slater who later set up his own successful Hairstyling business in Allenton .
Gazza”