Thursday, 16 January 2025

Haircuts


I haven't visited a hairdresser for yonks. The last time I went, I'd made rather a hash of cutting my own hair, and when sitting down in front of the hairdresser's mirror, I must admit that I blamed it on Lady M. "Don't ever let her cut your hair again" he advised. "I won't" I replied.

These days I have very little hair, and I cut it very easily. Once every few months a five minute's clipping does the job.

The last time I went regularly to a hairdressers was when I was working in The City (stockbroking). I used to go to Harrods on Saturdays, where they had a very good barber's dep't, it was also very cheap. I think the aim was to keep 'husbands' away from their wives for as long as possible as they went about spending all the poor chap's money. There were often a few famous faces around as one waited. It was an hour well spent.


I recently came across this photo whilst going through some old albums. I had left the house to do something or other, and suddenly came across my father, sitting outside the coach-house, having his hair cut by the gardener.

I just had to take a photo. I have no idea if the gardener had ever cut anyone's hair before.

I cannot imagine myself asking one of our present gardeners to cut my hair. The picture still makes me smile. Father seemed to think it was perfectly normal! The gardener looks quite evil.


3 comments:

  1. What a lovely photo. The gardener looks quite prepared with clippers. Perhaps it was a regular thing.

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    1. I have no idea. I'd never seen him having an al-fresco haircut before. Yes, it does look as if he's using clippers.

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  2. I suspect that the gardener had had plenty of practice trimming hedgerows and indeed... bushes!

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