THE BARBERS! A pre-war child’s definition.. A shop or front parlour, where a parent (usually father) took a boy to be almost scalped, and to indulge himself in a masochistic act of being singed across the back of the head with a flaming taper. This practice went on at least once every month, without anyone [...]
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Shops
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Billy
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1920s,
1927,
1940s,
Barber Shop,
Barbers,
Basin,
Brilliantine,
Brylcreem,
Chequer Ball,
D.A.,
Eason's,
Faulkland Carpark,
Gaberdine Suit,
German Helmet,
Hair Care,
Hairdressers,
Hairstyles,
Hand Clippers,
Leicster Square,
Lichfield Street,
Maisson Haselock,
McGovern's,
Molineux Grounds,
Mr Rudge,
Mrs Reed,
National Service,
North Street,
Reed's,
Robert Taylor,
Rutter's,
Shingle Bob,
Short Back and Sides,
Speakes Builders,
Stafford Street,
Ted McGovern,
Tony Curtis,
Umbrellas,
Unisex,
Vincent Street,
Whitmore Reans,
Wilson Street
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