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Witton and Aston Barber Shops
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My local barber was Norman Blizzard on Witton Roadjust up from the corner of Mansfeild Road. Mr. Blizzard was a nice man but you never really knewwhat kind of a cut you would end up with. The best you could hope for was thatit wouldn’t be the “thirty-nine steps” or a “pudding basin” cut which left my thin andlifeless hair sticking out all over the place. If you weren't specific about what you wanted you would end up with short back and sides, even if you were specific you might still end up with a "buz" cut.I hated getting my hair cut when I was young. For some strange reason I was afraid of beingelectrocuted by the electric clippers, so Mr. Blizzard would grudgingly use apair of hand operated clippers. The problem was that they never seemed to besharp, so he would constantly pull at my hair – I think he may have done itpurposely either to teach me a lesson or so that I would relent and accept the morelabour saving electric clippers. Another thing I hated about Blizzardswas that there was nearly always a long wait with sometimes as many as sixpeople sitting around. The room was usually filled with cigarette smoke and ofcourse a few customers had the inevitable smokers hack, probably from sucking on unfiltered Woodbines. What made theexperience worse was that if Mr. Blizzard was really busy he would often takeadults before children regardless of whether it was your turn or not. This wasin the days before children became the centre of attention and were given morerights and privileges than their age and position in society deserved.Essentially children were persona non grata and were expected to show deferenceto their elders. Disrespect would bring you a swift clout about the head, evenfrom a stranger and if you complained to your parents you were just as likelyto get another clout from them for bringing shame to the family. There was nosuch thing as talking back to your elders or arguing with them and youcertainly did not refuse to do what you were asked.
ItsTHEBullring
proper brummie kid
Hello Jean
Were you a friend of Ken Hillier was passed away in 2009? I am his niece Sue. Bertha Eggison was my great aunt and ran the coal yard at 176 Park Lane
hi mike
my very first barber was the gallagher brothers on lichfield rd oppersite old mattys radio shop which was really on the corner of lower portland street and upper portland street and across the main rd of lichfield rd from cromwell terrace next to the horse toth and facing ansells and the crossing was out side there shop i was five years old when the old man took me there we lived at 5/92 lichfield rd them many years later we moved to ladywood but i kept coming back to aston there was one on the monument rd next to the station pub and the railway station ; but i came down to witton cicle the old fella there was a cracking barber but eventualy he left
then i met phil lynch up at bordesly green and been going thje for fifty years now and alway took my kids hair they are in he mid thirtys and they still go to phil
even thou he moved further up at the yew tree ; good barber best wishes Astonian;;
my very first barber was the gallagher brothers on lichfield rd oppersite old mattys radio shop which was really on the corner of lower portland street and upper portland street and across the main rd of lichfield rd from cromwell terrace next to the horse toth and facing ansells and the crossing was out side there shop i was five years old when the old man took me there we lived at 5/92 lichfield rd them many years later we moved to ladywood but i kept coming back to aston there was one on the monument rd next to the station pub and the railway station ; but i came down to witton cicle the old fella there was a cracking barber but eventualy he left
then i met phil lynch up at bordesly green and been going thje for fifty years now and alway took my kids hair they are in he mid thirtys and they still go to phil
even thou he moved further up at the yew tree ; good barber best wishes Astonian;;
David Weaver
gone but not forgotten
What about Mr BEE BEE in Curch Lane Aston up near Paines Cake shop. He had a grey Parrot in a cage. Family secret . When I was a youngster dad got our Charlie to take me to him because my hair was a bit long and didn't want people to think I was a girl. Mom cried for a week at the sight of me and dad received a bit of cold tongue for his tea. Regards David. PS Wally Brannigan was another Barber in Church Lane but he was on the other side of the road.
George Albert Winfield was my Dad. Ken.
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
ooo i remember him if he was the one by Aston auto motors he made a right mess of my hair. and mom was not a happy woman
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
...I still dont understand jean
sylviasayers
master brummie
Jean, the barber in Yew Tree Road was Mr. Cox, opposite the outdoor. My sister and brother-in-law lived next door.
brummy-lad
master brummie
Hi Ken, my mum lived about 6 doors away at 143 Park Lane (Keight's bicycle shop), I remember showing her that picture and she told me she used to babysit a young girl that lived there, this would be around 1945, she couldn't remember the name, perhaps a relation of yours?
