Normal Monday opening hours at City Barbers in High Skellgate, Ripon are 8am to 5pm — but today was no normal Monday.
With no appointment necessary, nothing could be left to chance.
Brian Knowles, a regular at the shop for more than 20 years, was first in the queue at 6.30am.
He told the Stray Ferret:
“I’ve been waiting 24 weeks for this since November 8 and it feels great.”
Brian Knowles, first in the queue after a 24-week wait to have his hair professionally cut.
With a fine head of hair to look after, Mr Knowles admitted that he had bought a ‘do it yourself kit’ to keep those annoying straggling hairs off his ears during lockdown.
He said:
“I had to make sure the DIY kit was fully charged, as I didn’t want it cutting out on me while I was using it.”
Help was at hand when granddaughter Isobel stopped by to give Mr Knowles a trim.
But he admits:
“Nothing can beat having it done professionally'”
As they waited their turn in one of the three chairs working at full capacity, the Stray Ferret heard some bad DIY hair day stories.
With names withheld to protect relationships and avoid embarrassment, they included:
“My wife has been having a good hack at mine from time to time. I’m just lucky to still have ears!”
“I tried a do it yourself job and cut out a great clump of hair — I won’t be doing that again in a hurry!”
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City Barbers, in line with other barbers and hairdressers, faces a busy day as they operate with strict social distancing and hygiene measures in place.
