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View cryrst's Profile cryrst Flag The garden of England 17 Aug 19 9.04am Send a Private Message to cryrst Add cryrst as a friend

Originally posted by Willo

This certainly brings back memories.

I also recall the barber shops with those red and white revolving signs outside.I think there was one outside 'Andrews' which was right next to the overhead railway bridge in Norbury.Frequented this establishment, also Salingers in Streatham which was on the London Road.

Tony's barber by the market still looks like it's in the 80s
Good hair cut though.

 

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View Mapletree's Profile Mapletree Flag Croydon 17 Aug 19 9.11am Send a Private Message to Mapletree Add Mapletree as a friend

Originally posted by Willo

I recall this song well and will never forget the year it was released, which was 1982, the year I met the lady who is now my wife and it used to be played in discos that we frequented.

Got played a lot in the Superdrug warehouse where I was driving a little stand on forklift

 

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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 17 Aug 19 9.14am Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

I cannot understand some chaps (Mainly ripe in age) with bald pates and some semblance of hair on the sides going to the barbers.There is more hair on a ration of bacon than some of them have on their heads.These chaps could easily cut their own hair.Easy money for the barbers I suppose.

 

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View Teddy Eagle's Profile Teddy Eagle Flag 17 Aug 19 9.17am Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Willo

This certainly brings back memories.

I also recall the barber shops with those red and white revolving signs outside.I think there was one outside 'Andrews' which was right next to the overhead railway bridge in Norbury.Frequented this establishment, also Salingers in Streatham which was on the London Road.

I got carted along to a barbers in Lower Sydenham, I think called Walters, who put the traditional plank across the arms of the chair for kids to sit on. He used to do that thing of snapping his scissors together about 6 times for every time he actually used them. Once cut my ear and put a styptic pencil on it which stung like hell.
Barbers then seemed much more concerned about making you hold your head still at odd angles while they hacked away and a final puff of powder on the red raw neck.

 

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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 17 Aug 19 9.23am Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle

I got carted along to a barbers in Lower Sydenham, I think called Walters, who put the traditional plank across the arms of the chair for kids to sit on. He used to do that thing of snapping his scissors together about 6 times for every time he actually used them. Once cut my ear and put a styptic pencil on it which stung like hell.
Barbers then seemed much more concerned about making you hold your head still at odd angles while they hacked away and a final puff of powder on the red raw neck.

Yes I recall the requests to move one's head and the powder !
Followed by "Would you like some Brylcreem sir?"

Went to a barbers who used to dip his fingers in water then rub the water behind the ears before he used the razor to get a nice edge to the hair in this area.

 

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View mezzer's Profile mezzer Flag Main Stand, Block F, Row 20 seat 1... 17 Aug 19 9.27am Send a Private Message to mezzer Add mezzer as a friend

The thing that makes me feel oldest of all is that when I hear Come On Eileen I know that nowadays I couldn't even if she gave me the opportunity.

 


Living down here does have some advantages. At least you can see them cry.

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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 17 Aug 19 9.52am Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by mezzer

The thing that makes me feel oldest of all is that when I hear Come On Eileen I know that nowadays I couldn't even if she gave me the opportunity.


Happens to us all !

 

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deleted user Flag 17 Aug 19 11.23am

Originally posted by mezzer

The thing that makes me feel oldest of all is that when I hear Come On Eileen I know that nowadays I couldn't even if she gave me the opportunity.

Haha

 

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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 17 Aug 19 11.54am Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

In terms of the song 'Come on Eileen' the word in Corfu back in 1982 was that there was only a single copy of the record on the island and it used to be transported from disco to disco each night, but I really don't know if there is any truth in this.

 

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deleted user Flag 17 Aug 19 12.20pm

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle


The release of Come On Eileen is now closer to the end of WW2 than today.
That doesn’t seem right - like Jacob Rees-Mogg being younger than Kylie Minogue doesn’t.

A bit of a depressing thought. A timeless track though at the same time, so we can all remain young at heart even if our joints are creaking!

 

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View Teddy Eagle's Profile Teddy Eagle Flag 17 Aug 19 12.30pm Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by mezzer

The thing that makes me feel oldest of all is that when I hear Come On Eileen I know that nowadays I couldn't even if she gave me the opportunity.

Supposedly the notion that that caused Michael Jackson to Beat It.

 

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The '70s and '80s were both fun because I was a kid, a teenager and a young man.

Of course, you try to forget the bad bits but I'm glad I was young in those days and not now.

I think it's OK to look back but hopefully, there is still plenty to look forward to, even if it is a little less energetic.

The secret is to try and look after yourself and not die.


 

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