Day 6 #100DaysOfOldDays
I was the only one in the family who got my hair cut in the hairdressers—because I was a girl. Throughout the mid to late 70’s I had the pageboy haircut. Easy to comb, wash and style. Not like the long waves I had for years before that.
The pageboy hairstyle was inspired by the medieval page boy. It was a common style in the 20’s and became popular again in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s.
There are some variations to the cut but precise and even lines are essential…or it’s just not the page boy.
Which brings me to my brothers. Mam cut their hair. She gave them a shorter version of my pageboy—also known as the bowl haircut. I have to say, never did she put a bowl on their heads and cut round it.
Let’s talk about the clothes another time.
She had quite a good eye though. Her precise and even lines were quite good, for an amateur hairdresser. The scissors she used though; big silver industrial scissors that came from a local factory (Wellman). Everyone on our terrace had a pair. They were so versatile!
The same scissors I used to butcher my new jeans. Read about that HERE.
Gloria McBreen 