English Hairdressing Championships

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English Hairdressing Championships

Media Archive for Central England
Newcastle-under-Lyme
1959-02-12
Mute
1m

Staffordshire's top hairdressers are put through their paces in a competition at the Crystal Ballroom in Newcastle-under-Lyme. A few years before the bee-hive it's the shorter Italian inspired cuts that dominate as the hairdressers tease, curl and set their creations. For the men it's Brylcreem and sensible cuts - no rock 'n' roll quiffs for the fashion conscious chaps of the Potteries.

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