CAREER OPPURTUNITY Mens Hairdresser. Mr I the one of only two men's hairdressers in Berwick reports that he is overwhelmed with custom from the Merse since his counterpart in Duns hung up his scissors. He does tke appointments on Fridays or Saturdays-they are pop in, first come etc days. Last Saturday he was in at 6-30am for a 7 am opening to find a queue of six on his doorstep-all from outside Berwick. Eyemouth apparently only has female hairdressers and real men in the Borders do not take their heads to be given a Beckham or whatever was in fashion 3 years ago to women clippers. Actually, according to Mr I, it is the traditional short back and sides which still predominates even amongst the younger (under 70) set in these parts. Pudding bowl on head and remove all that is visible taking care to avoid ears style. Now that it is rumoured that the Barber in Tweedmouth is also taking down his sharpening strap and telescoping his pole the pressure on Mr I is bound to increase. Apparently the other Male Barber in Berwick is thinking of turning uni sex, if that is how you put it so he may also lose some of his traditional hetero trade from old customers who do not want to be seen by the distaff side reading the Sun in the waiting area.
