If I was going to embark on another long and pointless project then this would be it - collecting punny hair-dresser names. Because this is a classic. From Sheffield.
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If I was going to embark on another long and pointless project then this would be it - collecting punny hair-dresser names. Because this is a classic. From Sheffield.
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I bet their 'fringe benefits' package is a corker too!
Posted by: sean | December 08, 2004 at 01:28 PM
There was a photo essay back in March in the Guardian doing exactly this.
I can't find it now, only this reference:
http://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2004_03_01_diamondgeezer_archive.html
Hairdressers
(these from the East London phone directory): A Cut Above, Clip Joint, Beaux Belles, Curl Up & Dye, Hair We Go, Lunatic Fringe, Nutters.
(these from around the world): Shear Perfection, Beyond the Fringe, T�te Moderne, Hair Port, Crops and Bobbers, Hair Razors.
(these from Saturday's Guardian): Barber Blacksheep, Bright'n'Bleach, Blonde Dye Bleach, Hairs & Graces, Hairlucinations, Curling You Softley.
Posted by: Merkin | December 09, 2004 at 04:29 PM
Checking just under "Hair" in the Toronto phone book: Hair by Design, Hair Canada Salon and Hair Canada Stylist, Hair Flow, Hair Hair, several Hair and Nows, Hairafter Hairstyling Ltd., Haircraft Ltd., Hair's De Groove, Hair's to You, Hairsay.
There's also a Sweeny Todd Hair Design, but I think that comes under the separate cetegory of Ominous Business Names (along with the Triffids florist and the Lovecraft sex toy shop.)
Posted by: Sarah Ennals | December 10, 2004 at 06:53 AM
I like Hairsay a lot. Though my favourite has always been Hair Today.
Posted by: russell davies | December 10, 2004 at 09:24 AM
Apologies to just wander into your blog and comment, but: I've always liked "The Fringe of Hoxton".
The clothing alterations place with "We will dye for you" in the window is great too.
Posted by: David | December 10, 2004 at 11:45 AM
I saw one called 'Here hair here' in New Zealand. One for the Withnail fans.
Posted by: Anne | December 10, 2004 at 06:02 PM
My personal fave is in New Malden and called 'Curl Up and Dye'
Posted by: Mel | December 22, 2004 at 12:42 PM
You wrote: "If I was going to embark on another long and pointless project then this would be it "
I did embark on a long and pointless project: Here it is:
http://www.shophorror.co.uk
Enjoy this pointless yet amusing window shopping trip through the high streets of bad pun Britain.
Guy
Posted by: Guy | January 17, 2005 at 08:12 PM
Lol, I know the guy who own British Hairways, it's on abbeydale rd, Millhouses, Sheffield. It had a bomb dropped on it in WW2.
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