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WHITBY FREE PRESS, VEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1974, PAGE 7 BIRD 'S EYE VIEW -JIN OUIL ipNEX"I" 1seta good many Saturday mornings ainl waiting for the man in the wvhite coàt to yeil "Next' It was the Sanirday morning get-a-haircut ritual and the way things are goïng it wili soon dîsappear. Men are cutting wornen's haïr and women are eutting men's haïr and not only do the twain meet but now it's hard to tell the difference. A barbershop years ago was strictly for the maie of the species and momn would drop you off but very occasïonaliy was she permitted to waït inside while the barber did his work. Telling, your buddy about the big one, whether it was fïsh or g girl, isn't the same with somnebody's mother standing nearby eavesdropping. Every second or third Saturday morrning would require a trip to the barbershop and if you were lucky lie had a TV îvith the cartoons turned on but those shops were scarce. Mostly they just hiad an assortrnent of oIL. magazines to keep you occupied while *you waited your trn. Lookïng through a flive year old issue of Field and Stream doesn't realiy turn on a 12 year old kid but when everybody else is sitting there wïth his nose in a book you figure you have to do the same. The odd barbershop would have those risque magazines wïth pictures of girls and things but Lord help you if your mother came in to check up on your progress and caught you readïng one. After what seemed like an eternïty of reading the same old b ooks you looked at last month the man wouid yelI, "Next" and you'd leap up and head for the chair. On your way to the chair caution had to be exercïsed because around 11:00 amn on a good Saturday mornïng the> eut haïr was ankie deep on the floor and mothers can get quite aggravated about furry sox on wash day. As soon- as you stepped on and sank into the huge, chair the barber would wrap you in white, oïl his clippers ami give you the inquiring look as to how you were to be sheared. There would always be a difference of opinion at this point but it was usually unspoken. As a kid 1 would love to have. told the barber to giveý me an Iroquois eut but the barber had his orders from mom, and he would rather have me mad at hlm than' mom. Hell hath no fury like a mother with a kid whose locks have been shorn the wrong way. So usually instead of getting yourself ail worked up knowing you had to et your hair eut the way your mother said it was best to just play big shot and tel the barber, 'The usual please." Within seconds the clippers woVld buzz and the hair would drop off in great hunks with much of it falling on your eye brows or nose to hang there for the durationi. And, no matter how tight the ba- rber made the neck forcing you to have a bath or a showcr ttvgct relcif. Crew cuts were not oniy permitted for rnost kids but were encouraged. Some barbershops had a special attachmient and they would put this giant comb on your head and use it as a level so your crew eut would corne out I)ertectIy liat even il your lead wasn;t. Ears were alwýdys well exposcd and the hairine at the neck was s0 high up your neck was cold for three days after a haircut. The final polishing off was when the barber asked you - if lie rernembered to ask - whether you wanted some haïr oil or sorne such ingredient. Most of it'srnelled like a fire in a vinery but it was part of the ritual so you said yes. If you got a crewcut and the front of your haïr wanted to lay down instcad of getting haïr oïl lie would use some sticky stuff like bee's wax that would force your hair to stand Up straighit. Saturday inorning usually wound Up at home with your brothers and sisters pointing and laughïng about you getting a haircut and father sitting there wîth bis nose al scrinched up rernarking about the smell and you headed for the bath, Things are so different now they're hardly worth mentioning. The barbershops are haïr salons and they have pictures on the walls and magazines only a year old. When your turn cornes you are led to the chair by a beautiful girl whose hands are as soft as a rainbow's kïss and when she is finished you walk out of the shop on a cloud with no haïr down your neck. Geez, things sure aren't the same as the good old days are they? * * s * .0 he dior box206O. hts Brooklin Fair Para'de Route The Brooklin Fair Parade slated for June 1 is on the dr awing boards and startïng to take shape. The new route has been established with the start at Way Rd. and Price Street. The P~arade wiIl foilow Way to Baldwin to Casselis Road, and Sïmcoe St. to the Mem- orial Park location of the Fa- ir. Local and surrounding newspaper editors have been asked to act as judges for the parade. Whitby Free Pr- ess editor Mike Burgess has confïrmed his attendance. DO YOU HAVE A COPY 0F "History of the County of Ontario" By: Leo A. Johnson----- $10.00 This is just one of the many local interest and Canadian Books at R.H. THOMAS BOOKS & GIFTS "THRE SIMCOE CENTRE" 1251 SIMCOE STREET NORTH OSHAWA TEL 725-9500 (Next to theý Self Service L.C.B.0.) WE WILL ORDER ANY TITLE FOR YOU .Open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday &Saturday 10 arn to & Pm Friday 10 arn to 9 pm ~ HOME SHOW 0wAPRIL 5TO 13 COLISEUM, EXHIBITION PARK " Hourly Bus/Train Service to Exhibition Station. " Free Parking at most GO Stations. " Children under 12 haif the aduit fare. 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