Adam is sitting in the steel and leather barber’s chair, his back to the small table displaying the tools of his trade and the large mirror on the wall, as he talks to an older guy seated across from him. The mirror competes for wall space with a number of vintage Playboy pin-up posters, the edges of …
Tag Archive: barber shop
Jul 03 2009
Slasher's chair
When I was a kid in England, my dad used to take me and my younger brother to a local barber shop to have our hair cut. The name of the barber’s was Gillman’s and the owner was this small, compact, neat older guy, whose name I’ve forgotten (and who has since passed away) but …
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