vox Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 I came across this article that I'd saved at some time or other (don't know where I got it - it may even be from on here ) SHEFFIELD LOCAL REGISTER. 1841. Several barbers summoned before the Magistrates for shaving on Sunday, contrary to the wish of the majority of the trade to close entirely on that day. After a full hearing, Mr. Bagshawe said, the Magistrates were " de-sirous to secure the observance of the Lord's Day, but not its Pharisaical observance. He thought no great evil would be done if it were restricted to such an hour, that those who were shaved, and those employed in shaving them, might have time to prepare for the due attendance at Divine worship ; and to fix the hour of closing at nine, afforded sufficient time. The Bench would hold, therefore, that it was a work of necessity before nine o'clock a.m. but not afterwards." Anyway I wondered how many there are left. You know just plain and simple "Haircut Sir" type places. They all seem to have become "Hairstylists" nowadays. This is a really old fashioned one It has a pole although it looks very faded now. G R Dewsbury Neil Road. Google Streetview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayleaf Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Anyway I wondered how many there are left. You know just plain and simple "Haircut Sir" type places. They all seem to have become "Hairstylists" nowadays. This is a really old fashioned one It has a pole although it looks very faded now. G R Dewsbury Neil Road. Google Streetview That's my barber! For 30-odd years I went to Paul Butler at Ranmoor, but he retired a couple of years ago so I hunted around for a 'proper' barber and ended up here. Excellent service, chat optional. My only worry is that he's approaching retiring age as well.... A dying breed I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Not much showing for Barbers history-wise either; can any one add any to these oldies (all listed as "Barber" except where shown otherwise) - must have been hundreds of 'em - where's 1849, 1852 etc etc Gales and Martin (1787) William Bowker High Street James Bright Westbar Luke Fitzherbert Grindle Gate James Heifer Westbar Green White's (1833) Francis Amory 1 Smithfield Thomas Dewsnap 63 Trippet Lane (Barber & Blacking maker) Dorothy Grayson 47 Barker's Pool John Manwell 93 Allen Street John Sheldon 11 Duke Street, Park Isaac Twigg 10 Shepherd Street White's (1837) Thomas Dewsnap 63 Trippet Lane Kelly's (1893) Isaac Hawkins Station Street, Swinton White's (1905) Arthur Edward Pickering 422 Pitsmoor Road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skeets Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 There is, or was a nice little barbers shop that l found just before l came to France 6 years ago, l forget it's name, but it is the last shop in that block of shops past the Abbey Hotel on Abbey Lane, the owners name is Jack, a very nice and polite chap, l only went twice, it is typical of the little barbers shops you refer to Cheers Skeets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 There is, or was a nice little barbers shop that l found just before l came to France 6 years ago, l forget it's name, but it is the last shop in that block of shops past the Abbey Hotel on Abbey Lane, the owners name is Jack, a very nice and polite chap, l only went twice, it is typical of the little barbers shops you refer to Cheers Skeets Hello skeets, things may have changed, but you could take a look down Abbey Lane on Google Street, the first shop under the block of four is called 'Gents division' could that be the shop? <iframe width="562" height="314" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=53.339126,-1.482276&panoid=WVG1Eqym7d8DvmC25hBL2w&cbp=13,333.36,,0,-3.12&ll=53.338407,-1.481009&spn=0,0.024118&z=15&source=embed&output=svembed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=53.339126,-1.482276&panoid=WVG1Eqym7d8DvmC25hBL2w&cbp=13,333.36,,0,-3.12&ll=53.338407,-1.481009&spn=0,0.024118&z=15&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukelele lady Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 What do they call these barber shop twirlies, there must be a name for them. How many are still left in Sheffield. I spotted this one outside a shop on Holme Lane. It is not an old original one it happens to be new, they must be making a comeback. Although I know what the sign stands for , I'm not so sure about the ballons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 As far as I know they're just called Barbers Poles. I think there's another barbers topic somewhere. I start looking for "Poles" to photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayleaf Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 And they originated in the days of barber/surgeons, when the bandages were draped round the pole to dry. (Allegedly!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside Echo Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 As far as I know they're just called Barbers Poles. I think there's another barbers topic somewhere. I start looking for "Poles" to photo. You should have been in our local "Costcutter" one morning last week vox, there were half a dozen or so laying floor tiles. W/E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted October 6, 2010 Author Share Posted October 6, 2010 You should have been in our local "Costcutter" one morning last week vox, there were half a dozen or so laying floor tiles. W/E. First one for the collection. Pav - Our drummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 I start looking for "Poles" to photo. A trip to Poland may be more productive than Sheffield lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrup Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 And they originated in the days of barber/surgeons, when the bandages were draped round the pole to dry. (Allegedly!) The barber pole was associated with the practice of bloodletting. Bloodletting was a common medical practice performed by doctors in the late 19th century. During this practice, doctors would withdraw large quantities of blood to prevent illness. Today, barber poles are associated with haircuts. The original barber pole had a brass basin at the top, representing the vessel in which leaches were kept. The bottom represented the basin which received blood. After the bloodletting operation was completed, the bandages used on the patient would be hung on a staff and sometimes placed outside as advertisement. Twirled by the wind, they would form a red and white spiral pattern that was later adopted for painted poles. In essence, the barber pole was a symbol of a noble profession, the early surgeon. This person helped people become new and free of illness. http://bleepbleepbleep.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 The barber pole was associated with the practice of bloodletting. Bloodletting was a common medical practice performed by doctors in the late 19th century. During this practice, doctors would withdraw large quantities of blood to prevent illness. Today, barber poles are associated with haircuts. The original barber pole had a brass basin at the top, representing the vessel in which leaches were kept. The bottom represented the basin which received blood. After the bloodletting operation was completed, the bandages used on the patient would be hung on a staff and sometimes placed outside as advertisement. Twirled by the wind, they would form a red and white spiral pattern that was later adopted for painted poles. In essence, the barber pole was a symbol of a noble profession, the early surgeon. This person helped people become new and free of illness. http://bleepbleepbleep.wordpress.com/ In 1685 King Charles II was ill. Most likely he had influenza, however the court physician recommended bloodletting as a cure for his illness. As this did not work (mainly because the loss of blood made the King weaker and reduced his immune systems capacity to fight off the infection) the physician increased the quantity and frequency of the bloodletting. Within a week or so the King was dead. So what did he die of? Was he inadvertently bled to death by his own doctor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gramps Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Although some thirty years earlier Samuel Pepys had a successful operation for the removal of a stone from his bladder. Sounds like the surgeons were pretty good and the physicians were pretty bad he he Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Although some thirty years earlier Samuel Pepys had a successful operation for the removal of a stone from his bladder. Sounds like the surgeons were pretty good and the physicians were pretty bad Surgeons 1, Physicians 0 They have stopped to suck a lemon at half time to see if it will prevent them from getting scurvey with its high vitamin C content. The history of medicine is itself a fascinating story and as syrup has pointed out in an earlier post the barbers trade was tied up with old madical practices and this is symbolised in the traditional barbers pole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside Echo Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 As far as I know they're just called Barbers Poles. I think there's another barbers topic somewhere. I start looking for "Poles" to photo. How on earth could a newspaper like the "Yorkshire Post" be so insensitive as to publish this photo At least 12 Poles were killed when their coach returning home from a holiday in Spain crashed on a motorway east of Berlin. W/E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 What do they call these barber shop twirlies, there must be a name for them. How many are still left in Sheffield. I spotted this one outside a shop on Holme Lane. It is not an old original one it happens to be new, they must be making a comeback. Funky Divas, City Road at Manor Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukelele lady Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Funky Divas, City Road at Manor Top That one looks a new one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 That one looks a new one too. Yes, I've not noticed it before so i am not sure how long it has been there. It clearly has an electric supply to illuminate it and to "twirl" it round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside Echo Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Funky Divas, City Road at Manor Top That will be on someone's bedroom wall within the next few weeks. W/E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 That will be on someone's bedroom wall within the next few weeks. W/E. Not very tasteful decor for a bedroom wall though. But I suppose anyone with a mind to stealing it wouldn't have much taste anyway. By the way W/E, Funky Divas at manor Top is almost directly opposite the newly refurbished Manor Top Police Station lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Here's one on West Street: don't know how long it has been there, but the shop has been a barber's for many years, if I remember correctly. This is a building with a datestone, as already noted (but not pictured, I think) in the datestone topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Here's one on West Street: don't know how long it has been there, but the shop has been a barber's for many years, if I remember correctly. This is a building with a datestone, as already noted (but not pictured, I think) in the datestone topic. Kelly's 1925 43 & 45, West St. Miss Emily B Noble, hair dresser. 45 Madame Ginnette, costumier. Kelly's 1965 45, Shaw's hairdressers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukelele lady Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Here's one on West Street: don't know how long it has been there, but the shop has been a barber's for many years, if I remember correctly. This one looks shiny new too. They must have made a come back. I think I know where there's a genuine old one, camera ready for a fine day [ that's if it's still there. ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside Echo Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 By the way W/E, Funky Divas at manor Top is almost directly opposite the newly refurbished Manor Top Police Station Well thats it then, its doomed ! A few years ago there was a cheap booze outlet directly opposite Woodseats police station, it got ram raided shortly after it had opened. W/E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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