Marjorie's hair salon, April 2012

[TranKmasT]

It's not often that an explore finds the explorer but a while ago I was approached by someone who knows I'm into UE. They explained that a relative, who owned a hair salon had passed away, and offered me the chance to document the place before it was cleared and sold. Obviously I couldn't pass up the offer.

The salon and the rest of the interior had hardly changed since the 1950s. Marjorie, the owner, had clients up untill the late 1980s. She later retired and lived on her own in the property. A very independant lady. She had never married or had children.

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Hot hair perming contraption

Marjorie is pictured left next to the perming machine.

 

[UEP-Wales]

I clicked on the thread thinking not so good things... by the second row of images I was like "This is fab"!

These are amazing photographs and very well documented! The photo below is my fav out of the set on here.

Thanks for posting these!

 

[flyboys90]

What a time capsule! I feel privileged to experience it as sites like this are get less and less,I really enjoyed this report thanks for sharing.Its a slice of social history worth preserving.well done.

 

[UE-OMJ]

Such an amazing 'find'. Brilliant.

This one almost looks like a dolls house shot.

 

[RichardH]

I don't often say that things are awesome, but this is awesome.

 

[muppet]

I don't often say that things are awesome, but this is awesome.

i dont overuse this word either but this place is awesome . thanks for posting

 

[Flexible]

That's brilliant Trank. So many personal touches. Marjorie must have been an incredibly independent lady. Thanks for posting and great back story too.

 

[piglet84]

im pretty new to all this kind of stuff, but seeing these pictures is really inspiring. i havent seen any shots like this before and it looks totally untouched. amazing.

 

[rectory-rat]

That's absolutely awesome, thanks for sharing. Would love to do somewhere as untouched as that

Hopefully when they 'clear' the place it won't all go into skips - so many personal touches there...

-RR

 

[Ninja Kitten]

brilliant...

 

[nelly]

That really is sooo good, It's like a film set from a 60's TV show!!!

 

[rectory-rat]

That really is sooo good, It's like a film set from a 60's TV show!!!

Exactly that. My first thought was 'if Acorn Antiques had been set in a hairdressers instead, it would have looked so like that'...

-RR

 

[tank2020]

Fantastic, I'm off to the shop to get me self a Purma Special and the wife some Headliners.

 

[perjury saint]

Excellent! Love the old bible...

 

[jongriff]

WOW! fantastic job mate & a great record of a life work.

 

[chizyramone]

Nice one Trank.

I reckon every town had at least one 'Marjorie's'. I remember one down in Milford called 'Gills' where the old girl used to go to , same format and layout and even the same colour pink.

 

[maximus]

Wow....simply wow.

 

[John_D]

Great find, a time capsule that deserved to be documented for posterity That almost certainly was the sort of place my late mother would have gone in the 1970's/80's.

 

[a_little_feisty]

Fantastic . . . really enjoyed these pics . . . Thanks for sharing!

 

[abel101]

Interesting explore!
Beautiful shots aswel!