GROVE HAIRCUTS

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Photos welcome ( ATTN: Stoner and Robbie 63 ).

Who remembers when they SERIOUSLY either starting growing or styling their hair particularly during the Grove Years.

What was the MAIN motivation ?? - the music, the trends, the friends, Smash Hits, TOTP, Old Grey Whistle Test, wanting to piddle their parents off or whatever. 

Tick where appropriate.

Memories and stories on hair cutting, spiking, streaking, henna, perms, moose, curling tongs, twirly brushes, rakes, hair spray, hair gel, bandanas,...etc...etc..

Some of this has been covered before but it deserves

it`s own special place here in the Topics.

My hair story started with growing out a pageboy, bowl haircut from my Confirmation days.  

It grew out and then in, semi mullet until I decided around Inter Cert year that my Dad needed sorting and I got it spiked and jammed 5 earrings into one earlobe.  

I remember heading over to Kilbarrack Shopping Centre, those were the days of the itchy dry cuts, hair stuck to collar kind. 

I showed the stylist a picture I had pulled from Smash Hits. She refused to do it at first cos she permed my Mums hair and knew what my Mum would think then she relented.  Got into heaps of trouble and my Dad used to stare me out of it so much at dinner that I resorted to taking my plate and myself elsewhere.

Then I headed to the Grove, dropped the Big Country look and started to GROW the hair. I was already mad into AC/DC, Santana etc and sussed fairly early on that the " bangs" were indeed all of the long haired breed and I knew that was where I was meant to go; that was where I belonged.

The gruaig went through its awful growing out phase, almost mullet like yet again and I used to back comb it and tie a Indian scarf under my fringe !!!.  

Odd days I used to plait either side and wear small plaits down the side of my face caught at the end with beads.  

Henna was added and it started to look like something. One side purple, one side burgandy ( brought more evil looks from the Dad ).

Perming came in in a big way then and off I went to try that out. Perms were horrible when done initially, all tight and Granny Basher like, then when they grew out a bit, looked great and peformed well at the Grove.

I spent the majority of my time hiding behind my fringe and making sure it was very long.  Someone had told me I had a high forehead so that was that..took me years to grow out a fringe and tie it back and get over it.

For me the hair was everything as far as I was concerned and the clothes secondary.

Horror Stories, Happy Stories..

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