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First photo on this page,that's me,green jumper at the back on the right at Easter 1981.

Not so much of a haircut as a " lack thereof ".

Brunswick wrote: I made a fatal mistake and got it cut to around shoulder length with a dodgy fringe and I never lived it down.

Ah Mel, that's a priceless admission. What's worse is that I remember that and yeah, it was well dodgy .

Good lord, my hair. Bane of my life.

Would love to have it grow long. Really long (Steve Harris from Iron Maiden type long). Why? Because I like that look. And I'd just like to have it grow that long, and put a tick in that box.

But, it grows big, really big. I was getting a cut a few years back and the young fella doing my hair was breathing deeply just behind me. I was getting a touch worried, but in fairness he was just driven mad. "Your hair just grows all over the place" he announced. "Tell me about it" says I.

Pre Grove, it was blow dry and brush back off forehead - up up and away.

Over the years I've tried a couple of times to grow it - Attempt 1 ended with Paul's sending home a note. Got through Saturday and thought I had another week to grow it. Hair wasn't near as curly back then for some reason - about collar length. auld lad grabbed a handful of it in his fist and cut - looked like Jaws had taken a bite outa it. Went to a barber for a rescue mission soon after that.

I used to get a number one all over, leave it three or four months until it was all over the shop and then repeat the process for a few years.

Attempt two ended when Mrs Whipper and whipper's ma ganged up and told me I'd ruin my brother's wedding for everyone if I didn't cut my hair. That was just over two years ago. Can't stand up to both women in my life - I'm brave but not stupid.

Attempt three is still in progress, but seems to just curl up on itself rather than grow down.

This morning my wife looked at me and said, "Did you hear that on the news? Well groomed men earn on average 6% more than others". Wonder why she said that?

True what they say, there's always someone less fortunate.

Jen

Mins wrote: Was it a kindof King Arthury, Robin Hood Men in Tights look ???

Yeah, something like that from what I recall...

  http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZNxmk788MXIE">  Stoner,

You have nothing to worry about - think Samson (bible) he had a fine head of hair as well.    Although it did get him into trouble !!!!

Blondie,

I remember the Escape the Ape well. If memory serves I would have required a second mortgage to cover the time they'd spend on me

think I gave some members in Harry's a glance at one shoulder to demonstrate the appropriateness of the avatar. There was some retching, coats grabbed and off they dashed

Eh Pete

I dont think that hairy thing was his shoulder

i have always liked long hair, on both men and women. I was into rock music from an early age and there were very few short haired hippies! so it seemed kinda natural to grow it. though during my school going years in st vincents, i was constantly trying to avoid being noticed for having long hair. One gets quite inventive. But after the intercert, it got easier, so from the time that i got my grove pass pic taken, it didnt get cut again for about 5 -6 years.

I still have long hair today though most of the time its tied in a ponytail. i often say that this year will be the last year with it, but i have yet to get it cut off, maybe this year.

I will have a scout around and see if i can find any pics of it long during grove years.

Do that TP, would like to see one.

Was similar to you in school but our principal at the time,Br.Crowe,had a phobia about long hair.

Every poor unfortunate with the exception of me and one other lad had to visit the barbers.

The other lad was Leinster Schools Pole Vault Champion, so for some reason he was exempt. My Grandad was school caretaker for over 50 years and had a word with the Boss for me so I was exempt too .

Don't think it was really long when I went to NIHE, so must have got a job done sometime in or around mid 1982.

Now Bluebell dont you know that pics can only go in the private room. I'll try to find a pic of the hair and the pink livi's but it might not have been be in colour back in the eatly seventy's

whippersnapper wrote: Blondie, I remember the Escape the Ape well. If memory serves I would have required a second mortgage to cover the time they'd spend on me think I gave some members in Harry's a glance at one shoulder to demonstrate the appropriateness of the avatar. There was some retching, coats grabbed and off they dashed

LOL snapper only seeing this now

I had curly long hair in my grove days and I HATED IT!. Spent hours trying to straighten it before going out in public, slept with it in plaits to control it, wore my hood UP on the duffel when in drizzle and rain because that had the same effect as going to Peter Marks for the granny perm!..and then went to the Grove, began head banging, got all sweaty and WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Up and out she goes!! BIG Hair (your's is NOTHING Whipper!).

To this day it is high maintenance to keep some shape on it but add water, humidity or anything other than hot wind and she's off again doing what she wants. I have complained about it to anyone who will listen and had several hair dressers advise on how to manage it when I go to Bali (high humidity). Last year I went to Bali for the first time with a friend I have known for years..who has heard me complain for years about my hair in Bali and just laughed at me......we had only landed and in the airport she said " OH MY GOD!!! I have never seen hair do THAT!!!. That is when she introduced me to hair straighteners....never looked back. They are to my hair what a whip is to a lion in the hands of a trainer!

ROFL Carol - I remember those plaits!

I have a perm story. Just before the intercert my mother convinced me that a bodywave was different to a perm. With this magical bodywave my thin hair would thicken up and I could just brush it into some shape! Wally that I am I believed her and off I set to the hairdressers (Lions mane I think in Talbot St) I explained to the tanned man with the medalion, shirt open to his waist, hairy chest (should have known!) what I wanted and he said yes he could do that.

With total blind faith I sat there and didn't even worry when my head was covered in tiny curls under the red lights, believing this was a stage in the process!

It was only when the lights were taken away and he said 'there we go!' that I realised that I had an afro! It was pouring down outside so an umbrella hid my tears as I made my way down to the bus.

The inter was starting the next day so I reefed and dragged my hair back into a ponytail, wore my duffel with hood up and was last into the hall and first to leave. I did this everyday for the exams until finally the last day came and off I went into town and got my hair cut  to about half an inch all over. Even that short I could still see those springs!! I think one photo exists somewhere in my mother's.

To this day my mother still insists that a bodywave is a different thing and that I should give it another go!!

Oh you poor thing Grainne! I had a really awful perm when I was 20. Was just looking at photos the other day. What on earth where we thinking?

Jen

 Yes ...I did the perm thing too back in the 80's and ,looking back, they were either too tight or frizzy.

I had one in later years at the Grove which I actually liked but shortly after I 'volunteered' myself at a hairdressers convention in the RDS where 'Toni and Guy' destroyed my golden locks !

Longish thick wavy hair to begin with, then a number of us joined the FCA - so we had a special dispensation from Junior Flinter and the other doormen (some of whom were Gardaí) to attend the Grove with our short back and sides (short back and sides were not looked upon favourably at the door way back in 1977).

So we were headbanging to air guitars and air hair!!!

grainne_witch wrote: ROFL Carol - I remember those plaits! I have a perm story. Just before the intercert my mother convinced me that a bodywave was different to a perm. With this magical bodywave my thin hair would thicken up and I could just brush it into some shape! Wally that I am I believed her and off I set to the hairdressers (Lions mane I think in Talbot St) I explained to the tanned man with the medalion, shirt open to his waist, hairy chest (should have known!) what I wanted and he said yes he could do that. With total blind faith I sat there and didn't even worry when my head was covered in tiny curls under the red lights, believing this was a stage in the process! It was only when the lights were taken away and he said 'there we go!' that I realised that I had an afro! It was pouring down outside so an umbrella hid my tears as I made my way down to the bus. The inter was starting the next day so I reefed and dragged my hair back into a ponytail, wore my duffel with hood up and was last into the hall and first to leave. I did this everyday for the exams until finally the last day came and off I went into town and got my hair cut  to about half an inch all over. Even that short I could still see those springs!! I think one photo exists somewhere in my mother's. To this day my mother still insists that a bodywave is a different thing and that I should give it another go!!

Grainne, You know you gotta find that photo and share it with us!

whippersnapper wrote: Attempt three is still in progress, but seems to just curl up on itself rather than grow down.

Well attempt three finished last week. Eventually gave up the ghost and got it cut. It had got to a stage where even I didn't think it looked well .

and it was interfering with the football. At one stage I thought someone was coming in to tackle and I hurried my shot. there was nobody within five yards of me. It was just my fringe being blown across by a gust of wind.

Headbanging won't be near as much fun at Easter

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Well attempt three finished last week. Eventually gave up the ghost and got it cut. It had got to a stage where even I didn't think it looked well .

and it was interfering with the football. At one stage I thought someone was coming in to tackle and I hurried my shot. there was nobody within five yards of me. It was just my fringe being blown across by a gust of wind.

Headbanging won't be near as much fun at Easter

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ah snapper ROTFL at this