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THIS is traditionally a time for reflection and I was doing just that the other day when I realised I was gazing in the window of one of the many glitzy hairdressing salons to which bright young things repair to have their heads made fashionable. The salon was busy and as one of the patrons emerged, it struck me as remarkable that a lad these days will readily cough up a considerable amount of money in order to come out looking like Stan Laurel after an electric shock.
Still, if that's what's "in" then who am I to cavil? Indeed, I don't do a lot of cavilling any more, for I know when I'm beaten. Nevertheless, I do often wonder how the present generation will respond to their offspring when the family album is produced and they are asked: "Is that you daddy, with your shirt hanging out, your hat on back to front and a bolt through your nose?"See the full content of this document
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Some Hair-Raising Encounters with 'the Magic Moves'
It's a dead certainty that by the time that question is posed, things will have changed dramatically. Who knows what people will be wearing? Top hats, drainpipe trousers, clocked socks, necktie...
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