Haircare - Wormwood Street, London, UK
N 51° 30.981 W 000° 04.950
30U E 702419 N 5711283
This unisex hairdresser is in Wormwood Street close to the northern boundary of the City of London.
Waymark Code: WMDFRW
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/10/2012
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Haircare is a unisex hairdressing salon that also provide
a barbers service. The shop is open Monday to Friday, closed weekends, from
0800-1900hrs. This shop has the traditional British hairdresser's pole in that
there is no blue in it.
Why red and white? This is as good an explanation as any:
"Before the 1700s, in addition to cutting hair, barbers throughout Europe
pulled teeth, performed minor surgery, and practiced bloodletting. During
bloodletting, patients squeezed a pole to allow their blood to flow more freely.
The pole was often painted red to mask bloodstains. At the end of the operation
the pole was wrapped in the white bandages used during the operation and put
outside the shop to air. As a result, a red-and-white pole became associated
with barbershops and barber guilds adopted it as their trademark."
Source Yahoo.