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Old era barbershop.
Posted on 8/21/22 at 5:42 pm
Posted on 8/21/22 at 5:42 pm
Any of you baws remember when you could get a cut for under five bucks. Used to have this old timer in Shreveport back in the day. He was a marine during WW II. Only charged five bucks but you didn't have many options. He still shaved you with a straight razor and warm shaving cream. Had so many interesting stories.
One time he had a heart attack and was back cutting hair a few days later. Mr Johnson was his name. RIP and Semper Fi.
One time he had a heart attack and was back cutting hair a few days later. Mr Johnson was his name. RIP and Semper Fi.
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Posted on 8/21/22 at 5:43 pm to thumperpait
Used to get a haircut at a place like that in Bocage. Now you have to have some non-binary letter person cut your hair
Posted on 8/21/22 at 5:45 pm to thumperpait
I remember Phil was a barber in Baton Rouge that like to gamble on the horses.
He started out in NBR, the at a shop off Monterey Blvd, and then finished up at a Barber shop in the Broadmoor shopping center.
Old School Barber shop and the big game of the week back then was either LSU/ Tulane or LSU/ Ole miss.
He started out in NBR, the at a shop off Monterey Blvd, and then finished up at a Barber shop in the Broadmoor shopping center.
Old School Barber shop and the big game of the week back then was either LSU/ Tulane or LSU/ Ole miss.
Posted on 8/21/22 at 5:46 pm to thumperpait
What are the chances he bothered to sanitize the straight razor back then.
Posted on 8/21/22 at 5:48 pm to thumperpait
I used to get the 7 dollar St. Louis side walk special with a slick back and a fonky front.
Posted on 8/21/22 at 5:50 pm to thumperpait
Yep…in the mid-80’s in Nashville, TN I used to go to a shop like that. I usually walked in and had to wake the barber up because he was always sleeping in the barber chair when I walked in.
One time the power went off just as I was sitting down to get my cut. He wanted to cut my hair with no lights in the place!
One time the power went off just as I was sitting down to get my cut. He wanted to cut my hair with no lights in the place!
Posted on 8/21/22 at 5:59 pm to thumperpait
The last time I was in a barbershop like that it was 2 bucks and my old man would give me 35¢ for a tall boy Chocolate Soldier out of the pull door Pepsi machine.
Posted on 8/21/22 at 6:00 pm to thumperpait
There’s still one near me. Not 5 dollars but it’s old school. Old man in a small shop
Posted on 8/21/22 at 6:03 pm to thumperpait
Had a guy like this at one point. His name was Mr Woodruff. No scissor cuts and not too many options. Great guy and Korea vet. Ended up taking his life after second diagnosis of testicular cancer. May have been the saddest death I’ve known about for somebody I only saw once ever 6 weeks.
Posted on 8/21/22 at 6:03 pm to thumperpait
While it cost more than $5, there is still an old school barber shop close to me. I actually grew up getting my hair cut there.
To this day this is where you go to in order to find out the following:
- Who will win local elections
- Where the fish are biting.
- Who won the board money for the LSU and Saints game.
- Who is running around on his wife and whose wife is running around on them.
- A recipe for just about anything.
- To hear who has to say what about what sports team.
- Anything else going on.
But its going to get harder and harder to find these type of places. The guy who owns it now bought it from the guy who opened it back in the 50s. He guy who owns it started working under that guy. Between the old man and him, they covered 3 generations. Evidently parents don't take their kids to those types of places anymore and there really isn't enough to bring in a younger barber so when this guy is done.. That's it.
With that said, where do people bring their kids to get haircuts?
To this day this is where you go to in order to find out the following:
- Who will win local elections
- Where the fish are biting.
- Who won the board money for the LSU and Saints game.
- Who is running around on his wife and whose wife is running around on them.
- A recipe for just about anything.
- To hear who has to say what about what sports team.
- Anything else going on.
But its going to get harder and harder to find these type of places. The guy who owns it now bought it from the guy who opened it back in the 50s. He guy who owns it started working under that guy. Between the old man and him, they covered 3 generations. Evidently parents don't take their kids to those types of places anymore and there really isn't enough to bring in a younger barber so when this guy is done.. That's it.
With that said, where do people bring their kids to get haircuts?
Posted on 8/21/22 at 6:06 pm to thumperpait
Go to see Dickie by Monjunis.
He'll fit the bill.
He'll fit the bill.
Posted on 8/21/22 at 6:11 pm to thumperpait
There was one in Forest Hill south of Alexandria. His name was Bob and everyone called "Butcher Bob". He charged $3 and you definitely got your money's worth. Included the straight razor shave that he would sharpen with a big leather strap hanging from the chair. He had a handlebar mustache that he would curl up on the end. Good times back in the day!
Posted on 8/21/22 at 6:15 pm to thumperpait
I used to go to a barber shop next door to the VA.
Both barbers were old WWII vets. One of them would give you a high and tight no matter what you asked for
TYFYS and RIP to both of them
Eta: these guys also used straight razors to clean up your sideburns and neck.
Both barbers were old WWII vets. One of them would give you a high and tight no matter what you asked for
TYFYS and RIP to both of them
Eta: these guys also used straight razors to clean up your sideburns and neck.
This post was edited on 8/21/22 at 6:21 pm
Posted on 8/21/22 at 6:25 pm to thumperpait
I was just talking to my wife how a haircut from the barber was only $7 as a kid. I'll never forget getting haircuts there. Was a small shop in Kerrville and was a father and son. Think the son ended up killing himself not long after his dad died back in the late 90s. I remember my mom dropping me off for a haircut on mother's day. He gave me my money back to go buy a mother's day card since I hadn't bought one.
Grapevine has a good barber shop at least.
Grapevine has a good barber shop at least.
This post was edited on 8/21/22 at 6:26 pm
Posted on 8/21/22 at 6:48 pm to thumperpait
I got my haircuts from my youth from a farmer near us with a chair in his basement. My barber now is 82 years old and has been cutting hair for 63 years
Posted on 8/21/22 at 6:52 pm to thumperpait
My mom and dad took me to Joes barber shop in Baker when I was growing up. A cut was $6 and a drink out of the old timely bottle machine was .25
I felt like one of the guys when dad would bring me in there and listen to them banter back and forth. All the old guys from back then have been gone for awhile and they are tearing down the old barber shop now. Good memories
I felt like one of the guys when dad would bring me in there and listen to them banter back and forth. All the old guys from back then have been gone for awhile and they are tearing down the old barber shop now. Good memories
Posted on 8/21/22 at 7:05 pm to thumperpait
Vices in new Iberia and Andy’s in Hammond. Both would beat the local paper to the headlines.
Andy’s refused to cut the drunk driver that killed my aunt. Barber shop justice!
Andy’s refused to cut the drunk driver that killed my aunt. Barber shop justice!
Posted on 8/21/22 at 7:11 pm to thumperpait
When I was a kid we went to an old time barber who was a Marine and our school bus driver. Mr Murphy was not a man to mess with
Posted on 8/21/22 at 7:17 pm to thumperpait
My dad used to take me to Joe’s barber shop near LSU to get a flat top every month. It was so cool to hear them talk bets and catch up on all the local events that weren’t reported on the news. The warm shaving cream on the neck and side burns were awesome. Wish I could find a place like that today
Posted on 8/21/22 at 7:38 pm to thumperpait
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One time he had a heart attack and was back cutting hair a few days later. Mr Johnson was his name. RIP and Semper Fi.
Was his name Bobby Johnson? We went to his barbershop in Shreveport when I was a kid in the 70s. No shaving that I recall, but it seemed like I got an ear nicked almost every visit.
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