A Real Tasty Geezer by A90Six
This was me sometime back in late 78. I had left my old job in a timber yard where I was earning £45 a week for a new job working on a building site on Oxford Street as a labourer for £75 a week. It was mega-bucks at the time.
The only problem with the job was that my glorious hair (not back-combed – that’s just how it looked when brushed down), which came halfway down my back when wet and in natural ringlets, would get full of bits of brick and cement and I just couldn’t get it out.
The hair or the money? The hair or the money? The hair or the money?
The money won and I had to say good bye to the hair. Before visiting the barber, I went to Harrow-on-the-Hill station to use the photo machine so I could have this shot of my crowning glory for posterity (and to look at and lament on cold winter nights).
The removal of all this insulation was a great shock! I couldn’t believe how cold the head could get. I decided to get a hat and the choice I had was between a blue bobble hat or a trilby. I went with the trilby and I still wear a version of it to this day – see profile pic.
Featured in the Self Portrait group, 12^th^ Nov ’08.
Comments
omg… look at that hair….great 70’s… image,,,
Thanks Wendy! Note the collarless shirt too!
*_:)_* Tony.
– A90Six
There must be a comment I can make…………….there MUST be! But I have a photo of my eldest son similarly coiffeured so I can’t say TOO much. And you have a shirtless collar too! Crikey mate, you WERE with it! Peter
It was so in back then with all the footballers, pop and rock stars all having huge curly hair. Women would stop me in the street wanting to touch it. How things change!
*_:)_* Tony.
– A90Six
That’s an af to be proud of!!!
I love the wear and tear to the pic too… as though it’s been in your wallet for 30 years (perhaps it was…. to periodically lament over?)
Very serious face… was it because you felt angry over being practically forced to cut perhaps?
And the hands are intriguing? Judging by the height… I would assume they’re not yours? (could be wrong)
so much character here.
Thanks Pip! They’re my hands (don’t know why I did it) and the moody look was just a teenager moody look showing how cool I was (although cool wasn’t used here in the 70s unless it referred specifically to cucumbers – tasty was the word of the day).
*_:)_* Tony.
– A90Six
how funny – maybe tasty will make a comeback.
the hands show your creativity.
Pip
Maybe it will! “Tasty” was cool, but with a hint of moody, tough and “don’t mess with the best” thrown in!
*_:)_* Tony.
– A90Six
shades of Marc Bolam, haha Wonderful capture, wonderful imagery, wonderful hair. hugsxxx
Thanks Hilary! Yes, very Bolanesque! I was a big fan of Marc Bolan and T-Rex, Roy Wood in Wizzard.
:) Tony.
– A90Six
The hair is great. Love the story.
thanks vadim1
*_:)_* Tony.
– A90Six
Yes. Now that is big hair. Boooo… whoooo… sometimes we have to choose between two evils!!! And I too had Super-big hair.
Thanks izzy! From the back it looked like I had a giant head!
*_:)_* Tony.
– A90Six
You look like King Buzzo from The Melvins !!! : o
If i didn’t have such a wierd shaped skull i would shave all my hair off in a flasH ! It just gets in the way. And like you say a hat fixes that. I’m glad i chopped off my daggy old Long hair.
Shave it off! It’s cool to be different! There is a shot of your Skull in the Odd Heads group.
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– A90Six
OMG LMAO WHAT HAIR THAT WOULD HAVE WON THE NIFFIEST HAIR DO>>>>> GO SO FUNNY!!!!!
Thanks Celia! My Pride & Joy has you in fits! Good thing I had it all shaved off, ay!
*_:)_* Tony.
– A90Six
Yep ! Thats me brother. Thats a friggin Cool mikey skull : ]