, spotted the tractor approaching, dropped his clippers and raced outside to be of assistance.
“So that man made his appointment without getting off the tractor,” explained Wall. He and his colleague were “feeling the love a little bit” as old friends of all ages arrived for some badly needed personal maintenance. “We’ve missed them all. The chat in here never gets too emotional – it might be about the gear box going in the van but we have missed it,” said the barber.Laila Sergejeva-Kornaszewski, owner of Laila Valentino’s salon on Bridge Street, Carrick-on-Shannon, is also conscious of the emotional attachment many people have to whoever does their hair. She spent all of last week ringing 2,100 clients trying to slot everyone who wanted an appointment in.
“Actually I still have over 100 to call,” said the Latvian-born hairdresser who has been in Co Leitrim for 16 years. Like Kilcoyne, she is adamant that no matter how long the waiting list, she will not subject her staff to marathon shifts just to clear the backlog. “My staff come first and they have been off for 5½ months so will get tired,” said the salon owner. “There will also be social anxiety. We hairdressers are very social creatures but we have been at home for a long time and sometimes it is hard to keep talking.” But the chatter in the salon was what first struck
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