Beards & Barbers?

[taddy]

Was it not the barber Taddy? The hospitals had a barber who did that sort of thing.
Male nurses were a rare breed in anything but psychiatry and learning disabilities at that time.

No Margaret, I used to know the barber at the time, I forget his name but he lived in Huncoat.

I have a pint or two (or more) with a bloke who used to be the (Chef ?) at Accy Hospital at the time I am refering too, it was he who came up with the name Waring and he too thought that he was a male nurse or could have been known as an orderly.

Anyway things turned out ok and I did not end up being able to pass as an Israeli citizen.

 

[taddy]

That must have been one of his other jobs Taddy. His main job was putting and removing plaster on broken limbs. Did he have his welibobs and rubber apron on when he operated on you

Being a lifelong angler Irene I am rather into the rubber scene, I love nothing better than to put on my rubber waders and to stand in the middle of a river dangling my tackle in the water.

 

[westendlass]

That must have been one of his other jobs Taddy. His main job was putting and removing plaster on broken limbs. Did he have his welibobs and rubber apron on when he operated on you

I wonder if that was the same chap who 'potted up' my arm when I fell off my roller skates? It would have been about 71/72. I remember the terror I felt seeing the giant clippers used to take the plaster off. I got to take the pot home as a memento.

 

[Eric]

I'd heard he was a Rabbi in his spare time, always keen to take a short-cut in his search for converts.

It might have been Eric.​

But where's the mad trapper hat to give the total surround hairy look.?

 

[Eric]

Being a lifelong angler Irene I am rather into the rubber scene, I love nothing better than to put on my rubber waders and to stand in the middle of a river dangling my tackle in the water.

Watch out for the muskies when you're dangling your tackle. Great muskie fishing around here by the way. If you are a fisherman, you would love it here. Great muskie fishing. And now that I've passed 65 years, I can fish without a licence anywhere in Ontario And remember, give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day; teach a man how to fish, and he will sit out in a boat all day drinking beer.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWTLuCf_TRA

 

[taddy]

Thanks for the advice Eric, By the way lovely Muskie,am I right in thinking they are also known as Northern Pike ?

 

[Eric]

Thanks for the advice Eric, By the way lovely Muskie,am I right in thinking they are also known as Northern Pike ?

Same family ... but they are relatively rare, whereas Northerns are common, especially in northern lakes which are not fished all that often. Pike are good sport fish, but not good eating. They are vicious, and tenacious cannibals: but, ironically, they move around in large schools. I love fishing ... even when I'm catching nothing, I sit and stroke my beard (gotta keep on topic) and enjoy the day. As a fisherman, you would love it over here. Yanks pay thousands of dollars to come here and fish, particularly in our north, where many fishing camps are fly in only.

 

[Accyexplorer]

I've known a couple of folk that catch pike for their camp fire (nothing like the size of that monster in your pic).
They say "pike are lovely" ,personally I haven't and wouldn't eat one .
I really enjoy catching them though ,sometime they "tail walk" and their a strong fish that don't give up easy.
I've had plenty of "jacks" on the canal while spinning for perch (which are also allegedly a "good eat").I wouldn't like to get a spinner caught in my beard
Pike are allegedly a "forgotten feast"
HUNTER-GATHERING: wild & fresh food: Eating Pike: A Forgotten Feast?

 

[esteemedjuju]

Normans Whalley road Clayton been going 40 odd years

 

[taddy]

Was it not the barber Taddy? The hospitals had a barber who did that sort of thing.
Male nurses were a rare breed in anything but psychiatry and learning disabilities at that time.

Margaret, I owe you a sincere apology,today I had a pint or two (at least) with the x chef at Accy Vic, (mentioned in an earlier post) and yes you were nearly right; the bloke that I classed as a male nurse was in fact a chap called Albert Waring,

As Aussie Irene mentioned, he was also the chap who did the plaster casts. so he must have been a general orderly come dogsbody or whatever.(no insult intended )

The casualty doctor at the time name of Armstong drove an old Rolls Royce,
superb doctor, registrar, (whatever he was known as) but absolutely no bedside manner.

 

[taddy]

I've known a couple of folk that catch pike for their camp fire (nothing like the size of that monster in your pic).
They say "pike are lovely" ,personally I haven't and wouldn't eat one .
I really enjoy catching them though ,sometime they "tail walk" and their a strong fish that don't give up easy.
I've had plenty of "jacks" on the canal while spinning for perch (which are also allegedly a "good eat").I wouldn't like to get a spinner caught in my beard
Pike are allegedly a "forgotten feast"
HUNTER-GATHERING: wild & fresh food: Eating Pike: A Forgotten Feast?

If every coarse angler in this country removed one or two fish every time they caught, within a few years there would be nothing left to fish for; (return them), don't get like the east europeans who are over here who are decimating our fisheries.

 

[Accyexplorer]

If every coarse angler in this country removed one or two fish every time they caught, within a few years there would be nothing left to fish for; (return them), don't get like the east europeans who are over here who are decimating our fisheries.

You've nothing to worry about there T, as much as I enjoy "catch and release" fishing, I'm not a lover of eating fish

 

[westendlass]

If every coarse angler in this country removed one or two fish every time they caught, within a few years there would be nothing left to fish for; (return them), don't get like the east europeans who are over here who are decimating our fisheries.

Aye, the Leeds to Liverpool canal has become like a giant, revolving sushi table these days.

 

[Restless]

Ive been thinking about going clean shaven at xmas and then doing one of those "pic everyday of the year" things and record the growing of the beard over 365 days

 

[Eric]

Ive been thinking about going clean shaven at xmas and then doing one of those "pic everyday of the year" things and record the growing of the beard over 365 days

Please think this one thru a tad more

 

[Restless]

Please think this one thru a tad more

to be honest it requires too much effort

 

[Restless]

Forget about vanity ... get yourself a mad trapper hat, and let the beard grow as it wishes ... and the eyebrows too.

proof that i do indeed own a trapper hat

 

[DaveinGermany]

proof that i do indeed own a trapper hat

That's not a proper one! A proper one gouges & bites cobs out of you before it can be converted to headgear!

 

[keith higson]

I would think that a Muslim barber would be great in shaving beards after all quite a few of that religion who have beards. Surely there would be some in Accy.

 

[Restless]

I would think that a Muslim barber would be great in shaving beards after all quite a few of that religion who have beards. Surely there would be some in Accy.

Thought I don't think they are supposed to trim their beards just their moustaches and a lot of (none practising) muslims have those thin line beards that personally I cannot stand