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This is a follow-up to my previous post. First off an apology to the Guild of Hairdressers who had indeed replied to me by email but I had failed to see it!! (Must have had a "senior moment"). It seems that the Guild of Hairdressers was established in 1892 but most of the early records were lost in a flood. The records they do have are mostly 20th C.
From the Barber Surgeons Co. I have received a list of suggested reading on the subject of barbers and hairdressers. Here it is for the benefit of other researchers:
The Barber's Shop by R W Procter (London 1883)
At the Sign of the Barber's Pole by William Andrews (Cottingham 1904)
An Illustrated Dictionary of Hairdressing and Wigmaking by J Stevens Cox (London 1966)
A Nineteenth Century Barber's Shop by Stephanie Jones in 'Business Archives' Magazine, November 1988
Old Occupations: Peruque Makers by Barbara Given in Family Tree Magazine, January 1997.
The Guild of Hairdressers: a hundred years of hairdressing by S Henson in 'The Guild Hairdresser' Vol 1 no 1 (1982?)
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AVERY, Berks, BLUNDELL, North Meols, BOND, Wilts, BRUNDRETT, Lancs, CHORLTON, Salford, DUNKLEY, West Haddon, FOGGIN, Yorks, GRANT, Durham, GRESTY, Salford, GRINDROD, Salford, HUMM, Bethnal Green, MALONEY, Limerick & Lancs, MARCHANT, Worcs, McPHERSON, Kent, MELLISH, Finsbury, PERRETT, Wilts, RAGG, Yorks, RAINSFORD, Staffs, RENSHAW, Salford, ROSS, Leicester, TIGHE/TYE, All, WELLER, Berks, WILKINSON, Wes
Early 19th C Hairdressing & Perfumery
Spittalfields Silkweavers
Glass making, S Shields