Oh my word! It’s carol!
Do you remember Carol from my Oh Carol post? Well I was sorting through some old photos today and look what I found.
Yes that is a toilet roll on the wall. We were clowning around, as we did in those days. Well, we didn’t want to do a boring thing like work now did we?
Don’t you think the hair is great?
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Ivanhoe
| 24 April 2009 at 17:16
Total bee hive, Babs
) That made me smile. Have a great weekend!
Barb - WillThink4Wine
| 24 April 2009 at 21:18
I shudder when I look back on all my hair dos!
Sniffie and the Florida Furkids
| 24 April 2009 at 21:29
I’m amazed at how big my hair could get in those days!!
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granny grimble
| 24 April 2009 at 23:55
I used to have my hair put up into a ‘beehive’ by the hairdresser once a week. It had so much laquer that it more or less kept in place till my next appointment. I used to scratch my head (which itched from so much laquer) by pushing a knitting needle ito the thatch and poking around! The things you are prepard to do for fashion when you are young.
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Vampy Vic
| 25 April 2009 at 0:51
She looks like so much fun, a lovely smile
Oh my goodness I can’t even imagine doing my hair like that.. man that would hurt like crazy trying to brush it smooth hehe.. let alone the poor guy you hook up with… lol I bet there were some walking around with bruises in them days :p hehe
Kathy
| 25 April 2009 at 1:46
Awesome! The characature you have on the Oh Carol! post is spot on! She does look like fun and who wouldn’t love a hairdo that could double as a handbag. Imagine all the things you could stuff in there!
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beetle
| 25 April 2009 at 2:39
Ivanhoe: It certainly was. Some days it was higher than others.
Barb: Yes, what about the ‘flick-ups’ Like wings each side of your head ha ha!
Sniffle: I remember back-combing my hair, but I never wore it like that
Granny Grimble: I never wore my hair in a style that I didn’t do myself each day, so no knitting needles for me
Vampy Vic: She was a fun person. We used to have a lot of laughs at work – in between our work. I guess the stiff hair was pay back time for the men, for all the grease they used to spread on their hair in the fifties!
Kathy: Haha! She needed somewhere to put her bits after landing on her basket and squashing it flat!
Maureen
| 25 April 2009 at 3:31
Oh I remember that post! You didn’t exaggerate at all!!! (which is very scary). Ha!
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Swubird
| 25 April 2009 at 3:50
Babs:
Great picture – worth its weight in gold.
Happy trails.
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beetle
| 25 April 2009 at 14:06
Maureen: I remember her so vividly. Even after 40 years!
Swubird: I had a camera back then too. Just a simple snap camera, but I captured some memories.
Sarah
| 25 April 2009 at 14:57
Now that’s a crowning glory! I wouldn’t envy getting it down and trying to put a comb through it though!
Hugs, Sarah x
feefifoto
| 25 April 2009 at 19:39
My mother wore her hair like that and she actually used to wrap toilet paper around her hair before going to be to maintain the integrity of her set.
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beetle
| 25 April 2009 at 23:00
Sarah: I’m not sure, but I think they washed it out before brushing it.
Feefifoto: ha ha! I’ve never heard that one before! Toilet paper?
DrowseyMonkey
| 26 April 2009 at 4:35
Um….you’re sure she’s not standing up from the throne?LOL
I do love the hair! :
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JD at I Do Things
| 26 April 2009 at 15:25
LOVE it! Oh, man, I would love wearing my hair like that!
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beetle
| 26 April 2009 at 17:26
Drowsey: We were being really silly and she was pretending to sit on the toilet. I have a photo where another friend is standing on the window ledge pretending to dive into the toilet. How daft we were
JD: Are you serious? Yikes! It must have ruined hair – all that back-combing! Watch this space
LadyBanana
| 26 April 2009 at 20:38
A great pic of memories no doubt! I remember watching my next door neighbour doing her hair up like that when I was a kid, it took ages, so much back combing and hair spray. I so wanted my Mum to do the same but she wouldn’t!
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Jay
| 26 April 2009 at 20:43
It’s wonderful!! I can remember spending hours in front of the mirror trying to make my hair do something similar! Of course, I couldn’t afford a can of hairspray every second day, so it never would. LOL!
beetle
| 26 April 2009 at 22:50
Lady Banana: Well your mum may have just known what was better for her hair
There was nothing about it that resembled soft hair hahaha!
Jay: Yes, these hairstyles used to be so stiff and brittle! She used to go for a comb out the following week (not a wash) and back for a freshly washed beehive the week after. Some only had it washed once a month! I used to back-comb and lacquer mine when I was a teenager, but always washed it weekly
Carol was a die-hard. When this photo was taken I was having Vidal Sassoon hair cuts!
Comedy Plus
| 26 April 2009 at 23:37
I so remember that hairdo. I had one very similar. How fun. She is beautiful too.
Have a terrific day Babs.
Kat
| 27 April 2009 at 2:49
Old pictures are the best!! We all can laugh at them now…
also,I have given you an award over at my blog…Congrats!!
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meleah rebeccah
| 27 April 2009 at 5:03
that is A GREAT photo
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babs - beetle
| 27 April 2009 at 13:03
Sandee: Surely you must be far too young to have ever worn that hairdo
Kat: I have so many old photos, but many more have sort of disappeared. Funny how photos do that. I’m coming over right now.
Meleah: Photographs were not as sharp as they are today, but still captured lovely memories.
Ruth
| 27 April 2009 at 14:28
A photo doesn’t get better than this. Documenting fashion, silliness among friends – wow!
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beetle
| 27 April 2009 at 14:45
Ruth: It was probably the happiest time in my work life. It was in the days when you could have a lot of fun at work. As long as you got your work done by the end of the day, the bosses didn’t bother you.
Lisa
| 28 April 2009 at 17:38
Ha! I love it! Great hair do!
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babs - beetle
| 30 April 2009 at 0:24
Lisa: It brings back so many memories
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Eric "Speedcat Hollydale"
| 2 May 2009 at 3:58
HA HAAAA !!!!!!!!!! … I twitpic”ed a toilet paper roll today ((smile))
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beetle
| 2 May 2009 at 13:16
Speedy: Only Speedy could twitpic the inside of a toilet roll hahaha!