Wednesday, February 6, 2013

After 55 years, it’s time to cut and run

From the Maitland Mercury report:
For 55 years iconic barber  Leigh McIntyre has trimmed the short back and sides of many a Maitland man and boy, but now it’s time to say goodbye.
“You have to pull the pin sooner or later and I’ll be 70 next birthday so I want to travel while I am still capable,” Mr McIntyre said.
“But I’ve heard plenty of stories ... and I’ve told some too.”
Mr McIntyre became a barber in 1958 when he was just 15.

Full article available at Maitland Mercury, Jan. 30, 2013.