denizaksulu wrote:miltiades wrote:Get Real! wrote:miltiades wrote:I was born in Stroumbi , Paphos
And here I was thinking all along you were born in Katmandu…
Would you like me to tell you my story when I first arrived at Victoria station ?
Well it was on the 31st of Octber 1961 ......
Is your name 'Uncle Albert' from Only Fools and...............
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During the ....winter of 1961 - 62 , my first year in London , I moved to Streatham and lived in a road where a barber shop that was always busy attracted my attention in that every time I went by someone was having a shave . I always fancied my self as older than my 15 years and thought a shave was something I had to have . Walked in one Saturday , sat down and waited my turn and when eventualy it came I stood up walked to the barbers chair sat down and confidently asked the barber to give me a shave !
This barber turned round , reached for a glass that was on a tray amongst other glassess nesting with a bottle of scotch, filled it almost to the bream with whisky , looked me up and down and said , if you can down this in one go I will give you a shave , I looked up and said , Sir Im too young to drink that , You are fockiing right you are too young he replied , come back when you are a man.
Jimmy the barber he was , on being told that I was from Cyprus this guy , brilliant charachter , gave me a shave and didnt charge me !!
We became good mates for years , Jimmy was a true Cypriot married to an east ender , alas no children , but he always was happy and such a charachter. He cut your hair while having a glass of scotch , his favourite drink.
Jimmy served in the British army , he came to Britain in 1936 !
He swore a lot and expected his clientele to swear at him !!!