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Description: | Birtchnells was the most famous hairdresser in the district from the end of the nineteenth century to the late 1960s when the last member of the family retired. The premises were demolished and rebuilt twice, once in 1935 and again in 1958. After about 1967 the premises were taken over by Boots the Chemist and the hairdresser moved to the first floor.
The hairdressers was known over the years as Arthur Birtchnell , Birtchnell & Son and Lionel Birtchnell. The original shop in the photograph was divided into two sections; on the left the men's barber shop and on the right a tobacconist. The ladies passed through a little corridor to the rear of the building where there were cubicles available. The two hanging lamp signs in front of the windows both advertise ' Ladies Rooms'. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Slough Library | Subjects: | Shops ; Hairdressers ; Barbers Arthur Birtchnell ; Birtchnell & Son ; Lionel Birtchnell | Temporal: | start=1885-01-01; end=1900-01-01; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Copy by Reg Harrison | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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