Whatto! Peeps.....
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| 'Hairsuite Henrietta' - A founding member of our local 'Hair Lovers Club' |
....who all belong to an Ancient Order known locally as the 'Hair Lovers Club'.
I think it was started long, long ago by a Lady who was German or perhaps French...
...but let's just say that local sales of razors and scissors plummeted.
Many of the Men stopped shaving for several years so as not to be outdone by their lady folk.
Some of our village's older inhabitants can still remember what they refer to as the vicious 'Scissor Riots'....
...when naturally balding people were hounded out of the area or forced against their wills to wear grotesque hair pieces.
Eventually a nasty infestation of nits put pay to the 'Hairy Superiority' and indeed ideas of having longer hair fell into disrepute and peace descended on our village once more.All in all, a nasty episode in the annuls of local history and a chapter that many people would prefer not to remember.
So the club continues to be run but on a far more clandestine level, where members meet in secret and use various different secret plaits to identify rank or seniority within the group.
On Lady Jacqueline's Invitation it's billed as a 'Hair Washing Party'....
....so now she can't think of an excuse not to go!
Tallyho!
Best Wishes - Lord Noel
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