New Image Hair Studio, Wolstanton, Staffs

I had contacted Caroline, the owner of this salon, some months ago as i wanted to include some shots from here in the hair series of images i have been doing over the years. The project is ongoing and i will try to include barbers and hairdressers from home and abroad. Above are a few selected from today which was my first meeting with the ladies. Tuesday and Thursday mornings are the busiest times there and Caroline has told this is when the characters come in. I wanted to ask permission from the customers before starting and the elderly ladies using the big dryers couldn't hear me for the hum of the machine on their heads, but i eventually got their okay. Polite as always. No blue rinses today, but we wait in hope.

Poker, Dominos and Burslem Locals

 

Thursday night at the pub is full of games and characters. I had no idea about the domino night happening as it must be a new feature there but took the new fuji x100 with me just in case, as this particular pub can always spring surprises. All the regular card players were there plus the regular characters from around Burslem.
An hour after these images were taken i was screamed at by a local that i know fairly well. He said he'd ram the camera down my throat. I have sat at the bar in this pub for the last year or more, and he always seemed pretty reasonable. He ended up walking out but i tried to explain that I wasn't there to take his picture. Anyway no problem.