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READING Kate Callahan’s story Back in the hair and now (YT May ) took me back to 1976 when as a first year apprentice hairdresser (shampooing and floor sweeping ) I bore witness to the numerous requests for Farrah Fawcett’s hairstyle. I lost count of the number of women entering the salon holding a magazine cut out of the American model and actress. No amount of explaining from the senior salon staff would convince them that she was on a movie set with a team of hairdressers styling her hair constantly throughout filming. They were under the illusion that they would jump out of bed, run a brush through their hair while putting on flares and platform shoes and be out the door to face the day. Alas I was not blessed with curls (not even a bend) so I tended to look more like singer Kiki Dee with her shiny straight bob. That was until the fateful day the salon was quiet and I was informed the third year apprentice would be practising her perming skills on me. I was now sporting a FRO, easiest style ever to maintain. Shampoo, condition, comb through with the ole AFRO comb and go. Brisbane
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THE popularity of the British Antiques Road Show, Bargain Hunt and others like American and Australian Pickers, highlight the global interest in all things “retro”. Your June article “Looking for gold in the oldies” definitely demonstrates “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure”. The value of an article is not so much based on its age, provenance or style, but more on popularity or sentimentality. Our own Australian show The Collectors was similarly popular for we have in Australia treasures brought to this country from afar. Our indigenous culture, art and artefacts are highly valued. Our “op shops” are rich in someone’s beloved items. No longer worth keeping to the family, they’re discarded and indirectly purchased by shoppers who see value in them, as decorative items or keepsakes, to add to their own collection and start a family dynasty of their own collectibles. My own collection is a product of my Dutch heritage and culture, some of which has been passed on to me by family connections or seeking out, like a detective and opportunist, the genuine Blue Delft hand-painted, fine china pieces, or anything to do with windmills, in thrift shops wherever I venture. Will my offspring value the sentimentality of these treasures, or, like many, see no worth in keeping them? Storage then becomes a problem. Adult children have their own interests and may not see value in them. Vintage clothes, jewellery, cars and paraphernalia, books, toys and practical items are highly sought after in many flea markets, garage sales and opportunity shops by canny prospectors, who either know their true value, or just for the love of it. All that glitters may not be gold, but can still be treasured. Eloise Rowe
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