This is one day in the life of Paul’s Barbers.

Photographs & recorded conversations taken on the 11^th February 2022

Paul’s Barber Shop is in Lark Lane Liverpool.  Paul has owned and run the shop since the 1960s when he returned from his first adventure emigrating to Australia.

Paul left his native Liverpool as a ten-pound pom in the 1960s.

He apprenticed to a barber in Sydney, eventually taking over the shop when the owner retired.  Then tragedy struck.  The business was destroyed by a fire.

Paul travelled back to the Liverpool the hard way, overland by mini moke, and opened up his shop in Lark Lane.  He’s been here ever since.

Paul’s shop has been at heart of this close-knit neighbourhood and Paul has cut hair for generations of people

Lark Lane is slowly succumbing to gentrification, the businesses changing to cater for a more chichi world. Paul’s remains a steadfast reminder of a community and values that are being swept away in the name of progress,

Images and excerpts from recorded conversations taken in February 2022.

By Andy Hollowway