THEY have cut an estimated half a million heads of hair in a combined career totalling over a century.
But two of Andover’s longest serving barbers have finally put down their styling scissors and put up their feet to enjoy a well earned retirement.
Ron Jones and David Piper officially retired on the 23 December after each working for over 50 years in the Barbers Shop on Black Swan Yard.
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