....A long, long time ago.....

I can still remember....and so, it seems, can others.

Got home from work tonight to find the Boss getting ready to go out...."Just off to get my hair cut", she chirped. I jumped right in " Do me a favour, see if Jill can do mine tomorrow at 4,45". Ok, ok, I admit it....I let a girl cut my hair....at a posh ladies salon!

Off she went, I pottered a bit then settled down to watch Pointless.......Ok, ok, I admit it....it was for a quick nap really!

The Boss got back and gently kicked me alert....Ok, ok, I admit it, she nudged me awake. "Jill isn't working until Friday....but Emma is there until 7.00....and there are no appointments ...so if you whip down she'll do your hair at 5.30" I had a little dummy spit...."Jill always cuts my hair, I don't even know this Emma" The Boss gently explained that it would be alright.....Ok, ok I admit it....she said "Don't be a pillock, she cuts my hair and Rachel's .......get over there you big Jessie"

I drove over there....some silly cow in a hot hatch tried to cut me up at the entrance to the car park...she even parked in the entrance way after I'd gone in and got out of her car and started stalking across the car park.....she soon changed her mind when I got out of my car and took a step towards her!

I crossed the road, opened the door and stepped in.....Emma looked up and said "Hello, it's Kieran right?"....long pause , then "Oh my God, you used to teach me Science!" She left school at 16 in 1993....nineteen years ago...she's cut the Boss' hair and the Daughter's for about 10 years....and she'd never linked them to me despite our surname being unusual....so unusual, there are only three in the whole Manchester 0161 dialling area. Back in the North East, where I'm originally from, there are about 50 in the South Durham/North Yorkshire area....and they're all relatives of mine...in fact the name goes all the way back to 1102 on a gravestone in the church on Lindisfarne (Holy Island) and there are two villages and an ancient Manor house bearing our name.

So Emma cut my hair....and we talked and talked about ex-pupils and teachers...I even got a coffee.......and now I have a problem....do I stick with Jill or transfer my allegiance to Emma? The Daughter says I should just go completely random, ring for appointments and wait until they tell me who's working that day.

What a quandry!

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