Next door to Satya Sai's newsagent is a shop which unusually has a small wall round the piece of private land to its front, though it clearly is a shop because it has large plate glass windows. The sign above this window may be an minimalist homage to the Beatles, for all I know, as it has nothing written on it at all. It is white. The only indication that the shop gives of its purpose is a smaller sign jutting outwards to the left of the door, saying 'Hair Salon'. There is no proprietors' name or phone number.
The potential unisex customers of this establishment would have to look in the phone book to know to call 020 85203456 to make an appointment at Savvas Hair Salon. If they went up to the window, they would be able to see that a basic Men's hair cut can be had for £7, a shampoo and cut is £8, shampoo cut/style is £9 and beards are trimmed for £3. Ladies' cuts start at £13, a blow dry is £10, cut and blow dry is £20, colour £17, highlights (hat) £20 and highlights (foil) £40.
Savvas are open from Tuesday to Saturday from 9.30 to 6.30.
How, I hear you ask, can a hairdresser's break every rule in the book by not advertising themselves, offer such reasonable prices and yet still get enough custom to stay in business? Well, I can give you a bit of word of mouth. Before I was lucky enough to get married and have a wife who decided that the most fun she ever wanted was to put a pudding bowl on my head and fool about with a buzzer, I used to have my hair cut at Savvas.
The people who own Savvas's are really nice, friendly people, who cut hair well. The prospect is a remote one, but were I to indulge in such wild speculation for a moment, I am pretty sure that if I ever did get divorced, whatever other uncertainties I would be facing, I would at least know for sure where I would be going for my hair cuts.