Comments on: Aaron Biber, London’s Oldest Barber

By: Sarndra

Sarndra — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:34:13 +0000

Just so lovely 🙂 What a hard grafter.

Love the stories of the ‘ordinary man’. These are the ones worth telling.

I hope there is a family member or friend somewhere who looks after those tools when they need looking after. They are almost like medals…representing his life.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:11:21 +0000

I have been looking around for the address of this place and now I have it. I’ll go this weekend, I live about half a mile from it! I’ll be encouraging everyone I can to get down there.

By: Ikanto

Ikanto — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 18:01:31 +0000

What a fantastic piece:-) Thank you. I live in South Tottenham, and have posted this on my fb page. It is awful – the media really don’t help with constantly churning up the fact that the riots started in Tottenham, although it is a little ridiculous that even his regular customers have deserted him. We are lucky, and still have our jobs in London. We have seen so many businesses collapse in the past year, even here, where the riots never quite reached. I will encourage everyone I know in the area, and outside, to support him.

By: belle

belle — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:31:46 +0000

Nothing beats real life for a cracking story, his mother sounds amazing.

By: Paul from Tottenham

Paul from Tottenham — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:55:17 +0000

He’s a great bloke, Mr Biber, a lovely man and loyal Tottenham fan.

By: Tim Delaney

Tim Delaney — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:09:21 +0000

Great story.

My dad runs a general store (hardware, grocery, off-licence, newsagency) in Co. Tipperary Ireland and compared to Mr Biber is a youth of just 83 (84 in September) – although he works twice as long as most people do each week – his opening hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday & Saturday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday – a 70 hour week.

Once when in Spain, travelling on a bus to a Munster rugby match in San Sebastian, a fellow Munster fan asked me my name and where I was from. When I told him, he announced to the whole bus

“This man’s father has a shop in Toomevara, and it’s the only place in Ireland where you can get a six-pack of Guiness a roll of barbed wire and a box of welding rods at ten o’clock on a Saturday night!”

By: James

James — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:17:16 +0000

I’m encouraging my London male friends and colleagues to go over there and get themselves a good hair cut to assist this gentleman in relaunching his excellent business. A similar message is being passed around Twitter by quite a few people, so let’s hope a few at least have the sense to seek out Mr. Biber’s services.

By: the gentle author

the gentle author — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 09:41:49 +0000

In reply to Kimberley. Regrettably, all of Tottenham has experienced a blight since last summer's riots.

By: Mareka Carter

Mareka Carter — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 07:26:14 +0000

What a wonderful interview with Aaron. Thank you for meeting him, I bet he wouldn’t let you go!

By: Kimberley

Kimberley — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 07:10:39 +0000

Why haven’t his customers returned though? Did they drift away because his salon was closed for too long? Or something else?

I’ve tweeted about this anyway and hope my friends in the area will pick it up.