The history of my hair in a Glastonbury context
This page is me poking fun at myself really. I am a "hair bore" (tm- I coined the phase on my blog when I decided to grow my hair long again and kept on about it!!)). So I decided I would do a history of my hair page, set in Glastonbury.
Of course I can't do a Glastonbury setting pre 1988 as that was the first time I went to Glastonbury. So.. potted history.
I first decided I wanted long hair when I was a small child. I was influenced by seeing all the long haired pop stars on Top of the Pops I think. My hair has always been very fine and when I first grew it, aged about 6, it was very thin so I had to have it cut again. But I had fairly long hair from age 8 upwards. I did have a pageboy cut when I was about 12 and I grew that out, but it was longer at the back than the front. So I asked my dad to trim it so it was all level... and it ended up just below my ears. I cried for weeks and vowed never to have it cut again.
I grew it until 1978, and it got down to my waist. Then I had a affair which was a disaster, *he* didn't like it long so I had it cut. Shoulder length and straight at first, then three perms. By this time I was at college. In about April 1980 I decided to grow it again and I then grew it until 1995. It got long enough to sit on (what is known as classic length, just below the bottom of my, er, bottom!)
Then in September 1995 I had it cut and permed. A longish loose perm to begin with, then shorter and very curly ones. I let the last one of those grow out in 1997, and then had a bob, sometimes layered, for some time.
Then in January 2005 I decided to grow it long again. I was happy with short hair for a few years though I often did wonder how long it would have grown by now if I hadn't cut it. My initial goal was mid back length but I am afraid the goalposts keep moving, and my aim now is to be able to sit on it again, then see just how long I can get it. At the time of creating this page (Feb 2008) it is just below my waist.
Hair history in photos.
The 90's
1991.I love this photo with my hair hanging wild and free. This was taken at the Chalice Well in March, I remember it as a cold but clear day.
Taken in the Chalice Well Gardens, I think in the entrance to the meadow. I often used to plait my hair for convenience, and I used to wind the plait up into a bun as well.
July 1993, taken on a campsite at the foot of the Tor.
You can't see my hair that well in this but it hung right down my back to ground when I was sat down. I love this photo though, taken on the Tor in May
I don't seem to have any Glastonbury photos with me in them from 1995, but my hair was well down to my hips by then. Then in 1996 I had this done
Aaaggggh!
And for a few years my hair was like this
And I think the noughties better go on another page..
Hair page 2
Page created 20th Feb 2008 by Jackie Hewitt.