{"id":837,"date":"2026-07-28T14:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/fenwick\/shop\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T09:40:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T09:40:50","slug":"shop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/fenwick\/shop\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Same trade, same corner, third generation.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Fenwick & Sons opened two doors down on this stretch of Paddington in 1954. The chairs are the originals. Almost everything else has been replaced at least once.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Four barbers, forty-odd years on the floor between them.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The shop has been in the family since my grandfather took the lease on this stretch of Bridge Street. He cut hair here for thirty-one years, my father for twenty-six, and I have been at it since I was nineteen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We train our own. Everyone here started sweeping, spent a year on towels and shampoo, and did not touch a paying head until they were ready. It is slow and it is why we do not have a bad chair.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Four things that have not changed<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Not tradition for its own sake. These are just the bits that were already right.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Prices on the wall<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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One list, no tiers by barber, no consultation fee. What is on the board is what you pay.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Walk-ins always kept<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Two chairs are held for walk-ins all day. A shop with no walk-ins stops being part of the street.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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We say if it will not work<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Hair does what it does. You will get told before the clippers come out, not after.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Nothing gets sold at the chair<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We stock four products. If you ask, we will tell you which one. If you do not ask, you will not hear about them.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tThe barbers<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Who you will be sitting with<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Book by name if you have a preference. All four are on the same price list.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Ade<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Third-generation, runs the shop. Scissor work and anything that needs thinking about. Tuesday to Saturday.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Kieran<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Fades, skin work and the sharpest lines in the building. Wednesday to Saturday, and most late nights.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Marcus<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Does the shaves. Twenty-two years with a cut-throat and a very steady hand. Thursday to Saturday.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Newest chair, four years in, very good with children and first cuts. Tuesday to Friday.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t

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Slow to change, on purpose<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The only thing we have added this decade is a card machine.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Come in and see. That is what the window is for.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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If all four chairs are full we will tell you how long, honestly, and you can decide.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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