Meet the 91-year-old hairdresser from Chorley still cutting for her clients


Margaret Sherlock's hairdressing salon has been at the cutting edge of style for as long as anyone can remember. So long in fact, that a book has been published about her life.

She may be Britain's oldest hairdresser, but at 91, Margaret isn't putting away her scissors just yet.

She opened her Salon in Chorley 65 years ago and with so many stories and memories, her daughter Linda has written a book.

There's been more than a cup of tea and a natter shared in the salon on Stratford Road.

It used to be the family home, and Margaret's son Adrian was born there and she even did the midwife's hair to pass the time.

Margaret used to run the salon with her husband Frank but he died in 2008. She says she was determined to keep the salon open.

A party had been planned to celebrate 65 years since 'Hair by Margaret' opened but Covid restrictions put that on hold. Instead, her very first customer came for her usual perm.