Jabberwocky Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Ok, Im sure that some of the older ones amongst us will remember talk of the pudding baisin haircut. Parents were said to have placed a baisin over a protesting kids head and used it as a template for a hair cut. Was it true? Did this actually happen? Were YOU one of the victims of this cruel fashion? Have you ever performed such an operation on some poor gibbering child? I was born in 1960 and I heared it mentioned often and was even good naturedly threatened with it once or twice, but was it a real thing or just something to scare the kiddies with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultana Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I think it's true - although I've never seen the operation performed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 I think it's true - although I've never seen the operation performed! I think we should try an experiment. I have the scissors and the basin, you have the head... shall we? Shall try it and film it for the forum? Im certain that the forumers will all want to see it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depoix Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 yes it was true,look at any school pics from the 50,s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoeshine Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 yes it was true,look at any school pics from the 50,s I seem to remember way back in the late 1940's/early 50's seeing a few lads sporting a "pudding basin" haircut. I am pleased to report it would have been unthinkable for my mother to inflict this on any of her sons. Pudding Basin Haircut - another term for a bowl cut that is derived from the history of the cut. This term is not a widely used term these days. Haircut performed by placing a pudding basin over the head and cutting off all the hair below the rim of the basin all the way around the head. Commonly used for hundreds of years by poor and rural families. Other names for this haircut are bowl cut, bowl crop, basin cut and basin crop. The roundheads of English 17th Century history got their name from this haircut. The apprentices rioting in London wore their hair 'cut around the head' using a bowl as a guide; hence the name roundhead. Two German names for this haircut are Topfschnitt and Pottschnitt. This quote is taken from HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 So, if a kid went to school today sporting a baisin cut, would his parents be arrested for child abuse? Im only asking because I have a three year old with long hair and Im just DYING to try out the new cullandar we have. Her mothers out, Im bored, the kids watching TV, so whats to stop me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattricia Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Ok, Im sure that some of the older ones amongst us will remember talk of the pudding baisin haircut. Parents were said to have placed a baisin over a protesting kids head and used it as a template for a hair cut. Was it true? Did this actually happen? Were YOU one of the victims of this cruel fashion? Have you ever performed such an operation on some poor gibbering child? I was born in 1960 and I heared it mentioned often and was even good naturedly threatened with it once or twice, but was it a real thing or just something to scare the kiddies with? Yes, this is certainly true.I had the "pudding basin cut" but didnt have a basin put over my head for it.It was a very popular style among boys & girls(we were the first Beatles actually) .This suited me as I had very dark,dead straight,thick hair,and as we were always getting nits at school,it was ideal for our mothers to "comb through" every night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 Yes, this is certainly true.I had the "pudding basin cut" but didnt have a basin put over my head for it.It was a very popular style among boys & girls(we were the first Beatles actually) .This suited me as I had very dark,dead straight,thick hair,and as we were always getting nits at school,it was ideal for our mothers to "comb through" every night. So for a young lady it was like the bob style of a few years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultana Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Don't do it Jabbers! She'll never ever forgive you! And, no - you can't experiment on me either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 Don't do it Jabbers! She'll never ever forgive you! And, no - you can't experiment on me either! Well I have to try it on someone! Theres always the cat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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