Correction: Subscriber Blaine Stewart quickly informs me that Raymond's Barber and Style Shop is located on S. Brundidge Street NOT Three Notch Street. I've lived in Troy most of my life and I still get these two streets confused.
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Raymond told me several funny stories, some of which I decided not to publish (customers can ask Raymond the story about his first bank loan, which I found very interesting).
Right before Raymond started his own business, Junior Byrd changed the name of his business to Byrd’s Uni-Sex, meaning that the shop would cut the hair of both males and females.
Raymond said several people joked that Raymond and Pale now worked at the “Sex Shop.”
Raymond called his own Barber Shop “Raymond’s Barber and Style Shop,” which must have meant many customers in the 1970s and 1980s wanted their longer hair “styled.”
For a few years, I used to whine that I didn’t want my shaggy hair cut or styled. Still, today, I’m glad my mother and father took me, first to Byrd’s and then to Raymond’s to get that stuff cut off. Today, Jack Rice, 8, is the third generation Rice to get his hair cut at Raymond’s.
Raymond and Cherry Ledford had three sons - Raymond, Cliff and Christopher, who Troy tragically lost in a traffic accident. The couple have several grandchildren and, now, eight great grandchildren, who probably all get free haircuts.
Correction: Subscriber Blaine Stewart quickly informs me that Raymond's Barber and Style Shop is located on S. Brundidge Street NOT Three Notch Street. I've lived in Troy most of my life and I still get these two streets confused.
The good thing about Substack is you can quickly fix your errors ... Or share your favorite Raymond Ledford stories.
Great human interest stories Bill. Keep making Troy proud. Sad to say my hair is thinning and my beloved won’t let me get a Flat Top.
Thanks, Ron. My Dad got a flat top for probably 15 years. They looked pretty good. The Army and Marines liked them!
Raymond told me several funny stories, some of which I decided not to publish (customers can ask Raymond the story about his first bank loan, which I found very interesting).
Right before Raymond started his own business, Junior Byrd changed the name of his business to Byrd’s Uni-Sex, meaning that the shop would cut the hair of both males and females.
Raymond said several people joked that Raymond and Pale now worked at the “Sex Shop.”
Raymond called his own Barber Shop “Raymond’s Barber and Style Shop,” which must have meant many customers in the 1970s and 1980s wanted their longer hair “styled.”
For a few years, I used to whine that I didn’t want my shaggy hair cut or styled. Still, today, I’m glad my mother and father took me, first to Byrd’s and then to Raymond’s to get that stuff cut off. Today, Jack Rice, 8, is the third generation Rice to get his hair cut at Raymond’s.
Raymond and Cherry Ledford had three sons - Raymond, Cliff and Christopher, who Troy tragically lost in a traffic accident. The couple have several grandchildren and, now, eight great grandchildren, who probably all get free haircuts.