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Shirley Bartynek

Lanarkshire pensioner makes the cut to train to become barber

An Uddingston pensioner is returning to his roots to take up a career in barbering – four decades after first picking up a set of clippers.

Refusing to fade away, James Cleland, 66, will train under top barber – Kyle Ross – after joining the latest in-take of students at the Sovereign Grooming Academy in Glasgow.

In a varied career, James has sold homes for an estate agent, hit the decks as a DJ, had a spell as a disco dancer in Benidorm, and at one time owned a pub and a café.

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