Make mine a short back and sides and a pint of lager please!

For the first time, men can unwind with a beer when they get a trim at a Colchester hairdressers.

Free beer and wine is being offered to customers and their partners at the Summer House salon in North Station Road, Colchester.

Artistic director Rosemarie Smith said: "It's a bit more continental. It's just the way things are going people want a relaxing experience.

"The guys have all been quite good but the women, they get quite badly behaved with wine."

She said the Summer House is the first salon in town to offer free beer. The salon also has a juice and coffee bar.

Published Friday August 16, 2002

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