I haven't had a haircut for eight years - now I'm chopping it all off at 77 for charity! - video Dailymotion

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00:00So we're here at Salon 10 in Newport and we're here with Stephen. Hello sir.

00:04Good morning, how are you today?

00:06I'm good, thank you boss, I'm good.

00:07And Stephen, you've got some lovely long flowing locks there, but not for too much longer.

00:14Not for too much longer, no.

00:15So first off, when did you last have your hair cut, like any significant length?

00:21Eight years ago.

00:22Yeah?

00:22Yeah.

00:23Yeah, yeah.

00:24And did you used to have long hair back in the day, like?

00:26No, no, no, I've done this for the simple reason that it's going to the Little Princess Trust.

00:32Ah, so you've grown it kind of off the back foot for that purpose.

00:37So what inspired, so the Little Princess Trust, that's where they basically use real hair to make wigs, don't they, for people?

00:44For the wee tops, yeah.

00:46A friend of mine's daughter went to a private school in Newport and one of the girls had got leukaemia.

00:52Yeah.

00:53And they decided that once you lost her hair with the chemotherapy, they tried to get a scratchy wig and it was too scratchy on their head.

01:04Yeah, yeah.

01:05So the girls at the school said, why don't we donate hair to the Princess Trust?

01:09Yeah.

01:10And then they could donate it to a wig made of proper human hair.

01:15Yeah, yeah.

01:15And I thought, well if she could do it and she's only eight, I could do it and I was 69 at the time.

01:20No way.

01:21So, you know, the day has come.

01:24How are you feeling about having it locked off?

01:26A bit apprehensive but it's got a bloody good call.

01:28Well, yeah, exactly.

01:30Have you become attached to it a little bit?

01:33Attached, yes.

01:34Yeah.

01:35Because it's attached to me.

01:36Yeah, yeah, but not for much longer.

01:38I'm a bit reluctant this morning but yeah, it'll be fine.

01:41Yeah, yeah.

01:42Well, come on then chap, let's get you in.

01:44Come on, let's get the shears on you.

01:45You think you ladies, you have your picture in the paper on Friday.

01:52Oh, yeah.

01:57It probably end up like that much and then you're half a picture.

02:02Because something else will come along in the meantime.

02:04Well, this is all happening on video as well here Steve.

02:07So, Steve, you've just had it done.

02:34How are you feeling?

02:35Fantastic.

02:36Looks great, doesn't it, to be fair?

02:38I take your word for that but it's absolutely brilliant.

02:41Lee's been absolutely first class.

02:43Have you heard that, Leah?

02:43Yeah.

02:45Glowing reports.

02:46I mean, look, you've got a decent length there, wouldn't we,

02:49to send off to the Little Princess Trust?

02:51Yeah.

02:51Cool.

02:52So, you're going to feel a lot cooler tonight in bed, aren't you?

02:55Well, hopefully, yes.

02:57That looks great.

02:58Let's have a little...

02:59Fantastic, sir.

03:04Thanks, sir.

03:05Thanks, sir.

03:06Thanks, sir.

03:07Thanks, sir.

03:08Thanks, sir.

I haven't had a haircut for eight years - now I'm chopping it all off at 77 for charity!

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