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Mike thought he might become a policeman, and Barry was looking into work as a mechanic. But Landreth encouraged Mike to go to barber school. “I said, ‘If you’re going, I’m going,’” Barry recalls.
The brothers took over in 2001, working side by side with Landreth until he retired in 2005. The shop has now
persevered through two world wars, multiple global conflicts and the pandemic. “During COVID-19, we were closed
for three and a half months,” says Mike. “For my brother and me, I think the shop is a link to our father. We sat in the window as little boys. I can remember looking out the window as a little kid and sweeping up for my dad
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