Three Salons at the Seaside

We've just watched this on BBC4. What a lovely and quite moving piece this is. We see the salons and the owners and staff, and of course the customers who almost exclusively old ladies. If it were made today, there would be an 'hilarious' voice-over by some camp comedian, but there is no narration at all, just the voices of those involved, and each has their own story as told to the hairdressers. Holidays, husbands, hospitals, care homes and death seem to be the main topics, along with 'bad falls' outside Kwik Save. Although it would be very easy to chuckle at this kind of thing, we found it quite touching. It was also surprising that despite its 'old' look, it was filmed in 1994, not that long ago. We could easily watch it again.