A new salon will open in Harrogate on Tuesday — days after a longstanding one closes.
Charles Hanson, a unisex salon, will welcome customers in Westminster Arcade on Parliament Street.
Owner Marcus Charles Hanson was previously style director at Dangerfield & Keane on Harrogate’s Cold Bath Road, which will close tomorrow after 15 years.
Several staff at Dangerfield & Keane, including owner Gerri Dangerfield, are involved in the new venture.
Charles Hanson’s premises in Westminster Arcade.
Mr Hanson said:
“For my entire hairdressing career, I have wanted my own business. From when I was just a Saturday boy to recent months as a manager and trainer with a loyal clientele, telling clients that my dream was to have my own salon.
“I have worked at Dangerfield & Keane in Harrogate with some of the most talented hairstylists and I have watched them progress through their journeys. After watching them its now time to start my own. I cannot wait to open the doors to Charles Hanson.”
Gerri Dangerfield and stylist Gill Hawley-Jefferson are renting chairs in the new salon. Two other Dangerfield & Keane staff have also transferred to Charles Hanson.
Mr Dangerfield announced in May he planned to close the salon “to address my work-life balance and spend more time with my husband, Andrew”.
The business was expected to continue until October but Mr Dangerfield said on Instagram “while this is ahead of our previous schedule, the time is now right for the next move”.
He added:
“We want to assure you that we are all very excited to be moving to the next chapter of our careers and lives.”
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Christmas lights vandalised on Harrogate salon
A long-standing Harrogate business has had its Christmas lights vandalised for the first time in 14 years.
The display at Dangerfield & Keane hairdressers has become an annual highlight for families walking along Cold Bath Road.
It went up on Monday — and on Wednesday night was damaged.
A video of a man, appearing to rip the lights off the shopfront, has been shared many times on the shop’s Facebook page.
An image from the Dangerfield and Keane CCTV footage.
Gerri Dangerfield-Keane, who owns the business, said:
“I’m just dismayed – why would anyone do that? It’s senseless.
“This is the 14th year of doing the same thing and it’s never been touched or vandalised before.”
Mr Dangerfield-Keane said the electric circuit had been destroyed but he was determined to get it fixed and restore the display to full power.
He has also offered to give a free set of Christmas lights to the perpetrator:
“Whoever did it must be so bereft of Christmas lights we will give them a free set.”
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