{"id":710796,"date":"2026-07-25T17:08:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T17:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/710796\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T17:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T17:08:19","slug":"why-does-one-street-in-leigh-town-centre-have-seven-barber-shops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/710796\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does one street in Leigh town centre have seven barber shops?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Plans to open a seventh barbershop within a half-mile stretch of road have sparked debate about the future of a town centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Farhad Hassan said he had applied to convert a former dog-grooming salon on Chapel Street in Leigh, Greater Manchester, because he knew the trade, having worked in the industry for about 10 years, and he had an existing customer base.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But Josh Brown, who co-owns nearby Nellie&#8217;s Bistro, said local people &#8220;just need something different&#8221; from what was already on offer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Customer Jan, 68, said she remembered Chapel Street being busier and boasting a variety of shops and car showrooms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It used to be more thriving,&#8221; she said. &#8220;When you look around in Leigh, not just in Chapel Street, the number of barbershops, vape shops, nail bars, pound shops, they are really flourishing, whereas other businesses aren&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While acknowledging those businesses were doing well, she asked: &#8220;How many barbershops do you need in Leigh?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plans to open a seventh barbershop within a half-mile stretch of road have sparked debate about the future&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":710797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-710796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}