Four generations of hairdressers ensure Bridgwater salon reaches key birthday

Amelie has just completed her qualifications to work in the salon.

“There’s a part in the salon where I sit up and my granddad came in the other day and he said, ‘Oh, God, you look just like my mum sitting out there in the exact position’, and it’s lovely to think that the exact same places is where they were,” she said.

She is keen to ensure the salon reaches its 100th year.

“We’ll be talking to you in 20 years’ time – let’s put that in now for 2046,” she added.

Chris Hodgson, her granddad, was originally in the Royal Navy, but left to be around his children. He then trained at Hinkley Point before settling in the salon to take it over from his parents.

He said he had always wanted to go into the Navy, but found himself talking about the salon at home, which had “had an impact on me”.

Hodgson added he was “over the moon” to see the salon hit 80 years in business.

“I think it’s fantastic,” he said.