Lanarkshire pensioner makes the cut to train to become barber

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An Uddingston pensioner is returning to his roots to take up a career in barbering – four decades after first picking up a set of clippers.Refusing to fade away, James Cleland, 66, will train under top barber – Kyle Ross – after joining the latest in-take of students at the Sovereign Grooming Academy in Glasgow.In a varied career, James has sold homes for an estate agent, hit the decks as a DJ, had a spell as a disco dancer in Benidorm, and at one time owned a pub and a café.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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I might be a pensioner but I can’t sit in the house, it’s just not me. You only have one life – live it.“I had a two-year spell as a barber when I was in my 20s and it has always been a goal of mine to return to the industry.