Former brickie makes the cut
A BRICKLAYER has thrown in the trowel – and picked up the razor.
Huncoat man Alistair Fitzharris now runs his own barber shop above his mum’s hairdressers, Fitzy’s in Abbey Street, Accrington.
The 22-year-old had wanted to become an architect after leaving school but didn’t get the grades to go on to study the subject at university.
Instead he took up brick-laying when he left Mount Carmel High School, hoping to work his way up to becoming an architect.
He said: “Brick-laying wasn’t for me so I started working at my mum’s hairdressers, making brews and sweeping up hair.
“Then I decided to get qualified as a barber.”
Alistair went on a three-year course at the Joseph Lanzante Training Academy before setting up Fitzy’s Barbers.
He said: “I really love it and can’t see myself doing anything else.
“It doesn’t feel like a job at all.”
Joseph Lanzante, who trained Alistair, said he had been one of the star students at his training academy.
He said: “I am proud to see him go on to be so successful.”