Auctioneer for Grantham, Stamford and Bourne and Bargain Hunt expert Colin Young cut his hair for Red Nose Day
An auctioneer who had his ‘lockdown locks’ chopped into a punk's mohican has raised £1,400 for Red Nose Day.
Colin Young, an auctioneer for Golding Young and Mawer, has attracted attention before thanks to his hair.
When business was quiet during the pandemic he let his locks grow long and, after appearing on BBC’s Bargain Hunt, the TV programme's fans took to social media to express their views.
Colin, however, is no stranger to people commenting on his hairdos. As a schoolboy during the punk era he was ticked off by teachers for his style choices and before a job interview in 1986 he reluctantly cut off an eight-inch orange Mohican in a bid to fit in.
“People still judge and it’s a shame,” he said. “We are all the same underneath.”
A larger than life character and well-known in Bourne and Grantham, where Golding Young and Mawer have sales rooms, and Stamford, where the business has an office near The George Hotel, Colin's latest hair stunt has attracted plenty of interest.
“The fact I have managed to raise so much over this is ridiculous," he said. “I simply just had a haircut, I didn’t do anything exciting, heroic, dangerous or vaguely important!”
