Jim Phillips retires after a decades-long career as popular Tamworth barber

Anna Falkenmire
July 3 2020 - 6:30pm
MOVING ON: Tamworth barber Jim Phillips has stepped away from the chair and the clippers after 66 years on the job, but hopes to keep in touch with his loyal customers. Photo: Gareth Gardner 020720GGA08
MOVING ON: Tamworth barber Jim Phillips has stepped away from the chair and the clippers after 66 years on the job, but hopes to keep in touch with his loyal customers. Photo: Gareth Gardner 020720GGA08

JIM PHILLIPS has tap danced and laughed his way through a decades-long career as a barber. Why? Because he loves his work and he loves his customers.

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Anna Falkenmire

Police and crime reporter at the Newcastle Herald.

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