Erewash Sound features a tribute to popular Borrowash village barber Ron Newton - the popular hairdreser ran a salon on the main road in the village for decades, until the effects of cancer forced him into a brief retirement before leading to his sad death.
Ron Newton - a tribute
Mr. Newton cut hair in the village for over 40 years with his traditional salon offering services to people who have grown from boys to men who have then brought in their sons, so continuing the pattern. After spending most of his career on Nottingham Road in the village Mr. Newton, brother of former Forest, Everton and Derby County footballer, Henry, moved to nearby Chapel Row after redevelopment work on the site of his original shop.
His funeral was held in Sandiacre on July 1st 2010. A fundraising drive was started in late Summer by local hairdresser Debbie Swinhoe with the aim to purchase a set of benches for the village as well as donating any excess to cancer charities.