GEORGE TOWN: Once dark and gloomy back lanes here are being spruced up by the Penang Island City Council (MBPP), with locals adding an added touch of greenery.
Tools of his trade: Vella showing his collection of vintage hairdressing tools from the 1950s and the 85-year-old Takara hairdressing chair from Japan. Bernama
GEORGE TOWN: Visitors stepping into a small barbershop squeezed between the buildings in the city’s World Heritage enclave here will get a peek into a bygone era.
A number of classic and rare vintage hairdressing tools, that have their own sentimental value to Verlarz Classic Barbershop owner S. Singgara Vella, are neatly kept in glass displays.
The 47-year-old, fondly known as Vella, said the antique items were from his personal collection, which also serve as an attraction.