False Beards

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
399
Date Released
20 Aug 1962
Date recorded
2 Aug 1962
Length of issue (in feet)
802
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
NoS Summary - A Marylebone wig-maker, Eric Fordyce, specialises in making false beards; a customer tries one.
Researcher Comments
Commentary: Sampling the charm of dead decades were the men we discovered facing away from today. For they were being fitted with trim Victorian beards they believed would give them a new outlook on modern times. Going back into the past to climb the pinnacle of fashion is really something for the charmers.
Keywords
Fashion and costume
Locations
London; England; Marylebone
Written sources
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Credits:
Commentator
Brian Cobby
Length of story (in feet)
281
Story extras:
Film clip

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'False Beards', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 399, 20 Aug 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/121257 (Accessed 26 Jan 2026)