It’s a traditional barbers with a modern twist.” The shop interior features traditional personalised barber chairs and a self-serve bar where punters can pull a beer.

Carl’s Barber-Beauty Shop has been at 751 Commerce Lane, just north of Mosel Avenue and a stone’s throw from a sleepy section of the Kalamazoo River, for 13 years.

In 1987, "I bought (his current shop at 36 N. Third) from John Conjurske – the old Conjurske's Barber Shop. His dad had built it in 1906. So it's been a barber shop for 108 years." ...