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What is the significance of the red and white pole found outside barbershops?

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paulbamford | 11:21 Mon 30th Sep 2002 | History
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What is the significance of the red and white pole found outside barbershops?
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I heared that this dates from times when barbers did other jobs including a shave. i.e. pulling teeth and minor(!) ops. The pole then would have been given to chomp on and the red strip is the blood. Anyone else?
13:24 Mon 30th Sep 2002
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Yes the pole indicated that a barber could do surgery. This is why surgeons are called Mr/Mrs/Ms & don't use their clinical title of Doctor, as traditionaly you didn't have to be a doctor to do surgery.
21:36 Tue 01st Oct 2002

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