Mop Top Hair

The description came from the similarity to a shaggy dish mop, and led to comments such as: 'Did you see that boy? His hair touched his ears!'

Much was done to stamp out the controversial Mop Top cut made popular by The Beatles, but nothing was going to stop the trend going into fashion history.

When the boy band from Liverpool turned up with their dodgy bowl cuts, people were shocked. The older generation in particular hated it - seeing men with long hair was just 'not on'.

Although very tame by today's standards the mop top was shaggy - even daring to touch the shoulder in days when men were expected to show military precision and have the hair neatly cut above the ears.

Mop top hairdos took off across the country, despite some schools banning the style - and Middle England calling on the government to reinstate National Service and 'stop the rot'.