When popular Club doorman Clarrie Stringer retires, patrons will miss the familiar face who has been cutting their hair and welcoming them for 40 years.
Mr Stringer has decided to retire after four decades of loyal service to the Club.
"It has been a good place and I have loved it," he said. "Otherwise I wouldn't have stayed for 40 years. I have a lot of fond memories."
 Formerly the Club's resident barber, Mr Stringer moved on to his role of greeting Club patrons 11 years ago.
"When they closed the barber shop, they said to me, 'Well, seeing as that's gone, what would you like to do?'" he recalled.
All Club members will miss Mr Stringer's warm smile and many will miss his cheeky greetings. "I have had fun with some of the members that have given me a bit of a hard time," the Douglas Park resident explained. "So the next time they have come in, I have locked them out. When they realise, you see the look on their face as if to say, 'Where is he?'"
While happily cutting a customer's hair several years ago, a fireman decked out in full protective clothing stormed into his salon.
"There was a fire in the kitchen," Mr Stringer said. "I was busy cutting somebody's hair and no one told me we had to get outside. I dropped the scissors and the bloke jumped out of the chair and we ran out."
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