This auction evoked many memories for me.

If you’ve enough miles on the clock, you can join with me as we conjure up visions of Ena Sharples in her hairnet, drinking stout in the snug of the Rovers Return.

Incidentally Ena’s original hairnet was sold in 2005 at Dominic Winter’s auction house in Swindon, to German collector, Christian Haslinger. Don’t ask me….

If Ena is beyond your history timeline, how about Cherie Blair?

When she opened the front door on that fateful morning resplendent in her wrinkled night dress, it was clear she had committed a monumental faux pas. If only Tony had a little more experience as a statesman. He could have told Cherie that dignity would have been retained had she worn her hairnet. I heard that Alastair Campbell was mortified about the incident. But that’s a little unfair. After all, Alastair’s hair style gives him the advantage of looking like he’s wearing a hairnet all the time.

And ladies, who could forget the George Clooney hairnet experience? If you haven’t seen this, you’re in for a treat. In the film “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”, George plays a conman who combs Dapper Dan pomade into his hair every day, and goes to bed in a hairnet. But guys, I have bad news. The bast***d looks just as handsome in a hairnet!

Mind you, some people have no choice about hairnets. Take Auntie Tracy from Gwent. As her nephew wanted a McDonald’s, Tracy Evans bought a Happy Meal for him. Opening the Happy Meal in the car, the boy found a hairnet next to the fries. Well, it makes a change from a Transformers toy! I don’t know, kids today. They’re never satisfied.

By the way, if you’re the prudent type who likes to save money by buying in bulk, the auction could be right up your Coronation street. It’s for 700 hairnets!

Go to this auction now.

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