'Beautiful Llangollen' rallies after car smashes into hair salon
A salon plunged into chaos after a car ploughed into it just two weeks after refurbishment has fully re-opened its doors.
Finishing touches had just been put to the ground floor of Jade’s Hair on Oak Street in Llangollen ahead of the busy Christmas period last year, when the disaster struck causing major structural damage.
Owners and sisters, Louise Wilson and Sue Davies managed to run the salon with builders on site, but had to go back to the drawing board and restart another refurbishment programme.
Their shop had to be underpinned and covered in hoarding while repairs were made.
Making the best of a bad situation, the siblings decided to bring the second phase of their plans forward and revamp the first floor beauty rooms with nail bars and make-up stations at the same time as the structural repairs, all the while continuing to accept customers.
Four months on and work at the well-established hair salon has been completed.
Louise said: “Our dedicated staff were relying on us to keep our nerve and make the best out of the situation.
“It was certainly far from ideal but we are not quitters and we were heading towards one of our busiest trading periods in the run up to Christmas.
“We owed it to our loyal customers to keep going and continue to offer them the usual high standard of service.
“I’m delighted to say we pulled it off but it wasn’t without the support and kindness from friends, family, clients and complete strangers, and of course a few sleepless nights.
“We were overwhelmed by the messages of goodwill we received. Llangollen has a real community spirit and this shone through when things got tough for us.”
Sue added: “We were truly humbled by all the good wishes we received from residents and businesses alike.
“Out of difficult situations often comes good.
“We re-evaluated our plans and decided to bring our entire refurbishment plan forward by nine months.
“It was the right decision and we are now delighted we can offer clients an exclusive area to relax and enjoy their pamper sessions with nail stations and make-up areas that complements our ground floor hair salon.”
