Inside Sunderland's real-life curiosity shop as East Herrington institution De Niro's turns 35
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Sunderland barber Steve Collins is celebrating being a cut above the rest as he celebrates 35 years in business. It was back in May 1989 that the then 21-year-old took over an old library building in Silksworth Lane, East Herrington, borrowing £1,000 from his grandad, James Golightly, who was an astute businessman. The building was derelict when Steve, who’d been barbering since he was 14, took it over but it had had many uses over the years, as a library, haberdashery and sweet shop - and...

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