An ingenious barber has found a neat way of running his business - by using a converted horse box as his salon.

Canny Harry Atherton-Kelly, 25, was horrified by the amount of rent he faced paying to open up a hair-cutting business.

So he bought an old box for £1,500 on Facebook marketplace and then another £1,500 converting it into a barber shop.

Now he is running the business by a roadside with dad David, 64, in Bury, Gtr Manchester.

He spents six weeks renovating and costs have been kept low due to Harry opening on a council public road with a £10 per day generator.

‘H's Barbershop' has been getting "busier and busier" since opening day with passersby taking photos of the quirky trailer. "

Harry, a barber, from Ramsbottom, Bury, said: "I'd just got from Australia because I was working out there for a year in some busy busy shops. "

"The rent was ridiculous out there and also I wanted to see friends and family so I came back. "

"I worked in shops back home but I always thought of getting my own place BUT FOUND people always wanted ridiculous rent or messed you about. "

"I thought there's got to be a cheaper way to do this. "

"Me and my dad got talking - we did a lot of festivals and stuff together working in trailers and we were scrolling through Facebook Marketplace and saw the horsebox. "

"I spent £3,000 and made it exactly how I want it. "

"It's doable, the average person can do this. "

"It's a council road and a public road so all I've to do is register as a hairdresser and barber and that's literally it. "

"Everyday has got busier and busier since I've been open. "

"It's just something different isn't it". "

After he "hated" his old job as a truck mechanic, Harry's mum Ruth, 56, suggested he try out the barbering course at Bury College. "

"I thought, let's give it go," Harry said. "

"I fell in love with it. "

"It changed my life from working jobs I hated to thinking oh my god I can go to work and feel excited about going to work."

"I've been quite lucky – I've been barbering for three to four years and even though I did a year in Australia I had a few clients before I left and I've made a few since I came back". "

Harry's cosy workspace includes a seating area for two people along with his barber chair.

In the future, Harry hopes to expand his business.

"I actually have a few friends in Australia that are pretty keen to come over and put some money in to getting a shop together."

"My other thought was after a year see how it's going and get an old American van or vehicle and turn that into a barber shop too. "

"I could have a"

unique fleet of vehicles all converted into barber shops"."