Repaired neon icon to restore some brightness

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 1999 / November 17 1999: Repaired neon icon to restore some brightness

While perhaps not grand enough to be considered as the official turning-on of this year's Christmas lights, a small ceremony tomorrow evening will restore some brightness to many Dubliners' lives. The neon sign in Dame Lane off South George's Street, which has asked "Why Go Bald?" for the past 38 years, recently underwent a full restoration and is now ready to flicker back into life. Once more the brilliantly-lit head of a man will alternately smile and frown according to whether or not he possesses any hair.

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