MR Teasy Weasy' Raymond was the Nicky Clarke of his day - a top hair-stylist with a leading salon in London's Mayfair.
But he also had a salon in Bournemouth which triggered the interest of Geoff Jones when he visited a Fifties exhibition in Harrogate, Yorkshire recently.
He spotted on display a Christmas card, drawn by Mr Teasy Weasy himself and dated 1953.
"I do remember Raymond, or Mr Teasy Weasy, being around on the Bournemouth scene in my younger years," said Geoff, who lives in Albemarle Road, Bournemouth.
The card shows fir trees and three of the pots they are contained in have names that may be of local significance.
"The pot on the left is named Knightsbridge' where Raymond had a salon. The next pot is named Bournemouth' and pots three and four have names of roads in the locality, one of which I live in.
"The final pot refers to Cardiff where I believe there was another hairdressing salon of his."
The riddle Geoff would like to solve is whether the Grafton and Albemarle pots referred to the Bournemouth roads?
"Did Raymond live there, or maybe one or other of his staff?
"There are references on the fir trees, which are labelled R88, R77 and R44. Can anyone shed any light on these?"
The signature on the card says R Bessone - his name was Peter Carlo Bessone Raymond although he was known in Bournemouth as Peter Mr Teasy Weasy' Raymond.
He died, aged 80, in April 1992, 10 years after receiving the OBE, after a remarkable life that had many links with Bournemouth.
He opened a salon in the town in October 1950 - "in future London and Bournemouth will set hair fashions" he promised at the opening - and even stood as a Liberal candidate for a seat on the council in the South Kinson ward in 1963 - giving rise to accusations that he had unfair publicity through appearing on TV in That Was The Week That Was. (He came second in the poll with 910 votes, beaten by Labour's George Spicer.) Two of his horses, Ayala and Rag Trade, won Grand Nationals and his last big appearance when he was guest at the Mayor's charity fashion show.
He had married the actress Rosalie Ashley in 1965 in London when Mr Tony Standish, of Bournemouth, was best man.
A maestro in his profession, among the hair styles he made famous were the Page Boy, the Bubble Cut, Tulip and Petal.
He introduced other innovations including the open plan salon layout rather than old-fashioned cubicles.
