Rupert Rickards (left), of Middleton, St Thomas, whose locks are more than 10 feet long, poses for pictures with Saddah Malaka from the South African Embassy when embassy staff visited the Middleton Primary School in observance of Nelson Mandela Day in July.-Ian Allen/Staff Photographer— By Alessandro Boyd– The dreadlocks of Rupert Rickards are more than 10 feet long, and the Rastafarian says it requires two bottles of shampoo and half a bottle ofconditioner each time he washes his hair. Rickards, 64, started to grow his dreadlocks in 1968 after moving out of his parents’ house. He says keeping his hair clean sometimes proves challenging, forcing him to spend more than three hours to ensure that it is properly cleansed. “Most of the times I go to the river and wash it. I just put it on my knee and wash … Read entire article »