Embracing female tattoo culture
85-year-old Cyril Cooper honoured his love for his late wife by getting his first tattoo. The traditional design is a tribute to his wife and simply shows his unwavering love for her.
Cyril told Wales Online:
I lost my wife of 40-odd years in May. She was the love of my life and I wanted to get a tattoo in remembrance of her. I’ve always wanted a tattoo and I knew I simply wanted a heart with an arrow going through it with Sheila’s name inside.
Photos and quote from Wales Online
You’re never too old to get your first tattoo and this bad-ass grandma proves it…
79-year-old Sadie Sellers skipped her care home to join her granddaughter, Samantha at a tattoo studio in Londonderry, Ireland. The grandmother and granddaughter got matching small heart tattoos on their arms. It was a way for both of them to complete an item on their bucket lists: Mrs Sellers said: “You know, when you get to my age, you just have to live life to the full every day.”
The Belfast Telegraph reported that:
Afterwards when asked what her family would think of the tattoo, the grandmother of 11 reportedly left customers at the parlour shocked by retorting: “I don’t f****** care.”