death n tattoos
was arranging a boy appt tonite, all jolly chat per se, got a peep peep, a text. one of my pals has just died of meningitis. age 49. so i got off the fone as u can imagine. fone scotland, almost the whole of.
we had a special bond, he tattooed me. his job of course! he had a fab shop, i remember our first meeting, i wanted to be a tattooist, he told me not to be silly. girls dont become tattooists. he relented after about a year of me moaning, yes they could. this goes hand in hand in why i fought with my dad. see other blogs.
i have been saying b4 im going to have it removed, now i feel like a bit of him should stay with me. its a new story of why i have it. its got even more meaning.
graham only ever went to holland/denmark for tattooing, he never ever showed them, he wore a shirt and tie and a pullover and no-one ever knew he was tattooed at all. he looked like a lawyer/doctor type.
not ur typical tattooist at all. thats why i liked him. he showed me how. i got pig velum (fresh flesh) from the butchers to practice, its the nearest to human flesh, so i practiced. he gave me the motor, needles, tools and ink for nothing. i did good, id take it to his studio for him to see. so i became a tattooist, yes, u didnt know that, did u!? i was 21. a female tattooist.
he couldnt keep me on as assistant, and i wouldnt have set up myself to/and steal custom, im honourable. but we were from a small town, it wasnt feasible in the long run anyway. another bigger town, i would have cleaned up!
oh its a long story....
but i have great memories of him, he had a laugh like a drain, i was his fave funny gal, we had adventures, all totally platonic, i remember being in my house and we were crying from some funny things we were chatting about, i remember him tattooing me, and me shouting! oh that hurts! and he said will i stop? as if i could have a half done fish on my arm....
im gonna miss him. i like to remember that laugh, u should have heard it, people would turn heads in the pub, and id be looking away, thinking oh god they are all looking at us....
brilliant!
so....off for funeral in scotland...
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Added on: 03/01/06 23:19
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dollymopp |
 
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cheers scotty, in more ways than one...u know it.
ur message here is heartwarming!
yes, i think ur blog should include ur mates and ur younger life exp, it would be a lovely story.
scotty age 21...what were u doing?
Posted on: 03/03/06 23:12
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dollymopp |
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nice that ur around these here parts. apprecciate ur comment, cheers hun xx
Posted on: 03/03/06 23:05
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dollymopp |
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had a tattoo in the 40s! yes, not a ladylike thing to do then either. in my whole family, me and an uncle are tattooed. hes a hells angel in california or somewhere. i havent seen him for yrs. i just discovered this a year ago, im still shocked.
tattoo hurts like hell. a tattoo blog in order sometime....such stigma attached to tattoo..
Posted on: 03/03/06 23:02
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Josephine |
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your tattoos.. or if you really want them gone, just a small part of them, you will be pleased you had, they are part of your life history with extra special meaning .... my great-grandmother had a tattoo and It fascinated me hearing about how and why she had it done in 1916 ... which in those days must have been quite something. (She lived nr you!)
Jx
Posted on: 03/02/06 14:06
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No worry Heather, missed saying goodbye but Im sure it wont be too long before we meet up again. Think we are already planning our next escape!
Take care of yourself and sending you special kisses and hugs.
Penny xxx
Posted on: 03/02/06 11:03
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dollymopp |
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cheers for ur concern, peoples!
penny, im sorry i didnt get a chance to talk to u more, or to say goodbye! i got whisked into the massage room as soon as i got upstairs!
Posted on: 03/02/06 09:57
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hedonist499 |
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Heather,
Really sorry to hear of loss.
Thoughts are with you.
Mark
xx
Posted on: 03/02/06 09:33
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51scotty |
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Heather the affection you had for him shines through in that blog,and to tell people about the memories you had of him,does help the grieving process, even if it is an almost anonymous audience like us blog readers that you are talking to.......strange also how we always remember the good times and funny stories,never the bad ones,the falling outs and things,it must be something to do with the way we are programmed to deal with things when someone close dies.........your story almost had me welling up at the end,but it hit a bit closer to home for me,as two of my mates have died in the last few days,the first one died suddenly two weeks after being diagnosed with cancer aged 53,and the second one died on Monday although i did not hear about it until yesterday,he was the same age as me,and was one of a group of about five or six of us who all used to hang around together in our early twenties,he moved away from the area down to Southend,and got married down there,so i hadn't seen much of him in recent years,he had been ill for a while with a wasting disease,and the last time i saw him about nine months ago he was like a skeleton with skin, so it wasn't a big surprise but it is still a shock to the system.
He was a great guy and although physically handicapped had a great personality,he had a deformed leg and had to wear a brace/support and a built up shoe,and consequently had a very bad limp........but to make up for this he was blessed with a fantastic singing voice,and if it hadn't been for his handicap would have made it big time........he did get as far as appearing on Hughie Green's Opportunity Knocks show on TV once,but didn't do any good,mainly because of his looks.......We used to go all round the country with him to his little gigs,he was great for pulling the girls,not for himself though, but his mates had a great time!lol..........the stories i could tell would make for a great blog,might tell it sometime.
Thanks for the memories Dolly!
Posted on: 03/02/06 04:23
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Deeply sorry to hear of your loss Heather, my thoughts go with you. Was lovely meeting you over the weekend and hope its not too long before we meet again.
Its good to have memories, especially the good ones.
Hugs
Penny xx
Posted on: 03/01/06 23:36
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