Credit: SWNS
A great-gran who became the oldest woman in the UK to get a tattoo decided to go under the needle again and now sports three inkings - at the age of 99.
Hilda West first got the tattooed initials of her late husband Ernest and son David on her wrist back in 2019, aged 94.
Since then, she has added a three inch butterfly to her upper arm also in memory of her husband and now plans to get another to mark her 100th birthday next February.
Great-gran-of-eight Hilda went to her local tattoo parlour near the care home where she lives in Kenilworth, Warks., with the help of her carers.
A great-gran who became the oldest woman in the UK to get a tattoo decided to go under the needle again and now sports three inkings - at the age of 99.
Hilda West first got the tattooed initials of her late husband Ernest and son David on her wrist back in 2019, aged 94.
Since then, she has added a three inch butterfly to her upper arm also in memory of her husband and now plans to get another to mark her 100th birthday next February.
Great-gran-of-eight Hilda went to her local tattoo parlour near the care home where she lives in Kenilworth, Warks., with the help of her carers.
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00:00What is it that you've got done there on your right shoulder?
00:03Butterfly
00:04How many tattoos is that for you now?
00:07That's three
00:09Why did you choose a butterfly?
00:12Because I like butterflies
00:14I thought it would be nice
00:16It is nice and I'm very pleased with it
00:19I didn't do it because of anyone
00:23But I did it because it was on my bucket list
00:28I knew my daughter was against it
00:31So I thought I'd better do it when she's away
00:36So I did it because I knew she wouldn't take it off
00:40What was your daughter's reaction?
00:42Not very good
00:44And you're turning 100 in February
00:47Do you think you would get a tattoo to celebrate that?
00:49I'm seriously thinking of having my husband
00:54I'd like one of my husbands
00:57I feel I've got him all the time
00:59If you'd wanted one for a long time
01:02You should go out there and have it done as soon as possible
01:07Because for some reason you feel complete