Great-gran celebrates 100th birthday by getting a tattoo

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A great-gran who became the oldest person in the UK to get a tattoo is celebrating getting a FOURTH - for her 100th birthday.  Hilda West now proudly sports several tattoos on her arms after getting one for the first time in 2019 aged 94.  She originally got the tattooed initials of her late husband Ernest and son David on her wrist before adding a butterfly to her upper arm last year.  She has now visited a tattoo parlour near her care home in Kenilworth, Warkwickshire, UK to mark her 100th milestone with a four inch peacock.

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00:00Hilda, what are you doing here today?

00:07I'm having a pecan.

00:11A tattoo?

00:12Tattoo.

00:18At one point, I thought I saw you falling asleep during the tattoo.

00:23Did I?

00:24I think so.

00:26Probably.

00:28Do you feel okay, Hilda?

00:30Do you feel okay, sweetheart?

00:32Yes.

00:34I know you've just had it done.

00:36Are you happy with it?

00:38Yes.

00:39How many tattoos is that now?

00:41That'll be four.

00:43Have you got any idea what's going to be next?

00:45No. I'm not tired. No more.

00:49I don't think I'll have any more.

00:53No more?

00:54No.

00:55No?

00:56No more.

00:57I think your daughter might be happy about that.

01:00Yes, she'll be happy.

01:03Do you remember the story of your third tattoo?

01:05The third one you got, the butterfly on your arm?

01:07Yes.

01:08She never spoke to me for ages.

01:11I heard a rumour that you got the tattoo done while she was on holiday.

01:15Yes.

01:16Why did you do that?

01:17Because I knew she'd stop me.

01:21How are you feeling after getting the tattoo?

01:24I feel fine.

01:26It didn't hurt.

01:28It was only like a little scrape in the nose.

01:32It was nothing.

01:34If anybody wants a tattoo and is nervous about going,

01:41if they come here, they will not worry about it hurting.

01:52It was lovely to see you again, sweetheart.

01:55All the best, Hilda. See you later, my darling.

01:58Bye.

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