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Telford grandmother celebrates 90th birthday with first tattoo and ride on a Harley-Davidson

To celebrate her 90th birthday, this Telford pensioner sat down for her very first tattoo.

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When Doreen Osborne, of Madeley, would pop into the studio to see her tattoo artist son Robin at work, she wouldn't shy away from telling his clients what she thought about getting inked.

Doreen Osborne celebrated her 90th birthday with her first tattoo and a ride on a Harley-Davidson motorbike
Doreen Osborne celebrated her 90th birthday with her first tattoo and a ride on a Harley-Davidson motorbike

She said: "I used to take his sandwiches to his shop when he lived by me, and if there was anybody I knew there, I used to say, 'You're not having a tattoo are you?!' and he'd say 'mother, shut up!'"

But this year, to celebrate turning the big 9-0, Doreen signed herself up for an hour in the chair at Robin's studio in Swadlincote.