Seventeen I think Muddy.
Jock’s tattoo parlour, a mere stones throw from Kings X station.
I think kids recognise scary and off-kilter. Even in this day and age, they’d have read books or seen videos of witches, frightening masks etc.
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Today the law stands at 18 for tattoos and the Tattoo industry would like to see it raised to 21 for facial tattoos .
I think it might have been 18 back then Muddy.
I don’t remember being asked for ID 
They probably have, but you haven’t even noticed. How many scaffolders do you know?
Don’t know haven’t counted them. But I’ve got four grand kids ranging from 4-11. They have plenty of friends. I go to the parties, pick them up from school, etc. Got two of my grandkids here at the moment and one of their friends will be coming round later.
Do you honestly think that they’d be perfectly comfortable if Ms Sloane turned up to watch the school nativity.
Edit. Because, for me, this is what this is about. The event is for the children, parents and teachers who want to celebrate something. From her own mouth, Ms Sloane knows full well that others find her appearance disturbing. So why would she go somewhere, knowing full well that it’d potentially detract from other people’s (specifically the children’s) enjoyment.
It’s akin to Hancock bring on I’m a Celeb.
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I don’t generally ogle scaffolders they just come put up the scaffolding and go away they hardly interface with the public but I can see having grotesque facial tattoos won’t stop them doing that job if they can get an employer
I doubt that this woman has been doing a scaffolder s job and she certainly would never get a job behind the bar in a pub .
It’s my experience children are quite observant they would have to be supremely unobservant to not notice that ruined face and surely the focus should be on the play and the children not anything else .
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What do you think is less scary for the kids the lady sat in the front row or her face peeking through a window?
Crumbs you’re lucky where you live then because whenever I walk into my town there’s nearly always scaffolding going up somewhere taking up majority of the pavement.
I must be living in a parallel universe .
I was reading recently that there has been a huge upsurge in laser tattoo removal clinics. For various reasons it seems like they look old fashioned, they were badly done, they are now more grown up, they have good jobs and want to uncover their arms at work. It is very expensive.
I think the worst photos I ever saw were of brides with beautiful dresses in stunning locations and then ugly tattoos on their arms and chests. 
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Laser surgery is very painful and the skin on the face is thin and fragile .
I would say the face not being visible at all would be the best option.
Don’t be such a misery 
A little of what you fancy does you good!
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Dandy indeed.
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What a silly girl
I’m surprised she hasn’t had her kids taken away, what is her state of mind to disfigure her face so much? I’d be very worried about the future health of her kids…
And I note that being abused by her brother hasn’t affected her reproduction abilities.
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For anybody interested this article contains three different videos of Tom Swarbrick having a conversation with the tattooed mum they’re only a couple of minutes each and then the final video is of the people calling in:
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Sorry, but if that’s an accurate transcript of what she said, then my sympathy for her has waned.
Onanism is addictive, but even I wouldn’t be pulling my plonker out for a quicky in the middle of Asda.