Episode 101 - Alex Whiley

"Tattooing has got what it’s always wanted and lost what it had." - Rambo We speak to Manchester tattoo legend Rambo, owner of Rambo’s Tattoo Museum and the first registered tattoo artist and piercer in Manchester. A true wordsmith and a hilarious fellow, you’ll love this one! If you like what we do and want to hear more, please think of joining our Patreon. If more of you sign up we might do some more stuff. If you would prefer to do a one-off donation, then we have a Ko-Fi set up for just that. You can find it here. Follow us on Instagram; @howmuch4asleeve @lucietattoo @tickersgrins

We speak to @dollytattoos, owner of The Dollhouse, an inclusive pink haven in Brighton complete with the world famous Twilet - the Twilight themed bathroom. If you like what we do and want to hear more, please think of joining our Patreon. If more of you sign up we might do some more stuff. If you would prefer to do a one-off donation, then we have a Ko-Fi set up for just that. You can find it here. Follow us on Instagram; @howmuch4asleeve @lucietattoo @tickersgrins

Please visit our sponsor www.wholesalebodyjewellery.com and use HOWMUCH10 at the checkout for 10% off your order! It is time for another episode and after a long time coming we had the wonderfully talented, effortlessly kind and brilliantly funny @whileytattoos. We talk taxidermy, sumo and Mick going to prison.  If you like what we do and want to hear more, please think of joining our Patreon. If more of you sign up we might do some more stuff. If you would prefer to do a one-off donation, then we have a Ko-Fi set up for just that. You can find it here. Follow us on Instagram; @howmuch4asleeve @lucietattoo @tickersgrins

Please visit our sponsor www.wholesalebodyjewellery.com and use HOWMUCH10 at the checkout for 10% off your order! Oh my, where to start? Thank you everyone for listening. We can't believe we have made it to 100 episodes. Thanks to all our guests and our friends for helping us on the way. There is too many people to thank but we do it in the episode.  If you like what we do and want to hear more, please think of joining our Patreon. If more of you sign up we might do some more stuff. If you would prefer to do a one-off donation, then we have a Ko-Fi set up for just that. You can find it here. Follow us on Instagram; @howmuch4asleeve @lucietattoo @tickersgrins

Please visit our sponsor www.wholesalebodyjewellery.com and use HOWMUCH10 at the checkout for 10% off your order! For episode 99 we are delighted to welcome Valerie Vargas aka @valeriemodernclassic from @modernclassictattoo in London. It is a lovely chat with a true modern great.  If you like what we do and want to hear more, please think of joining our Patreon. If more of you sign up we might do some more stuff. If you would prefer to do a one-off donation, then we have a Ko-Fi set up for just that. You can find it here. Follow us on Instagram; @howmuch4asleeve @lucietattoo @tickersgrins

Please visit our sponsor www.wholesalebodyjewellery.com and use HOWMUCH10 at the checkout for 10% off your order! Absolute pleasure to bring Terry Manton aka @scottishtattoohistory to your ears. Honestly, we haven't even scratched the surface. Look forward to many, many more episodes with this absolute geezer. Please get a copy of Terry's book Hidden Legacy from pioneersofbritishtattooing.com If you like what we do and want to hear more, please think of joining our Patreon. If more of you sign up we might do some more stuff. If you would prefer to do a one-off donation, then we have a Ko-Fi set up for just that. You can find it here. Follow us on Instagram; @howmuch4asleeve @lucietattoo @tickersgrins

Please visit our sponsor www.wholesalebodyjewellery.com and use HOWMUCH10 at the checkout for 10% off your order! This week is mainly knee related with a little tale-telling of convention season as we went to Tattoo Freeze and Brighton because we are slovenly convention slags.  If you like what we do and want to hear more, please think of joining our Patreon. If more of you sign up we might do some more stuff. If you would prefer to do a one-off donation, then we have a Ko-Fi set up for just that. You can find it here. Follow us on Instagram; @howmuch4asleeve @lucietattoo @tickersgrins

Please visit our sponsor www.wholesalebodyjewellery.com and use HOWMUCH10 at the checkout for 10% off your order! Massive thank you to Sarah at Tattoo Freeze and Skin Deep for always making us feel so welcome and inviting us back. Thanks also to Grant at Urban Audio for sorting out the tech on the day. Biggest thank you to the legend that is Lal Hardy. Always a pleasure to speak with Lal and forever grateful for the effort he puts in to preserving the history of tattooing in the UK and around the world. I true icon and we love him.  If you like what we do and want to hear more, please think of joining our Patreon. If more of you sign up we might do some more stuff. If you would prefer to do a one-off donation, then we have a Ko-Fi set up for just that. You can find it here. Follow us on Instagram; @howmuch4asleeve @lucietattoo @tickersgrins

Please visit our sponsor www.wholesalebodyjewellery.com and use HOWMUCH10 at the checkout for 10% off your order! This week we speak to Terry Frank owner of Electric Punch Tattoo in Hoddesdon. What A guy? Such good vibes and a very interesting, albeit unusual route into tattooing. Lovely man, lovely chat and Lucie has a fixed microphone! If you like what we do and want to hear more, please think of joining our Patreon. If more of you sign up we might do some more stuff. If you would prefer to do a one-off donation, then we have a Ko-Fi set up for just that. You can find it here. Follow us on Instagram; @howmuch4asleeve @lucietattoo @tickersgrins

Please visit our sponsor www.wholesalebodyjewellery.com and use HOWMUCH10 at the checkout for 10% off your order! A litte Christmas special for you from the audio file we thought Mick had lost beacause he is a terrible person.  Massive thank you to Sarah at Tattoo Freeze and Skin Deep for always making us feel so welcome and inviting us back. Thanks also to Grant at Urban Audio for sorting out the tech on the day.  Biggest thank you must go to the legend Adam Hudson for being a 10/10 tattooist and a 14/10 human. A joy to be around. Have a lovely Christmas and see you in 2026.  If you like what we do and want to hear more, please think of joining our Patreon. If more of you sign up we might do some more stuff. If you would prefer to do a one-off donation, then we have a Ko-Fi set up for just that. You can find it here. Follow us on Instagram; @howmuch4asleeve @lucietattoo @tickersgrins