A Spalding charity shop worker has 20 tattoos and shares the meaning behind them including one’s reference to BBC’s Dr Who in memory of her late mother
An assistant manager at a charity shop has shared the meaning behind some of her 20 tattoos.
Charlotte Severn, 25, works at the British Heart Foundation in Spalding and currently lives in Holbeach.
Her varied tattoos have different meanings and the most special ones relate to family members who have sadly died.
Charlotte, whose mum died in 2020, has a Doctor Who tattoo in the language of Gallifreyan – the fictional language used by the Time Lords of Gallifrey in the popular BBC television show.
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She said: “My Doctor Who tattoo is in memory of my mum.
“We used to say to each other ‘I love you as far as the Tardis travels’ and ‘I love you to Gallifrey and back.’
A silhouette of a black cat is also a reminder of her mum who was known as ‘black cat’ and is ‘part of who I am.’
On her left arm Charlotte has tattooed a trace of a smiley sunshine face that her beloved ‘Nanna’ would draw any time she sent her a greetings card.
She said: “Since I was little, any time Nanna (my Dad’s mum) sent me a letter or card she added the little sunshine – as I am her little sunshine.
“I traced it as closely as I could and it is on my left arm.”
Her grandparents played a large part in Charlotte’s life since losing her mum and the tattoos pay tribute to her family members.
A sunflower on the inside of her lower leg is in memory of her Nan, her late mother’s mum, who died in 2018.
She said: “I wanted to have a little something – she is amazing.”
Not all of Charlotte’s tattoos have a deep meaning but she said they ‘are a way of expressing yourself’.
“Not everyone gets to do that verbally.”
Sometimes she will get a tattoo after popping in to a tattooist’s parlour to say ‘Hello’.
“She said: “Five minutes later I will be sitting in the chair.
“Los of people find it therapeutic.”
Tattoos run in the family as Charlotte’s dad had ‘more than me’ and her mum had 17.
She said: “I grew up in a home where we could express ourselves.”
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