Nick Geddes
When I was a kid my dad said to me " Find a job that you enjoy and you'll never have to work again".
                  So I did.
 
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                          Born in Whitby, North Yorkshire 1967.
                 
                            I always wanted to tattoo but you must remember that these were the days before the internet and tattoo magazines, tattooing was a closed shop. You only got into it if someone opened the door for you. I made my first tattoo machine when i was 13 years old from a car cassette motor and a pen, loads of tape and a single household sewing needle. It worked. Just. Within 1 month I had figured it out, Sure those early tattoos were rough but I've seen worse coming out of pro studios today!
                      I endured various dead end jobs after leaving school with hardly any qualifacations. Tattoos were just a hobby but I spent so much time getting tattooed and being around tattoo shops that I started to realize that people were actually making a living out of it.                                                                                             
 
                   The door to the professional tattoo world was opened to me in 1990 by Dave Phillips a pro tattooist from Bridlington, who was good enough to put me in touch with some pro tattoo equipment suppliers. That was it. Nothing more was needed. The desire and drive was already there. This is what annoys me about people today, they see someone being successful and they want it, they aren't prepared to put any effort in or figure things out for themselves. They want it handed to them on a plate.                  
                    In August 1994 I opened Electric Ink on Station Road in Redcar, Cleveland. This was just before the tattooing boom took off, trade was slow. Very slow. I have to say the I have the utmost respect for what I call the old timers. The tattooist's who plied their trade day in day out, without articles in the newspapers everyday promoting tattoos and without every superstar footballer and rock star wearing tattoos, times were very different. Tattooed people were generally frowned upon by the media and tattoo shops were looked upon as places were the trash hung out.    
                    Eventually trade picked up and in 1997 I moved onto the Esplanade in Redcar.
 
                    Thats about it. I would like to thank a few people so to, Mum & Dad, Sean and the few people I really call my friends, thank you.
 
                                     I mustn't forget Jimmy and Tony. Good mates are hard to find.
 
                   And finally, to anyone who has tried to screw me over, either financially or emotionally over the years, I've learnt.......................................
                          
                           
                                                                Thank you.        
 
 
                                  To my daughters Amie and Jess,it's all for you. I love you so much.xx    
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