Bristol Tattoo Club.

[abees]

Are any LST members also members of the Bristol Tattoo Club? I recently joined, and with Jimmie Skuse's permission, here's the details on how to join if you're interested.

"IN ANSWER TO EVERYONES QUESTION HOW TO JOIN THIS WORLD FAMOUS CLUB ITS (*£20.00 GBP, $33.00 dollors usa and europe*) inc p&p YOU GET A T SHIRT AND CERTIFCATE TO THIS WORLD FAMOUS CLUB ANY ONE INTRESTED PLEASE PAY BY PAY PAL T SHIRT SIZES AT PRESENT ARE LARGE AND XXL DUE TO DEMAND MORE ARRIVING PAY PAL [email protected]"

"bristol tattoo club founded by les skuse in 1953

members included sailor jerry collins doc webb, doc forbes, lyle turttel nick piccaro, milton zeis hulk spaulding , al schifley and paul rogers jack zeek cash cooper jessie knight rich mingings big jock ron ackers, jimmy thompson albert cornelous tattoo jack tattoo peter ole hansen to name a few still going strong today 59 years later mebership still open to join the club pm me"

here's some more info about the B.T.C.

BTC BRISTOL TATTOO CLUB | THE SKUSE FAMILY — GENERATIONS OF KILLER INK « The Selvedge Yard

Les Skuse Tattoo Studio, Keynsham, Bristol - Skuse Family History

I've attached the picture of the certificate and t-shirt that you'll get.

you can also contact Jimmie Skuse on Facebook.

[Our Endless Days]

i had no clue that this is still around. this is fucking cool. i need to look at the linnks when i get home. thanks for posting this!

[hawk]

I'm a member and a regular here.

[Colored Guy]

Thinking of joining... would love to have the bat logo on me somewhere. I have a tattoo book that has tons of the BTC work in it. All I gotta say is that artwork has come a long was since. Undeniably one of the greatest tattooing influences of all time.

CG

[Our Endless Days]

other than this being totally badass, any other perks to being a member?

[CultExciter]

That is so funny that Sailor Jerry is mentioned, because if you read "American Tattoo Master" he hated Doc Forbes, Lyle Tuttle and Bill Skuse.

[gougetheeyes]

Didn't know that was still going on. Always thought of trying to get together something like that here, though with LST and the internet it seems kind of redundant.

@abees did you know Les Skuse from before and do they open up joining to just anyone? They don't jump you in, like @Lochlan and @hogg did to me when I got off the flight in SF?

[abees]

@gougetheeyes when Les passed away, his son Danny kept the club going, i believe. and after his passing, it's now run by Jimmie (Les' grandson, Danny's son)..

i just looked back through some posts on Jimmie's Facebook, someone asked about if anyone can join.. here's what he said -

"it use to be anyone with a chest or back piece or over £ 5 pounds worgth of tattoos could join the club mate now days yes most people can join tattooist an fans mate theres no secret handshakes or teaching how to tattoo mate its just a club that my grandfather ran i continue to run it to keep his name alive".

[kylegrey]

Love it £5 quid worth of tatties .

[gougetheeyes]

@gougetheeyes when Les passed away, his son Danny kept the club going, i believe. and after his passing, it's now run by Jimmie (Les' grandson, Danny's son)..

i just looked back through some posts on Jimmie's Facebook, someone asked about if anyone can join.. here's what he said -

"it use to be anyone with a chest or back piece or over £ 5 pounds worgth of tattoos could join the club mate now days yes most people can join tattooist an fans mate theres no secret handshakes or teaching how to tattoo mate its just a club that my grandfather ran i continue to run it to keep his name alive".

That's great!

[Joe Stratford]

I wonder how covered you'd be back then with £5 worth of tattoos? I have 2/3rds of a sleeve that has cost me £1200 thus far

[Colored Guy]

I wonder how covered you'd be back then with £5 worth of tattoos? I have 2/3rds of a sleeve that has cost me £1200 thus far

Not sure what a pound or a quid conversion to toilet paper is lately.... everything is relative. £5 back in the day may have been a week's worth of wages and everybody's overhead was dirt cheap.

Rob

[chris775]

I'm from Bristol and recently got this from mina aoki, cool to see you can still become a member. Picture quality isn't brilliant but will get a better one when healed

[ItsNewport]

That's awesome, love Mina's work.

Nice to see plenty of South West people on here, i'm a somerset boy myself.

[gougetheeyes]

Wondering how tattooers feel about this..? Is putting the BTC up on the internet and opening it to non-tattooers just totally kill it? Did I just answer my own question?

[jade1955]

Got this today. Tattooed by Jimmie Skuse, Les Skuses' grandson. Had a nice chat afterwards and Jimmie showed me a load of flash thats been submitted for a book he's working on. Great day.

[donbcivil]

Got this today. Tattooed by Jimmie Skuse, Les Skuses' grandson. Had a nice chat afterwards and Jimmie showed me a load of flash thats been submitted for a book he's working on. Great day.

Awesome! I've got a book with pics from the BTC and hope to stop in to join the

club when the fam and I visit the UK next year.

[donbcivil]

I hope Les Scuse tattoos is still around. I've been trying to contact them about joining the Bristol Tattoo Club. Phone says wrong number; no email responses. And tomorrow is the day I drive through Bristol. :)

[Bunny Switchblade]

I hope Les Scuse tattoos is still around. I've been trying to contact them about joining the Bristol Tattoo Club. Phone says wrong number; no email responses. And tomorrow is the day I drive through Bristol. :)

Hit Jimmie up on Facebook.....

https://www.facebook.com/jimmie.skuse

If you miss seeing or hearing from Jimmie while you are there then hit up Dana Brunson when you get back to the states....he'll sign you up for the BTC!

https://www.facebook.com/tattoodesignsbydana

Feel free to mention my name to either of the two....

[donbcivil]

Thank you for the info!