A Watford tattoo parlour is celebrating its 10th anniversary, as its manager revealed some of the weirdest pieces they've inked over the years.

Parlour No.95 Tattoos in Vicarage Road opened back in 2013, and manager Nico Serra described reaching a decade in business as a "real achievement", despite struggles during the COVID-19 pandemic and the cost of living crisis.

"We are very proud to be celebrating our 10th anniversary, and even five years ago we didn’t think we’d reach this point," he told the Watford Observer.

"After COVID, things were a massive struggle, and we were so busy because we had to rebook so many clients.

"That was more than a years work to get through, and after that it’s been a steady decline, so getting to 10 years feels like a real achievement."

Watford Observer: Owner Tomasz Wilczak.Owner Tomasz Wilczak. (Image: Nico Serra)

And it has been a multi-national effort, with Nico continuing: "Our owner, Tomasz Wilczak, is Polish and we’ve got a few Polish artists, one from Ukraine, and another from Naples in Italy, so we have a real multicultural studio here."

Parlour No.95 Tattoos counts footballers and EastEnders stars among their clients, but it's the more odd designs that have stuck with Nico.

"We often do flash days, which is when we do cheaper tattoos, or the artists will do their own designs which tend to be quite small. It’s walk-in style, so people just come in and get them done," he said.

"We had one where it was someone smoking, and the smoke spelt out ‘sorry mum’, which was quite a funny one.

"We even had a private parts tattoo, believe it or not. Someone wanted it done, and it was quite big, and in full colour and with detail.

Watford Observer: The parlour has inked plenty of designs over the years.The parlour has inked plenty of designs over the years. (Image: Nico Serra)

"We’ve done pretty much everything you can think of, including aliens, Joe Rogan, famous scientists and cartoon characters."

And the future looks exciting for the parlour, with Nico adding: "We want to keep growing. We are looking into adding a coffee shop to the studio, because we really want to engage with our customers.

"We want to have more tattoo artists come in and we also want to make space for people to come in and paint.

"We want to take a step outside of just tattooing, and become more of a place for the community to come in and explore their passion for art."