Mel Blyth, proprietor of Elixir Tattoos on Frederick Road, will work proper up till the final minute earlier than the Authorities’s newest Covid restrictions kick in from Thursday, November 5.
Throughout her remaining appointment earlier than the four-week lockdown, Mel plans to complete a tattoo of the Virgin Mary that may kind a part of a religious-themed sleeve on consumer Mick Taggart’s arm.
Mel – who reopened her studio at midnight on Monday, July 13 after the primary lockdown was lifted – says the midnight closure will probably be a becoming approach of marking the most recent Covid lockdown.
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The 52-year-old mentioned: “I’m going to work till the final minute. The consumer needs his sleeve completed off so I’m going to see what I can do.
“I’m going to try to set myself that problem.”
This time, she was impressed to shut at midnight by different businesses across Wearside who are working across the clock in an effort to try to put together for a month’s lack of commerce.
However with the uncertainty round the potential of the lockdown being prolonged – ought to coronavirus circumstances not fall – Mel is now going through the prospect of needing to tackle one other job to outlive throughout lockdown.
She added: “As a enterprise proprietor you’re simply beginning to claw issues again [after the first lockdown] so that you’re pondering ‘not once more.’ It’s simply onerous however all people is in the identical boat.
“If every thing goes to be closed for longer than a month then I’ve no different possibility [to get another job] – every thing else nonetheless must be paid and the cash has received to come back from someplace.
“I really feel for everyone who’s self employed or in a traditional job and has to do that.”
