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Trevor (Terry) Wrigley was born on February 25, 1932, at the cotton mill in Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England.

Biographical and career information
His parents, Harry Wrigley and Alice Booth, both worked in the spinning mill and had another child, Dorothy, who was born in 1934. Unfortunately, Harry passed away in 1935, three months before Dorothy was born, and Alice was forced to raise her two children alone. She moved the family back to her hometown of Mossley, Manchester, and lived with her parents Joe and Hannah Booth. Terry grew up on Meiklehurst Road in Mossley and was called up for National Service in the British Army at the age of 18. His close friend Alfie Chisnall, with whom Terry attended school and later worked together in the local wool spinning mill, recalls that there were no tattoos in Terry's family. It was widely believed that Terry had a natural talent for drawing cartoons and caricatures and that this would be the obvious career Terry would choose once he finished his military service in 1952. However, Terry decided to continue his military service and joined the RAF. Terry already had several years of experience as a tattoo artist and had tattooed while serving in the RAF and with various tattoo artists, including Hans Ullrich in Germany. In 1966 Jimmy Gould learned that Bert Vallar had finally closed his store in Glasgow Terry and Jimmy found a vacant store in one of the toughest areas of the city and started tattooing. The store was located in "The Gallowgate" (The Way to the Gallows) in the East End of Glasgow. After a short time, Jimmy decided Glasgow was too rough for him and went back to the relative safety of Blackpool. Terry decided to stay and made Scotland his home. He settled in Glasgow and dominated Scottish tattooing for more than 30 years. His oldest son Stuart joined the family business in 1976, and his youngest son Steven began tattooing full time with his father in 1988. Terry Wrigley corresponded with many other tattoo artists around the globe and was instrumental in the formation of several tattoo associations and clubs dedicated to the promotion of this art. Terry Wrigley passed away on May 16, 1999 after 33 years of working as a tattoo artist in Scotland. Although his son Stuart retired from tattooing, his children continue to run Terry's Tattoo Studio in Glasgow to this day. Steven Wrigley also has his own successful tattoo studio in the city's West End and continues his father's legacy today, 30 years after his death.