Every other bloke has a City ‘arms'(?) tattoo’d on the side of their lower leg.
Indeed. This is always paired with the names of your kids in gothic script, normally on the forearm.
You can actually tell which north western town you were in just by looking at the lower legs of the blokes in the local swimming pool. For instance if you go to the (rather good) wavepool in Blackburn, if you don’t have a Blackburn tattoo you could get lynched. I put a temporary one on my shoulder when i take the kids. This is all well and good when in Blackburn, but in a Bolton or Burnley swimming pool could get you killed
I tell you – its a minefield.