Saturday Night

When did things change? Long gone are the days when I would be desperate to get out on a Saturday night and be really very upset if nothing social was on the go. A slight gloom would descend.

Not now.

Now the norm is a cosy night in in front of the tv. But I still get that nagging feeling that I am missing out on some sort of social whirl. Was this change gradual or actually quite sudden? I can't pinpoint it but I guess children happened and that was that. Life changed and so did I. Priorities changed and going out on a Saturday night was not so important. Sleep was.

But now I don't have that excuse. I feel like I would like to go back to that era of my twenties and enjoy what that had to offer again. If for no other reason than pure nostalgia. What was it like being young and out and about on a Saturday night.

It was more experimental in my teens. Everything was new and different and Saturday nights were something to be planned and enjoyed. It started with shopping in town in the afternoon. Then we would go to the Union for a game or two of table football before we went up to the baths. In those days there was a whole floor of baths and you could borrow a towel and soak and steam in a magnolia cubicle for half an hour or more. Then we would go downstairs to the tv rooms and watch Dr Who before the evening proper began. Then we'd spend around a pound on getting drunk and getting into the dungeon disco. Or if it was a special night, there might be something on in the ballroom. Or the new dining room.

That's when Saturday night was really Saturday night.