[Redway]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Went clubbing every Friday and Saturday night. Dancing was my drug.
Went to the pub 6 nights a week and most Sunday afternoons.
More or less from age 17 until 21, had a bit of a burn out and settled down somewhat, then met hubby and that was it, quite angelic since.

How old actually were you when you first started clubbing (if you don’t mind me asking, of course)?

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by Redway

How old actually were you when you first started clubbing (if you don’t mind me asking, of course)?

16/17
Same as the pubs.

[Redway]

Originally Posted by smudgie

16/17
Same as the pubs.

Anyway, that’s why fake IDs are common so it’s not exactly a rare thing, especially not back then. I lent out my provisional license to a buddy once or twice when I was 18 but I personally have never been such an outgoing person so I was more than happy to wait until I was 18, and even then I almost had to be dragged out kicking and screaming (I ended up in some flat-party for pre.-drinks and then it just sort of happened after a good dose of Dutch courage). I just drank WKD when I was 16/17 (milk-bars served me, and challenge 25 wasn’t particularly a thing in newsagents at that time).

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Redway

Anyway, that’s why fake IDs are common so it’s not exactly a rare thing, especially not back then. I lent out my provisional license to a buddy once or twice when I was 18 but I personally have never been such an outgoing person so I was more than happy to wait until I was 18. I just drank WKD when I was 16/17 (milk-bars served me, and challenge 25 wasn’t particularly a thing in newsagents at that time).

I never had a fake ID but you would know which bars and clubs were more likely to let you in, there was always a few that would

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I never had a fake ID but you would know which bars and clubs were more likely to let you in, there was always a few that would

Yeah. Plus it was a bit easier back then to get away with buying alcohol under 18. If you were one of those 15-year-olds who looked freakishly older than your age you might’ve gotten away with it on a ‘good’ day but letting mature 16/17-year-olds through kind of always seemed like a fair compromise to me. I didn’t exactly have the most defined face when I was 16/17 (nor 18 to 20 at that) but I had a lot of facial hair (I grew a trimmed beard officially at 18-ish but had a moustache from at least 15) and generally I was pretty mature so I got away with it in milk-bars. I never had such loud teenage social inclination to try my luck at the club like I said so I very-much waited until I was of age on that front.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Redway

Yeah. Plus it was a bit easier back then to get away with buying alcohol under 18. If you were one of those 15-year-olds who looked freakishly older than your age you might’ve gotten away with it on a ‘good’ day but letting mature 16/17-year-olds through kind of always seemed like a fair compromise to me. I didn’t exactly have the most defined face when I was 16/17 (nor 18 to 20 at that) but I had a lot of facial hair (I grew a trimmed beard officially at 18-ish but had a moustache from at least 15) and generally I was pretty mature so I got away with it in milk-bars. I never had such loud teenage social inclination to try my luck at the club like I said so I very-much waited until I was of age on that front.

Unfortunately for me back then i looked pretty young for my age, I still managed to get in to a few places though

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Unfortunately for me back then i looked pretty young for my age, I still managed to get in to a few places though

My issue was passing for a broad range of ages when I was in my late-mid. to late teens. Most people definitely thought I looked at least somewhat older than I was but there was a time when I was 18 where certain people insisted I only looked 15/16 but like I said I had a beard and moustache so I really didn’t look that young. You might look young in the face alone if you have small-looking deep-set eyes (I have that and it was worse in my teens) but the rest of your body is a more accurate and consistent clue. That’s why I looked 25 to some people and barely 16 to other people when I was 18. As you can imagine I used to hate it when that demoralising minority insisted I only looked 80% of my age.