Enter a club and what do you see?
Drunk 18-year-olds pretending they're 25 even though they aren't making it past midnight due to complete ignorance to any drink other than vodka Red Bull. People between the ages of 21 and 25 who've been clubbing long enough that it's not actually enjoyable any more and they're just going through the motions because there's nothing else to do on a Friday or Saturday night. Then there are those gimps in burgundy blazers and black jeans who prop up the bar and don't move at all just in case it turns out they've wasted an entire tub of VO5 because one lock of their slick short back and sides has come out of place.
And let's not forget the 30+ brigade who haven't moved on to trendy bars yet because they're just not willing to let go of their university hay days.
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As you can tell, I am not the biggest fan of clubbing in the world. I've seen it all in the ten or so years I've been of age to go out and drink, but never in a million years would I expect to walk into one of the most famous nightclubs in London and find two pensioners sat in the corner having themselves the time of their life.
That's the kind of shit I can throw all my enthusiasm behind. But seriously, that actually happened.
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An elderly Polish couple turned up to London's world famous Fabric nightclub where they necked tequila shots and danced the night away until 5am, putting many of their clubbing peers to shame.
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Promoter and DJ, Jacob Husley, 35, has DJ'd at Fabric for nearly ten years and said the sight of the elderly couple was 'the best thing he'd ever seen'.
"Right at the beginning of the night I saw them slowly making their way down the stairs because the woman was on crutches - it looked like they were lost," Jacob said.
"They were Polish and couldn't speak English, so I walked up and asked security if they were OK - and was told they had tickets. I ran down to welcome them - I was just so astounded they were there. I gave them a tequila shot each and the woman gave me high five, and then they both went on the dance floor."
Apparently the couple were visiting their daughter in Watford but had read a good review of the club in a Polish newspaper and so decided to go.
During the night, Jacob found a friend who spoke Polish and went to chat with the couple to find out more about them. Apparently they'd intended to stay out until 6am so they could get the tube back to Watford but 'only' lasted until 5am.
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At one point in the night, Jacob left them slow-dancing upstairs after a couple of rounds of tea (yes, tea), and when he came back to check on them, they'd disappeared.
In a worried panic, Jacob went rushing around the club to make sure they were OK, only to find them back in the middle of the dancefloor downstairs.
He continued: "To me they seemed in their element, they seemed really relaxed and were smiling all night. I was looking out for them all the time but they just seemed fine. It's the best thing I have ever experienced in nearly 10 years of doing this night."
Naturally, loads of people thought it was just a publicity stunt but Jacob moved to deny that this was the case.
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I never thought the day would come when none of my friends, my family or my work colleagues could inspire me to want to go out to a club but two Polish pensioners could. Fair play.
Words by George Pavlou
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