A roller disco night sold out, as its organiser said there is a gap in the market for it in Cumbria.
Laura Wharton, a fitness instructor in Carlisle, put on a roller disco night in Harraby on Saturday, January 14.
It sold out, with 80 tickets sold, and a sequel is being set up in the coming months.
The idea stemmed from Laura’s main job as a fitness instructor, celebrating a year of teaching roller fitness in the city, a style of fitness class involving roller skates.
A joyous occasion, the event was as much a celebration of the first anniversary of her business – Workout Live with Laura – and an exercise in nostalgia for those who skated way back when.
Because it was such a success, Laura will be putting on another roller disco in April at the same place, and it will, like the event last weekend, be catered by Shake, Waffle and Roll, with DJ Mick Locke, and Shimmer North Cumbria providing a backdrop for photos.
Laura said skating is seeing something of a much-needed revival: “I had a lot of people come that don’t come to my classes, they wanted to relive their memories of skating.
“People used to do it in The Sands Centre back in the day, but you don’t see it anymore.”
On why that is, she said: “I don’t know why people don’t do it anymore.
“I have been teaching Clubbercise in Penrith for seven years, and when I found out about roller fitness I thought it was great.
“When I put the interest out I had over 600 people comment online on it, and it’s all people I’d say who were between 30 and 60 because they’re the people that did it when they were younger.
“The younger generation has never done it before but it’s a gap in the market.”
Citing popular culture influences like Stranger Things fuelling nostalgia and glorifying the 70s and 80s, she added: “It’s cool now as well.
“They’ve made that era cool again, and people are thinking it’s a different, fun, thing to do on a night out instead of going out to the pub or just staying in.
“It’s also about meeting new people.
“People also came out with their friends, and I saw lots of mothers and daughters come out too.
“I want to make it a regular thing.”
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