Back in what may be considered “imperial phase” Aberystwyth, a regular week would contain two immovable (except for when they moved, which often they did) feasts, in the form of Geek Night and Troma Night, monikers that will doubtless need little by way of explanation to those in the know, whilst proving, in equal measure, impenetrable and baffling to any “not-we” readers. Members of this second group may be reassured to learn that these two events can be summed up in delightfully-abbreviated fashion, viz: at Geek Night, we would play assorted card, board and strategy games and at Troma Night, we would gather to watch films of varying – and often dubious – quality. The former, indeed, continues in Aber to this day, which is jolly nice if you like that sort of thing. Which I very much do.
A number of the former key players at these gatherings have now left Aber and, growing up being what it is, certain childish things have been put away in favour of more mature endeavours. Well, alright, they’ve actually been replaced with equally-juvenile activities – and rightly so – but every now and then it’s quite nice to wallow in a bit of nostalgia and relive past glories. Continue reading
