Happy New Year

[mariannek]

Hi All...

You have exactly 3 minutes to step across into the New Year as I type this message... all you LONDONERS and SCOTS !!!!

We are already up and about, some with hangovers... no need to mention any names... 1 minute to go...

HAPPY NEW YEAR.... LOTS of LOVE .... Marianne


Here is a Snippet of Truth for 2007 :

"For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich. ) (2Corinthians 8:9) MKJV

[Richard]

Hello again folks!

The New Year celebrations in London were a huge success, and I joined the vast crowd on the Embankment to watch the fireworks at the London Eye. Here's a report from London SE1:-

www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/2509

Thousands crowd riverside for New Year fireworks at the London Eye

Monday 1 January 2007
London SE1 website team

An estimated crowd of at least 250,000 lined the banks of the Thames to see in 2007 with the fireworks and lighting display at the London Eye on the South Bank.

Projections onto the Shell Centre began at 8pm


Welcome to 2007

"London has once again kicked off the New Year in style," says Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, who funded and organised the event in conjunction with Visit London.

"My very best wishes for 2007 to all Londoners and everyone who came to the capital, which is the most exciting place in the world to bring in the New Year.

"Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the centre of London for the countdown to midnight and the spectacular fireworks display. Millions more up and down the country and around the world will have been able to see the show on television.

"There has been atrocious weather around the country tonight and we wish to send our best wishes and goodwill to those who saw their New Year's Eve disrupted.

"Happy New Year and the very best for 2007."

The display was created by Jack Morton Worldwide and pyrotechnic specialist Christophe Berthonneau. 30 staff worked on-site for a week to prepare the display.

The London Eye closed to visitors at lunchtime on Sunday to allow contractor to put the finishing touches to the display.

The event began at 8pm with lighting effects and giant images projected onto the Shell Centre in Belvedere Road. The projections, entitled Dreams for London, featured the hopes and aspirations for the future of pupils from Johanna Primary School in Waterloo.

At 11.59pm a digital clock was projected onto the Shell Centre, signalling the 60-second countdown to midnight.

After Big Ben had struck 12, London heralded the start of 2007 with a ten-minute pyrotechnic display that included fireworks off the London Eye and from barges on the Thames.

People watched from along Victoria Embankment, Waterloo Bridge and Westminster Bridge.

Streets within the triangle bounded by the Thames, Waterloo Road and Lambeth Road were closed from 8pm on New Year's Eve.

Police say that eight arrests were made for minor offences.

Richard

[timj]

[glow=red,2,300][/glow]happy new year to all!!.......TimJ
(Graeme, thanks for the PM about the videos.)

[graemek]

timj said:

[glow=red,2,300][/glow]happy new year to all!!.......TimJ
(Graeme, thanks for the PM about the videos.)

Hi Tim...don't mention it

[postscript]

New Zealand time any time.
www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=951 is a very useful link, thank you Andrew for that initiative.

I'm sorry Scotland lost out to the weather for its hogmanay celebrations and doubtless we will have a first-hand account from Richard on London's efforts, whcih I watched on BBC1. A superb extravaganza and Sydney's (only a brief glimpse) looked good too. What does NZ do, Belinda?

Peter S.

[postscript]

Your Hogmanay.net was a useful connection, Richard. Thank you for that htought and the meanings list. I wonder, is there something similar for Maori saings, Belinda?

Peter S.

[postscript]

Thanks for the connection to the NYear firework display in London.
I watched it on BBC!. Superb. I' m sure you gained a good place for yourself and had a good view?

Happy New Year--and to everyone else too!
Peter S.

[Richard]

Hello Peter!

I had an excellent view of the London fireworks, and it was certainly a very spectacular display. I was just behind the crowd in Horse Guards Avenue, a few yards from the Embankment and directly opposite the London Eye. The main TV camera was on a crane behind me, about 100 feet up in the air.

Happy New Year!

Richard

[thomas]

I wish you all a Happy New Year!!!

May the new year be full of luck, health and with a lot of great concerts for everyone! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

Thomas