Revellers celebrate New Year (From York Press)
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Revellers celebrate New Year
7:40am Wednesday 2nd January 2013 in News
Revellers outside York Minster where a concert was organised by City of York Council as part of the York 800 celebrations
REVELLERS massed together outside York Minster as the traditional New Year’s Eve party was given a twist to mark the end of the York 800 celebrations.
Bands and musicians played out the final hours of 2012 in a night which also saw a summing up of everything that happened last year.
A film looking back at the York 800 celebrations of 2012 was screened in Duncombe Place as the clocks chimed in the New Year.
Major events of the year were recalled, including the Queen’s Jubilee visit, York City’s return from Wembley, the Olympic and Paralympic flames visiting the city and the Mystery Plays.
Then the bells rang out to herald the end of a momentous year for the city – and the beginning of another.
While the crowds enjoyed the bands and music, not everyone was pleased. Later on Twitter, some people complained the band had continued to play at midnight, drowning out the Minster bells.
Bellringer John Ridgeway-Wood said on the social media site: “What a shame nobody could hear us!!”
BBC Radio York presenter Jonathan Cowap replied: “It was an awful mistake – Someone somewhere owes you folks a massive apology for spoiling the ‘midnight moment’.”
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The partying took its toll elsewhere. North Yorkshire Police said every cell across the force was full yesterday due to rowdy revellers heralding the start of 2013.
Tim Madgwick, North Yorkshire Police’s acting chief constable, said it had been an “extremely busy night” on New Year’s Eve across the force with officers making a number of arrests as people celebrated the New Year in the wrong spirit.
“It is such a shame people cannot enjoy New Year’s Eve without behaving so badly,” he said.
Comments(25)
Buzz Light-year
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2:27pm Tue 1 Jan 13
People used to go the minster because of the bells and because it's focal point and local landmark.
It was an unofficial, unspoken thing.
No-one put the word out, nothing was advertised.
People just turned up in their own different groups to be with other different groups, they made merry and cheered when the bells went at midnight.
Now we have to have a stage and a band and big screens and all that. We don't appear to be able to celebrate for ourselves we apparently need someone to lead our festivities for us.
Now I've watched that video, I'm glad we didn't go along.
eurosteve
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4:04pm Tue 1 Jan 13
just friendly sober chaps discussing art or music & fine wines............
voodoocol
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4:05pm Tue 1 Jan 13
Mitny
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4:16pm Tue 1 Jan 13
voodoocol wrote:Can only assume you were not there - The Pauper Kings were first class and then Fish was stunning. A really top rate free show for the people in York, and enjoyed by thousands. I have been going to the Minster for many years and for me it was the best ever. In all the years I have never heard the bells due to the cheers of the crowds at midnight - yet my Mum thoroughly enjoys the sound of them from her home in Holgate. It was a fitting end to the York 800 yearThere was loads of crowd control but all very pleasant and helpful and at the end of the show everyone went quietly. A complete mix of ages and so nice to see families all getting into the spirit of the night in more ways than one. WELL DONE CITY OF YORK COUNCIL. Can we do similar next year please.
a seriously sh|t collection of bands with sporadic fireworks, a lousy p.a., next to no crowd control...utter toss and pretty dangerous. Much better without the added bs.
Mitny
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4:19pm Tue 1 Jan 13
voodoocol wrote:Can only assume you were not there - The Pauper Kings were first class and then Fish was stunning. A really top rate free show for the people in York, and enjoyed by thousands. I have been going to the Minster for many years and for me it was the best ever. In all the years I have never heard the bells due to the cheers of the crowds at midnight - yet my Mum thoroughly enjoys the sound of them from her home in Holgate. It was a fitting end to the York 800 yearThere was loads of crowd control but all very pleasant and helpful and at the end of the show everyone went quietly. A complete mix of ages and so nice to see families all getting into the spirit of the night in more ways than one. WELL DONE CITY OF YORK COUNCIL. Can we do similar next year please.
a seriously sh|t collection of bands with sporadic fireworks, a lousy p.a., next to no crowd control...utter toss and pretty dangerous. Much better without the added bs.
voodoocol
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4:32pm Tue 1 Jan 13
rodney'sdog
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5:40pm Tue 1 Jan 13
Buzz Light-year
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5:51pm Tue 1 Jan 13
Mitny wrote:Suspiciously councillor-esque language.
voodoocol wrote: a seriously sh|t collection of bands with sporadic fireworks, a lousy p.a., next to no crowd control...utter toss and pretty dangerous. Much better without the added bs.Can only assume you were not there - The Pauper Kings were first class and then Fish was stunning. A really top rate free show for the people in York, and enjoyed by thousands. I have been going to the Minster for many years and for me it was the best ever. In all the years I have never heard the bells due to the cheers of the crowds at midnight - yet my Mum thoroughly enjoys the sound of them from her home in Holgate. It was a fitting end to the York 800 yearThere was loads of crowd control but all very pleasant and helpful and at the end of the show everyone went quietly. A complete mix of ages and so nice to see families all getting into the spirit of the night in more ways than one. WELL DONE CITY OF YORK COUNCIL. Can we do similar next year please.
capt spaulding
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5:57pm Tue 1 Jan 13
Buzz Light-year wrote:Just what i was thinking.
Mitny wrote:Suspiciously councillor-esque language.
voodoocol wrote: a seriously sh|t collection of bands with sporadic fireworks, a lousy p.a., next to no crowd control...utter toss and pretty dangerous. Much better without the added bs.Can only assume you were not there - The Pauper Kings were first class and then Fish was stunning. A really top rate free show for the people in York, and enjoyed by thousands. I have been going to the Minster for many years and for me it was the best ever. In all the years I have never heard the bells due to the cheers of the crowds at midnight - yet my Mum thoroughly enjoys the sound of them from her home in Holgate. It was a fitting end to the York 800 yearThere was loads of crowd control but all very pleasant and helpful and at the end of the show everyone went quietly. A complete mix of ages and so nice to see families all getting into the spirit of the night in more ways than one. WELL DONE CITY OF YORK COUNCIL. Can we do similar next year please.
oi oi savaloy
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6:07pm Tue 1 Jan 13
Mitny wrote:hmm wouldnt be a councillor hiding behind an anonymous name would it now??
voodoocol wrote:Can only assume you were not there - The Pauper Kings were first class and then Fish was stunning. A really top rate free show for the people in York, and enjoyed by thousands. I have been going to the Minster for many years and for me it was the best ever. In all the years I have never heard the bells due to the cheers of the crowds at midnight - yet my Mum thoroughly enjoys the sound of them from her home in Holgate. It was a fitting end to the York 800 yearThere was loads of crowd control but all very pleasant and helpful and at the end of the show everyone went quietly. A complete mix of ages and so nice to see families all getting into the spirit of the night in more ways than one. WELL DONE CITY OF YORK COUNCIL. Can we do similar next year please.
a seriously sh|t collection of bands with sporadic fireworks, a lousy p.a., next to no crowd control...utter toss and pretty dangerous. Much better without the added bs.
some poor bleeders got a good hiding in the ainsty last night, the true york not the pretend tourist york....
and how on earth do some pubs in residential area's manage to stay open playing extremely loud music till 4a.m.?
BigJon
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6:11pm Tue 1 Jan 13
BigJon
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6:14pm Tue 1 Jan 13
Buzz Light-year
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6:32pm Tue 1 Jan 13
eurosteve
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7:14pm Tue 1 Jan 13
"some poor bleeders got a good hiding in the ainsty last night, the true york not the pretend tourist york.... "
shouldnt be a problem as last summer following a serious ABH type assault the management were reported in the Press to be installing CCTV to ensure this kind of thuggery would not be tolerated.
can we assume that didnt happen then ?
all licensed premises should have state of the art systems to record and identify the knobheads - sorry i mean culprits. cant offend their sensibilities.
Digeorge
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7:56pm Tue 1 Jan 13
"Can only assume you were not there - The Pauper Kings were first class and then Fish was stunning. A really top rate free show for the people in York, and enjoyed by thousands."
Sad shame the Press didn't report it!
oi oi savaloy
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9:52pm Tue 1 Jan 13
eurosteve wrote:CCTV ain't gonna stop knuckleheads scrapping ! You think some acomb chav with 10 pints down him is gonna say " I say look CCTV better not beat the **** out of this poor bloke"?
Ainsty ?
"some poor bleeders got a good hiding in the ainsty last night, the true york not the pretend tourist york.... "
shouldnt be a problem as last summer following a serious ABH type assault the management were reported in the Press to be installing CCTV to ensure this kind of thuggery would not be tolerated.
can we assume that didnt happen then ?
all licensed premises should have state of the art systems to record and identify the knobheads - sorry i mean culprits. cant offend their sensibilities.
This is York , they scrap outside pubs CCTV or not, ainsty , yates, corner house, etc , this is not the fairy tale city that bloke from hammersmith is trying to portray it as!
YorkCityLuke
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9:33am Wed 2 Jan 13
Buzz Light-year wrote:Couldn't have put it better myself. Why did they feel the need to ruin a tradition people have kept in their own way for years?
The corporatisation of everything marches on relentlessly.
People used to go the minster because of the bells and because it's focal point and local landmark.
It was an unofficial, unspoken thing.
No-one put the word out, nothing was advertised.
People just turned up in their own different groups to be with other different groups, they made merry and cheered when the bells went at midnight.
Now we have to have a stage and a band and big screens and all that. We don't appear to be able to celebrate for ourselves we apparently need someone to lead our festivities for us.
Now I've watched that video, I'm glad we didn't go along.
bob the builder
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10:06am Wed 2 Jan 13
Buzz Light-year wrote:That loses money - remember if the council have anything to do with it, it has to cost thousands that won't be recovered!
Makes you wonder how long before it becomes a gated pay to enter event like what happened to Illuminating York.
Big Bad Wolf
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10:27am Wed 2 Jan 13
I didn't see any adverts for this, and no mention in the press?
rodney'sdog
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11:54am Wed 2 Jan 13
rodney'sdog
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11:55am Wed 2 Jan 13
pipsy123
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2:42pm Wed 2 Jan 13
Also, incorrect reporting here, "the band" (i.e. The Pauper Kings) did NOT "continue to play at midnight", the percussionist act and the DJ doing the countdown played through midnight. I personally would have much preferred to hear the Minster bells but oh well. As many of you have said, the gathering outside the Minster has been a York tradition for years, and will continue to do be, leaving us all plenty more opportunities to hear the bells at midnight, so really there's not much to get your knickers in a twist about.
And before anyone takes my positive comment as a post by an anonymous councillor I would like to say, I'm just a regular person that doesn't mind a bit of live music on NYE.
pipsy123
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2:42pm Wed 2 Jan 13
Also, incorrect reporting here, "the band" (i.e. The Pauper Kings) did NOT "continue to play at midnight", the percussionist act and the DJ doing the countdown played through midnight. I personally would have much preferred to hear the Minster bells but oh well. As many of you have said, the gathering outside the Minster has been a York tradition for years, and will continue to do be, leaving us all plenty more opportunities to hear the bells at midnight, so really there's not much to get your knickers in a twist about.
And before anyone takes my positive comment as a post by an anonymous councillor I would like to say, I'm just a regular person that doesn't mind a bit of live music on NYE.
bloodaxe
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5:16pm Wed 2 Jan 13
bob the builder says...
11:29am Tue 1 Jan 13