Birmingham Mail: Nostalgia: Millennium Memories 15 Years On
Nostalgia: Millennium memories 15 years on – do you remember when we partied like it was 1999?
It’s been 15 years since the turn of the new millennium. We take a look back on the day Birmingham welcomed in a new year with a difference.
Can you believe it’s really been 15 years since we celebrated the new millennium?
Were you there in Centenary Square on that electric, if not a little rainy, night when Birmingham partied like it was 1999? Thousands of people turned out, bearing umbrellas, big 2000 hats and silly glasses, wigs and costumes to add to the party atmosphere. They paid up to £100 each for a ticket.
Toyah Willcox took to the stage too to help raise funds for the project, which even had the backing of the then Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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