I'm curious. How did people celebrate New Year before 1999? Was it even celebrated at all? I'm 20, so every New Year's Eve for me has always been hyped up to the max, with everybody determined to have as much fun as possible. I hate it, if I'm honest. I gathered that only really happened after the millennium, or am I wrong?
New Year's Eve before 1999
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Nope, it was pretty much the same ...... Cept we used to get scottish style ''hogmany specials'' on tv, we should be very grateful those hav vanished ........
The 31st December wasn't even called New Year's Eve before 1999. It was just an ordinary day and night, exactly the same as, say, 31 May or 31 August. Most people were in bed by 10pm and no one even thought about any sort of celebration or party.
In those days there were no such things as 24hr shops, 24 hr TV (all programmes ended at 10.57pm, the National Anthem was played and a little white dot was all that was left on the blank tube), gas lights illuminated the foggy streets and workers were summoned to work at 6am by the factory siren.
Ahhh pre-1999. Those were the days.
In those days there were no such things as 24hr shops, 24 hr TV (all programmes ended at 10.57pm, the National Anthem was played and a little white dot was all that was left on the blank tube), gas lights illuminated the foggy streets and workers were summoned to work at 6am by the factory siren.
Ahhh pre-1999. Those were the days.
No we never did anything interesting in those days. Everything was black and white, and enjoying yourself was not an option.
On the eve of 2000 the Govt announced we would all have to celebrate the New Year. No one had thought of it before.
On the eve of 2000 the Govt announced we would all have to celebrate the New Year. No one had thought of it before.
Before 1999 I used spend every new year's even in a small cupboard upstairs. It was fine.
These youngsters nowadays.
These youngsters nowadays.
Originally Posted by scottie2121:
“The 31st December wasn't even called New Year's Eve before 1999. It was just an ordinary day and night, exactly the same as, say, 31 May or 31 August. Most people were in bed by 10pm and no one even thought about any sort of celebration or party.
In those days there were no such things as 24hr shops, 24 hr TV (all programmes ended at 10.57pm, the National Anthem was played and a little white dot was all that was left on the blank tube), gas lights illuminated the foggy streets and workers were summoned to work at 6am by the factory siren.
Ahhh pre-1999. Those were the days.”
“The 31st December wasn't even called New Year's Eve before 1999. It was just an ordinary day and night, exactly the same as, say, 31 May or 31 August. Most people were in bed by 10pm and no one even thought about any sort of celebration or party.
In those days there were no such things as 24hr shops, 24 hr TV (all programmes ended at 10.57pm, the National Anthem was played and a little white dot was all that was left on the blank tube), gas lights illuminated the foggy streets and workers were summoned to work at 6am by the factory siren.
Ahhh pre-1999. Those were the days.”
oh, you've been watching Mrs Miniver again. There wasn't 24 hours tv, but there WAS pretty much the same ''festive feast'' of progs. Including Hogmany, professional scotsmen dancing in kilts, their testicles visibly swinging around underneath the kilts ( if u looked closely ) .......
New Years eve used to be a lot better! You could get into your local pub without needing a ticket. It used to be busy but they'd shut the doors by 10pm.
The reason for the change was that the year lasted 365 days before the Millennium and people had to travel to do this thing called work so everyone was too tired to stay up and hear a bell strike midnight before returning to the jam butty mines the next day.
Brexit is going to ensure we have two new years eve's from now on because the number of days that constitute twelve months has been devalued to just 183.
The other new year's eve in summer will be an all nighter with the warmer weather and late sunset/early dawn
Brexit is going to ensure we have two new years eve's from now on because the number of days that constitute twelve months has been devalued to just 183.
The other new year's eve in summer will be an all nighter with the warmer weather and late sunset/early dawn
Originally Posted by Deep Purple:
“No we never did anything interesting in those days. Everything was black and white, and enjoying yourself was not an option.
On the eve of 2000 the Govt announced we would all have to celebrate the New Year. No one had thought of it before.”
“No we never did anything interesting in those days. Everything was black and white, and enjoying yourself was not an option.
On the eve of 2000 the Govt announced we would all have to celebrate the New Year. No one had thought of it before.”
"Celebrate while you can before the Y2K bug kills you all."
Yes, but not as hyped up as it is now. No "tickets" needed to get in the pub, no fireworks on the embankment, pubs usually only got a licence extension until 1am.
Originally Posted by Jaycee Dove:
“The reason for the change was that the year lasted 365 days before the Millennium and people had to travel to do this thing called work so everyone was too tired to stay up and hear a bell strike midnight before returning to the jam butty mines the next day.
Brexit is going to ensure we have two new years eve's from now on as the number of days that constitute twelve months has been devalued to just 183.”
“The reason for the change was that the year lasted 365 days before the Millennium and people had to travel to do this thing called work so everyone was too tired to stay up and hear a bell strike midnight before returning to the jam butty mines the next day.
Brexit is going to ensure we have two new years eve's from now on as the number of days that constitute twelve months has been devalued to just 183.”
I'm going to write this down and use it as a chat up line, if I get the opportunity during the holidays.
Originally Posted by DanManF1:
“I'm curious. How did people celebrate New Year before 1999? Was it even celebrated at all? I'm 20, so every New Year's Eve for me has always been hyped up to the max, with everybody determined to have as much fun as possible. I hate it, if I'm honest. I gathered that only really happened after the millennium, or am I wrong?”
“I'm curious. How did people celebrate New Year before 1999? Was it even celebrated at all? I'm 20, so every New Year's Eve for me has always been hyped up to the max, with everybody determined to have as much fun as possible. I hate it, if I'm honest. I gathered that only really happened after the millennium, or am I wrong?”
No. .
Originally Posted by Elyan:
“No. I can't recall anyone ever celebrating New Year's Eve before 1999.”
“No. I can't recall anyone ever celebrating New Year's Eve before 1999.”
Oh, we certainly did.
Originally Posted by Deep Purple:
“No we never did anything interesting in those days. Everything was black and white, and enjoying yourself was not an option.
On the eve of 2000 the Govt announced we would all have to celebrate the New Year. No one had thought of it before.”
“No we never did anything interesting in those days. Everything was black and white, and enjoying yourself was not an option.
On the eve of 2000 the Govt announced we would all have to celebrate the New Year. No one had thought of it before.”
I think people had only just started celebrating Christmas and that was pretty reluctantly.
I guess your treat on Christmas Day would have been the Dixon of Dock Green Christmas Special and a bowl of sage & onion gruel.
Hence the popularity of ''tossing the caber'' at various summer highland games, and hogmany dancing lets men in kilts do similar ''athletic feats'' in winter .....
I'd say it's the opposite.
Pre-99 New Year was always unbelievably busy in my town with every pub and club rammed full. Most of them would charge to get in as well and if you didn't have a ticket for somewhere by the end of September then you wouldn't be getting in anywhere.
But when NYE 1999 came along most places started charging silly money as did all the taxi drivers and in the end the whole thing was a damp squib as loads of people decided to arrange parties at home instead.
After that New Year seemed to die. They tried charging for a year or two more but no one went out anymore as it was easier and cheaper to stay home. Nowadays a lot of the pubs shut well before midnight and many others will just have small, private parties for their regulars. The ones that stay open for everyone are no busier than an ordinary Saturday.
Pre-99 New Year was always unbelievably busy in my town with every pub and club rammed full. Most of them would charge to get in as well and if you didn't have a ticket for somewhere by the end of September then you wouldn't be getting in anywhere.
But when NYE 1999 came along most places started charging silly money as did all the taxi drivers and in the end the whole thing was a damp squib as loads of people decided to arrange parties at home instead.
After that New Year seemed to die. They tried charging for a year or two more but no one went out anymore as it was easier and cheaper to stay home. Nowadays a lot of the pubs shut well before midnight and many others will just have small, private parties for their regulars. The ones that stay open for everyone are no busier than an ordinary Saturday.
Originally Posted by DanManF1:
“I'm curious. How did people celebrate New Year before 1999? Was it even celebrated at all? I'm 20, so every New Year's Eve for me has always been hyped up to the max, with everybody determined to have as much fun as possible. I hate it, if I'm honest. I gathered that only really happened after the millennium, or am I wrong?”
“I'm curious. How did people celebrate New Year before 1999? Was it even celebrated at all? I'm 20, so every New Year's Eve for me has always been hyped up to the max, with everybody determined to have as much fun as possible. I hate it, if I'm honest. I gathered that only really happened after the millennium, or am I wrong?”
New Years Eve ?? Gosh no , before 2000 ( 16 whole years ago ) we never even knew it was a new year . We lit the stubby candles when it got dark to find the stairs and spent most of the winters under a down eiderdown in bed . Ah yes , the good old days of yore 16 years ago
1999, People were still ''high'' on tony blair becoming p.m., remember ''things can only get better .........'' ?
Some classic DS replies here. For what it's worth, let me say that I would've absolutely loved to have grown up in the 90s especially. The modern world scares me. 
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