I
saw in the new year in Manchester, watching the fireworks at the big
wheel with a couple of friends. Blogger won't let me embed this video.
There
was a slight delay due to a technical hitch involving a tram in the debris zone, meaning
the display came in 4 minutes late, but the pyrotechnics were pretty
good. The Manchester Evening News managed to get on stage with Cllr Pat
Karney, who
somewhat clumsily suggested there could be a number of sackings in
the pipeline due to the delays, and that the public may have to push
the tram out of the centre themselves.
It made a change from house parties and clubs. And it cost a hell of a lot less.
Did
you see Esio Trot on New Year's Day? It was a BBC adaptation of Roald
Dahl's story of aging bloke Mr Hoppy (Dustin Hoffman) who buys a
tortoise to get in with his tortoise-loving, also-ageing female
neighbour Mrs Silver (Dame Judi Dench) who he intermittently and
clumsily chats up over her adjacent balcony. Well, the balcony used
by Hoffman is actually my sister's husband's sister's balcony.
Tenuous claim to fame, there. As for the drama, it looked well-made
but it just wasn't my thing. I left my mum's after Hoppy shells out a
six-figure sum after sponsoring Silver's dance-a-thon for a pound. A
pound a minute. The Guardian liked it.
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