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Plymouth : England
Big guns in town
The waters of Plymouth Sound provided a spectacular setting as the sky was lit up with millennium fireworks. As at many events across the UK poor weather failed to dampen revellers’ spirits as cheers and the sound of popping champagne corks welcomed the new century.

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