THE new bells at Accrington Parish Church were to ring for the first time ever to bring in the New Year as residents celebrated in the street.
And at one dance in Nelson bagpipers were set to accompany the singing of Auld Lang Syne as East Lancashire came out in force to see in 1954.
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