#95098 - By the time 12 O’clock came most of the adults were pretty tipsy we all had our meal at 11pm as tradition dictated we all had money in our pockets and as the bell’s rang we all stood around a big table arms crossed and holding the hands of the people either side of you to sing Auld Lang Syne, the party was started the drink flowed the music played, as we all sang along some even dancing, us older boys had been allowed a shandy but of course we made sure they were topped up by taking turns at steeling a few cans from the large stock our fathers had brought with them, the youngest kids were in bed by 1am the girls drifted off about 2 and it was after 3am when us boys eventually went to bed, the room we were in had two sets of bunk beds after some debating from 4 half drunk loud teenage boys it was decided that our oldest cousin Pat and my brother Jamie would take the top bunks and Me and Mark would get the bottom bunks, our room was the furthest away from the main room where most of the