It's hard to believe the excitement the turning of the year 2000 caused 21 years ago.
For those born way back in the 1990s, 80s, and earlier, the 21st century seemed a date used in some future science fiction than a place to live.
Welcoming in new millennium was a moment in history so anticipated, superstar Prince released '1999' - his pop premonition of what it may look like way back in 1982. Whatever was going to happen, it was going to have to be big.
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In all time zones, from Australia (the first industrial nation to celebrate the year 2000) to Samoa (the last independent nation to celebrate the new millennium) it was a date to be celebrated.
Across the UK, people saw in the new year with street parties, bonfires, and fireworks displays.
In London, the celebrations were centred around Big Ben, and thousands of revellers lined the banks of The River Thames.
Much of the attention was on the Millennium Dome - a huge exhibition centre created as a centrepiece to the capital's celebrations costing an eyewatering £789 million to construct.
In Liverpool, people flocked to the city centre and its own world famous docks to welcome in the new millennium.
The festivities officially began at 6pm when the city's millennium beacon was lit on the steps of St George's Hall.
A pre-recorded message of goodwill and peace by Paul McCartney was broadcast to a crowd of 15,000 on St George's Plateau.
Later at the great hall, Echo and the Bunnymen and the Christians entertained the crowds, becoming the place thousands of families chose to bring in the new year.
At the Municipal Buildings in Dale Street, the newly restored bells rang for the first time since the Second World War.
At the Pier Head, lasers and projections illuminated the three graces in a spectacularly curated light show.
And it was at the waterfront the serious celebrations and the city's wildest party was taking place.
Chart topping bands and DJ's entertained massive crowds at super club Cream's official Pier Head party - Cream 2000.
The specially constructed arena built weeks earlier to house 30,000 people had been severely damaged as arctic weather conditions hit Britain in December 1999.
Luckily the repairs were made in time, and on New Year's Eve, the Pier Head was transformed by a giant roofed arena in the most extravagant celebrations outside London.
The bands Lightening Seeds, Space, and Stereophonics played to revellers before Cream's traditional fanbase were treated to DJ sets from Fatboy Slim, Orbital and Paul Oakenfold.
The 14-hour marathon party went on until the venue closed at 8am the next morning.
All the attention may have been on London, but thousands travelled from all over the UK just to be part of what Liverpool had planned.
It was a celebration on a scale unlikely to be see again in our lifetime.
T he ECHO has launched a new 56-page nostalgia supplement in print. It's packed with photos from the recent past and the not-so-recent, from shopping, fashion and music to the Albert Dock – plus an elephant on parade in Woolton. You can order a copy here.
