Revellers there gathered in a red, white and blue-bedecked Millennium Square, which boasted its own "make your own corgi" attraction.

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Soon after the Millennium Square observance, another part of town is evacuated.

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The clock was originally put up in Market Square as part of the Millennium celebrations.

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The well-known venture capitalist recalled the incident while sitting on a leather sofa in his staggering penthouse: a newly completed two-bedroom, three-bath 5, 500-square-foot apartment on the 60th floor of the Millennium Tower with views from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Bay Bridge and beyond.

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Riders set off from Queens Square in Bristol earlier and celebrations were held at the May Day celebrations at Millennium Park in Nailsea, where the route, of about nine miles, ends.

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