Some past new years . . .

New Year’s Eve 1937, Times Square – little did they realise what lay ahead for the next 7 years.

New Year revelers in fancy dress gather in Erskine House, an historic guest house in the town of Lorne, Victoria, Australia, to celebrate New Year in 1920 - but still have to have the lights out by 10.30pm (right)

Dozens of ladies and gentlemen dressed in suits, fine frocks and hats pack King William Street, in Adelaide, Australia as they wait for midnight back in 1923

A family pictured in 1957 pictured at a New Years Eve get together dinner in Koorabri, Brindabella, country New South Wales

Hands above the waist, gents: Men and women dance in Town Hall, Ipswich, during New Year celebrations back in 1953.  Habds above the waist at all times.

Happy New Year! Families from the same street in Fisher, Australian Capital Territory, celebrate the end of 1976

New York, New Year: Soldiers ring in 1942 at the Copacabana in Manhattan.

Soldiers stationed in Korea see in 1952.

New Year celebration Washington, 1940

Two women try to cheer up the bartender at the Copacabana, New Year 1946

A street vender sells noise makers in Times Square to the crowd that gathered to welcome 1938; the noise makers were in great demand and the hawkers did a brisk business

Three party-goers raise their glasses at the Cotton Club in 1936 to drink a toast to a bigger and better New Year

A United States Navy man on leave from his ship lifts an elbow and drinks a toast with his girlfriend to peace and more lasting reunions in the new year in 1941

Ava Gardner with soldiers at the Hollywood Canteen New Year's Eve 1944RE, 1945

The clock strikes midnight on New Years Eve 1963 in Piccadilly Circus in

Evacuees celebrate New Year's Eve. Japanese Americans at Central Utah Relocation Centre, 1945

Picnickers at the Hanging Rock races on New Year's Day, 1910. Australia

1904 - The first New Year's Eve celebration is thrown in Times Square

The Black Watch celebrating New Year during WW1

 Revellers paddle in the fountain at Trafalgar Square. New Years Eve in Trafalgar Square, London, Britain - 31 Dec 1954

New Years Eve in Piccadilly Circus, London, Britain – 1956

Revellers celebrate the New Year during a party at the Hotel Victoria in London, 1921

. . . and the same wish from me.