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nicky is seaton born and bred, and she loves where she lives. white film dates back to 1898 and shows the annual mardi gras parade. the bbc�*s tim allman has the story. even in the late 19th century, the big easy knew how to have a good time. this was canal street, more than 120 years ago, celebrating mardi gras in its own inimitable style. the floats, the costumes, the spectacle. new orleans putting on its best. you did not go to canal street unless you were dressed up and i am sure that this was early on in the culture, in new orleans culture among all people. but here on mardi gras day, the people were dressed very well. mardi gras, or fat tuesday, is part of the fabric of the city. it has become a raucous affair these days with the crowds almost as big a part of the show as those on parade. things were a little different in 1898. the people standing, they are watching, are just staid and not really interacting the way that people are now. this footage, discovered only recently in a museum in the dutch city of amsterdam provides a window into

nicki is seaton born and bred, and she loves where she lives.y start to friday, around six or7am. and quite a muggy start to friday, around six or 7am. temperatures will be 17 degrees in cardiff and london, around 15 in the north—west of england. let's pick up on the showers tomorrow. you can see around wales, parts of the midlands, but many areas that are very, very dry miss them all together. very difficult to pinpoint where they are actually going to be. to my�*s temperatures will be a little lower, perhaps the low 20s across the south of the country. and no higher than 17 in newcastle and 15 in aberdeen. the forecast for the weekend, then. an area of low pressure that will be approaching us, more unsettled conditions here and some welcome rain. to the south, high pressure. what this know is going to do is tap into some warmer air across the continent here and push it in our direction. through the weekend, there will be a gradual rise in the temperatures across the south and the east whilst many western and northern areas are in this more uns