Comical pictures of a Christmas night out in Swansea have gone viral today, following in the footsteps of a similar snap of Manchester nightlife back in 2015.
The photos show a number of people interacting with police officers on a busy Wind Street in the Welsh city on the last Friday night out before Christmas.
In one snap, a man is being held on the floor by police officers and placed under arrest outside Bambu Beach Bar. The officers are surrounded by a group of young people, three of whom can be seen animatedly speaking to the policemen, whilst two girls standing next to them pose for the camera.
A second photo shows a similar scene from the other side of the road. In this shot, one of the men is now on the ground and taking a selfie in front of the officers, while another holds a policemen’s hat and a third poses for the camera in front of a large group of spectators.
The third photo displays a man and woman arguing with a police officer on the hectic street, whilst another woman lovingly hugs the pair of them.
In one snap, a man is being held on the floor by police officers and placed under arrest outside Bambu Beach Bar in Swansea.
In this shot, one of the men is now on the ground and taking a selfie in front of the officers, while another holds a policemen’s hat and a third poses for the camera in front of a large group of spectators
The third photo displays a man and woman arguing with a police officer on the hectic street, whilst another woman lovingly hugs the pair of them
The pictures are on par with the famous image of Well Street in Manchester on New Years Eve in 2015, which was jokingly compared to a modern day Michelangelo piece
The last Friday before Christmas Eve, also known as Black Friday, sees a number of partygoers and nightlife lovers take to the UK’s streets to drink and celebrate with their friends, meaning it is usually also a busy night for police forces up and down the country.
There is also images of the man being dragged away by police in handcuffs and of a woman vomiting in the street.
This chaotic set of images from Swansea have gone viral since they were posted online today, with one person commenting: ‘And they said The Last Supper was good, clearly haven’t seen this.’
The pictures are on par with the famous image of Well Street in Manchester on New Years Eve in 2015, which was jokingly compared to a modern day Michelangelo piece.
The image, dubbed the ‘Creation of Manchester’, showed Mike Deveney reaching dramatically across the concrete for a bottle of beer – set against a backdrop of girls eating takeaways outside a Greggs – whilst officers arrest a man on the floor next to him.
There is also images of the man being dragged away by police in handcuffs
The photo entertained thousands, but the 47-year-old father doesn’t even remember it being taken.
His friend Hannah Kirby, who stands in the foreground wearing a red dress, said that far from ‘chilling in the road, having a beer’ Mr Deveney had just been knocked to the ground – but cleverly still managed to save his drink with his outstretched arm.
When asked about the picture being seen by millions of people across the world, he said: ‘I’m not really bothered about the photo, I just felt a bit daft. I heard about it about two days later.’
He added: ‘I remember nothing at all (about being on the floor). I remember getting up about 20 minutes later and going home with Hannah.
‘We had been at the Gluepot, the pub up in Newton Heath, and then we went to Mambo’s next to the Printworks.’
He says he kept a low profile on New Year’s Day and didn’t hear about the photograph until it had gone viral on Saturday.
Roland Hughes tweeted the picture with the caption: ‘So much going on this pic of New Year in Manchester by the Evening News. Like a beautiful painting.’
A group of youngsters gathers in the background on the chaotic Well Street, in front of a Superdry and Greggs, watching the turmoil while clutching takeaway boxes.
Meanwhile, an older man dressed all in blue, who has now been identified as Mr Deveney, is splayed in the middle of the road, reaching for a beer bottle with his outstretched hand while his T-shirt rides up over his exposed belly.
After the photograph’s composition was compared to a Renaissance painting, social media users soon turned it into a series of hilarious memes, with one internet wag inspired to photoshop the blue-shirted man into Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam.
Ms Kirby, who is also in the picture, earlier revealed that Mike had been knocked over during a scuffle involving police and another reveller.
Ms Kirby told the Manchester Evening News: ‘[On New Year’s Day] my dad rang and said I was in one of the photos. I went to look on the website and I couldn’t believe it. Hilarious!’
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