Titanic Commemorative Weekend 10-13 April 2008

I’d like to inform your members of the Southampton(UK) Titanic Commemorative Weekend: 10 to the 13 April, 2008.
A series of events, organised by the City Council, will be held over the four days to commemorate the tragic loss of 1523 people, of whom 549 were from Southampton.
This annual event will include an exhibition in the Maritime Museum’s Titanic Gallery, keynote lectures by Brigitte Saar and Phillip Littlejohn (the grandson of Alexander James Littlejohn, First Class Steward). These will be held in partnership with the National Oceanography Centre and the Maritime and Coast Guard Agency. There will also be other lectures by noted local Titanic historians. The highlight of the weekend will be the opportunity to share an evening with Millvina Dean, hosted by Sheila Jemima, author of ‘Titanic Voices’. During the weekend there will also be children’s activities, guided Titanic walks around the City including the Titanic Graves , a maritime/Titanic memorabilia auction, a maritime outdoor market and individual research opportunities in the City’s Central Library archives. The public Civic Titanic Commemorative Service will be held in Holyrood Church on Sunday the 13 April 2008.
A detailed programme of events will be posted on www.titaniccities.org.uk during November 2007.
Thank you for your assistance, Dave Dilnot, Titanic Project Manager

Auction News

 Auction on Thursday  18th October at Gerrards  Auction Rooms in St.Annes,  Lancashire England. The sale  starts at 10:00am GMT
There is the capacity to bid via the live internet  auction, the auction  house can be visited at:  http://www.gerrardsauctionrooms.com
 
The items include:
 A  pair of original portrait photographs of the Titanic’s fourth engineer, Henry  Dyer. The photographs were taken in New York whilst Dyer was serving aboard  the Olympic, he later perished in the Titanic disaster. The photographs are  original and in very good condition.
 Two original 1911 photocards of SS  Olympic stewards aboard at New York,  which also show Alexander Littlejohn  who in 1912 joined the Titanic, his  hair turned white during the  sinking.

 An album of 105 White Star Line postcards from the Victorian era  to 1930

 Plus various other articles including White Star uniform  buttons.

QE2 Pix Go Online for anniversary

1967-2007

BBC NEWS RELEASE: The University of Glasgow has launched an exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of the launch of the QE2.  More than 70 previously unpublished photographs have been used in an online gallery showing every stage of the ship’s construction.

More on this historic exhibit at - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6997654.stm

Titanic, Lusitania and the Forgotten Empress gallery

 The Merseyside Marine Museum presents a very special gallery of exhibits, remembering the Lusitania, Titanic and the Empress of Ireland.  For a preview of the gallery, photos and more information, visit the link below.

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/collections/liners/

Crosby Herald  news feature about the captains: http://icseftonandwestlancs.icnetwork.co.uk/iccrosby/news/tm_headline=local-man-was-titanic-captain&method=full&objectid=19781262&siteid=60252-name_page.html

Orlando Science Center Raise The Titanic Exhibit

This just in this morning from Orlando News Service:

“It looks like the Titanic exhibit will be sailing again thanks to the Orlando Science Center.

“Titanic: The Experience” was recently forced to move out of the Mercado shopping center. 

The owner of the $4 million exhibit, G. Michael Harris says he has a deal with the Orlando Science Center to relocated parts of the attraction and share the revenue with the Orlando Science Center.

 A contract has not yet been signed. The new exhibit will focus more on the science surrounding the Titanic. 

The exhibit is expected to reopen by December 15.”

Live in New Jersey? Last Dinner on the Titanic fundraiser!

 

Library To Host Titanic Dinner

TOMS RIVER - Ocean County history buffs, gourmets and wine connoisseurs can enjoy one of the finest dining experiences in history on September 28 at 7 p.m., as the Toms River branch of the Ocean County Library hosts “The Last Dinner on the Titanic” at the library, 101 Washington Street. The seven-course dinner will be a replica of the final meal served in the Titanic’s first-class dining room on the fateful night the Titanic went down on April 14, 1912.

The first-class dinner menu was one of two that survived, according to “Last Dinner on the Titanic: Menus and Recipes from the Great Liner” author Rick Archbold, who will be a featured guest at the event.

The dinner enjoyed by some of the Titanic’s most renowned passengers is based on the nineteenth-century French multi-course meal designed by Auguste Escoffier and will be prepared by Chef Ian Smith and the students of the Culinary Arts program at the Lakehurst center of the Ocean County Vocational Technical School.

Wine will also be served and musical entertainment will be provided by the Garden State Philharmonic String Quartet. Formal or period dress is encouraged.

A limited number of seats are available for a donation of $75 per person, with proceeds benefiting the Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts of the Hancock County Library, Mississippi.

To reserve seating, please contact Harry Applegate Jr. at 732-914-5408 by September 14.

Many Happy Returns Nomadic

 Belfast Telegraph

Saturday, September 08, 2007

By Linda McKee

“Titanic’s little sister celebrated her first glorious year back in Belfast with a party this week.

Almost 16,000 visitors have crossed the gangplank at Queen’s Quay in Belfast to explore SS Nomadic since her doors were flung open at Easter.

Meanwhile, hundreds of volunteers have laboured for months to transform the ship back into the elegant tender that carried first class passengers onto the Titanic on her ill-fated maiden voyage. ” Visit the link below for the exciting updates about Nomadic.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/article2942008.ece

Titanic sand sculpture in Branson

 Branson : An attempt to build the world’s largest sand sculpture of the Titanic will be made Sept. 20-23 at the Titanic museum. The ship is to reach 20 feet long and 8 feet high. For more on this breaking story visit

http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070908/BREAKING01/70908008

Good News for the Molly Brown House

 (H-W Photo/Philp Carlson )

The Hannibal City Council voted to accept an offer by the owners of the Molly Brown home to receive the property. The house that was home to the colorful Molly Brown of Titanic fame sits along Denkler’s Alley, just off Mark Twain Avenue, west of Third Street. It took just one speedy vote for the city council to approve the transfer.

 http://www.whig.com/314148373449735.php link for the full story

Swansea Museum- Titanic Honour and Glory exhibition

 The Welsh newswire service has released this article about an upcoming Titanic exhibit at the Swansea Museum , the oldest in Wales, beginning in October. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=hopes-and-dreams-lost-on-the-titanic&method=full&objectid=19674812&siteid=50082-name_page.html
Victoria Road,
The Maritime Quarter,
Swansea. SA1 1SN.
Tel:(01792) 653763
FAX : (01792) 652585“The Swansea exhibition will feature effects from the Oscar-winning Titanic movie by James Cameron including film costumes and the Heart of the Ocean jewel worn by Kate Winslet. Other authentic treasures from the ship will also be on show.” 

Anyone with items to share, or descendants of survivors with stories to tell are invited to call the museum.