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

Bridge Over Troubled Water?

For the most amazing “rollover” you’ve ever seen visit this link !

http://koti.mbnet.fi/~soldier/towboat.htm

Crippen Didn’t Do It Says DNA!!

 For years, the great story of Dr. Crippen and his lover Ethel LeNeve (dressed as a boy) aboard the Montrose escaping to Canada on the Montrose, only to be caught at the pier, thanks to wireless, was believed true.  Now DNA has shown that the body in the basement was not Cora Crippen!  For the exciting revelation read the full story here http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071016/sc_nm/science_crippen_dc

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

Cameron’s Titanic 10 Years Later

 Dec. 19, 2007, will mark the 10th anniversary of the James Cameron film “Titanic.”

Barb Shuttle, editor of Voyage, the journal of Titanic International Society, is asking for contributions for a retrospective on the movie. … how did the film affect you, and what effect did it have on your love of Titanic? (You do not have to be a member to respond, but of course the invitation to join is always open!)

She’d like to receive enough responses to make this a viable and interesting piece for Voyage. But that will depend on enough people sharing their thoughts. Whether it’s a paragraph or two, or a longer essay, jot down your thoughts and feelings about the movie “Titanic” and its impact and e-mail them to Barb at

bshuttle@aol.com .

Nov. 1 is the deadline for articles for the next issue, so think about this soon!

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.

TIS blog is back in port

    Some news items and links:

Cunard’s new Queen Victoria web page  http://www.cunardqueenvictoria.com/

Andrea Doria story a possible movie and book  http://www.sourcenewspapers.com/stories/093007/loc_story4001.shtml

Military Channel (Discovery)  Quest for Sunken Warships series http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070918/BUSINESS/709180334/1003/NEWS03

Carpathia Dive Update

 http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2966964.ece

There was mixed success for the recent Carpathia wreck dive.  Although many artifacts were retrieved for conservation, the plan for extensive photography was not realized due to equipment damage and other factors.  The team set a record for depth of  wreck dive.  Visit the link above for more details of the expedition.

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