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Southampton to stage events marking 97th anniversary of Titanic tragedy
11:07am Tuesday 17th March 2009
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A MONTH-LONG series of commemorative events will be staged in Southampton to mark the 97th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic.
Fascination with the ship, her passengers and crew still continues unabated.
One event guaranteed to be a sell-out will be an evening with Millvina Dean, 97, the last remaining Titanic survivor left alive, at the Turner Sims Concert Hall at the University of Southampton.
Millvina, who lives on the edge of the New Forest, will be interviewed by her biographer, Sheila Jemima, and then answer questions from the audience.
Hundreds of international visitors will join local people to remember the disaster that befell the “Ship of Dreams’’ when Titanic struck an iceberg, on her maiden voyage from Southampton, in the freezing waters of the North Atlantic off Newfoundland at 11.40pm on April 14, 1912.
Just 40 minutes later the order was given for the women and children, among the passengers, to take to the liner’s lifeboats and at 2.20am on April 15, Titanic slipped beneath the waves taking a total of 1,532 people, of which 549 came from Southampton, to a watery grave.
Throughout April the Civic Centre will stage an exhibition recalling members of Titanic’s crew and highlighting the lasting impact the sinking had on Southampton, and the Maritime Museum, at Town Quay Road, will host a display which will also concentrate on the many seamen, who lived in the narrow streets of dockland, and who did not return home.
A series of lectures, story telling sessions, and guided walks through the city and Southampton Old Cemetery on the Common, will bring Titanic characters back to life and give an idea what life was like in 1912.
Millvina Dean’s appearance is due to take place at 7.30pm on Friday, April 17 while on Sunday, April 19 at 11.45am, a civic commemorative service will be held at the city’s mother church, St Mary’s, where the first memorial service was held in 1912.
The British Titanic Society’s annual meeting and display will be held on Saturday, April 4 at the Holiday Inn Hotel at West Quay Road.
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southy, redbridge says...
12:00pm Tue 17 Mar 09
hulla baloo, Turkey says...
12:06pm Tue 17 Mar 09
She was too young to remember anythung and all she knows is either hearsay and/or taken from books, news etc.
Beer Monster, Hythe says...
12:27pm Tue 17 Mar 09
southy wrote:Dunno, but it was built in Belfast, and legends say that on the main propeller was inscribed "No pope", hence why it was cursed from the outset.
what connection has cork to do with the titanic, apart from maybe one or two crew hands and thats only a maybe.
Didn't Roy Keane start his career at Cobh Rovers?
Boris Remmington, Wellow says...
1:15pm Tue 17 Mar 09
Airbus, Eastleigh says...
1:43pm Tue 17 Mar 09
Watch the film A Night to Remember.
It tells the story very well.
shilo, southampton says...
1:47pm Tue 17 Mar 09
southy wrote:The connection was that Cork was the final port of call after Southampton and picked up thousands of emigrants.
what connection has cork to do with the titanic, apart from maybe one or two crew hands and thats only a maybe.
shilo, southampton says...
1:48pm Tue 17 Mar 09
hulla baloo wrote:What rubbish, her mother survived, get your facts right.
Millvina Dean. She was too young to remember anythung and all she knows is either hearsay and/or taken from books, news etc.
southy, redbridge says...
2:02pm Tue 17 Mar 09
shilo wrote:ah i see, so they did'nt travel down from liverpool to board her at southampton thanx for the info.
southy wrote:The connection was that Cork was the final port of call after Southampton and picked up thousands of emigrants.
what connection has cork to do with the titanic, apart from maybe one or two crew hands and thats only a maybe.
hulla baloo, Turkey says...
2:03pm Tue 17 Mar 09
shilo wrote:Millvina is 97, this is the 97th anniversary.
hulla baloo wrote: Millvina Dean. She was too young to remember anythung and all she knows is either hearsay and/or taken from books, news etc.What rubbish, her mother survived, get your facts right.
As I said, all she knows is from hearsay,including her mother.
Nothing she talks about is from personal memory.
How much do you recall of your life from when you were a few months old?
Redback, Southampton says...
2:49pm Tue 17 Mar 09
HBear4x4, St. Denys says...
2:58pm Tue 17 Mar 09
Nearly an OAP, Southampton says...
3:11pm Tue 17 Mar 09
Bright Spark, Stubbington says...
3:23pm Tue 17 Mar 09
shilo wrote:Keep up Southy, everyone knows the Titanic sailed from Southampton, popped over to Cherbourg, then picked up a few hundred Oirish people from the Republic's south coast, before sailing to New York. Titanic never made it though, it sank after hitting an ice berg.
southy wrote: what connection has cork to do with the titanic, apart from maybe one or two crew hands and thats only a maybe.The connection was that Cork was the final port of call after Southampton and picked up thousands of emigrants.
shilo, southampton says...
3:38pm Tue 17 Mar 09
hulla baloo wrote:Milvina Dean never said she could remember what happened,only what her mother and others told her, not exactly "hearsay" )like she wasn't any part of it). She is part of history and is fortunate to have survived when her father drowned.
shilo wrote:Millvina is 97, this is the 97th anniversary. As I said, all she knows is from hearsay,including her mother. Nothing she talks about is from personal memory. How much do you recall of your life from when you were a few months old?hulla baloo wrote: Millvina Dean. She was too young to remember anythung and all she knows is either hearsay and/or taken from books, news etc.What rubbish, her mother survived, get your facts right.
shilo, southampton says...
3:38pm Tue 17 Mar 09
hulla baloo wrote:Milvina Dean never said she could remember what happened and has only repeated what her mother and others told her, not exactly "hearsay" (like she wasn't any part of it). She is part of history and is fortunate to have survived when her father drowned.
shilo wrote:Millvina is 97, this is the 97th anniversary. As I said, all she knows is from hearsay,including her mother. Nothing she talks about is from personal memory. How much do you recall of your life from when you were a few months old?hulla baloo wrote: Millvina Dean. She was too young to remember anythung and all she knows is either hearsay and/or taken from books, news etc.What rubbish, her mother survived, get your facts right.
shilo, southampton says...
3:39pm Tue 17 Mar 09
hulla baloo wrote:Milvina Dean never said she could remember what happened and has only repeated what her mother and others told her, not exactly "hearsay" (like she wasn't any part of it). She is part of history and is fortunate to have survived when her father drowned.
shilo wrote:Millvina is 97, this is the 97th anniversary. As I said, all she knows is from hearsay,including her mother. Nothing she talks about is from personal memory. How much do you recall of your life from when you were a few months old?hulla baloo wrote: Millvina Dean. She was too young to remember anythung and all she knows is either hearsay and/or taken from books, news etc.What rubbish, her mother survived, get your facts right.
Iain, Lordshill says...
4:54pm Tue 17 Mar 09
Bright Spark wrote:You see, BrightSpark, if only you were a Hollywood film director, I could have saved myself three hours.
shilo wrote:Keep up Southy, everyone knows the Titanic sailed from Southampton, popped over to Cherbourg, then picked up a few hundred Oirish people from the Republic's south coast, before sailing to New York. Titanic never made it though, it sank after hitting an ice berg.southy wrote: what connection has cork to do with the titanic, apart from maybe one or two crew hands and thats only a maybe.The connection was that Cork was the final port of call after Southampton and picked up thousands of emigrants.
southy, redbridge says...
12:27pm Wed 18 Mar 09
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shilo, southampton says...
11:11am Tue 17 Mar 09