Nah, it was the 2 or the 2A Godders (got my bus-spotters anorak on). You got a nice view of the Dell from upstairs !
And it must have had a huge effect on future generations with so many younger people affected. I watched a show on Channel 5 last week and I found myself getting very anxious and stressed just watching it - it must have been a very scary and upsetting experience.
Thanks for posting. Reading the names listed like that really does bring it home. My grandad on mum's side who was from Liverpool, saw the Titanic on it's sea trials in the Irish sea and my grandad on Dad's side watched it sail from Southampton water.. My family moved to Essex when I was a kid and our neighbour was one of the survivors Eva Hart. She was a lovley lady and would visit our primary school leaving us kid's spellbound by her account..
CBK - I have been trying to reserch my family history and with a surname of Brewer in the family and being that the name is not a common one was wondering if you knew any more about Brewer, Henry Trimmer 30? or how I could find if he is linked to my family? Any help or advice would be great! Many Thanks in advance
Well said that man, a very bold way to produce it. Linus Roache was in my house, at school and did a good job of playing Lord whatsit, I thought.
BBC1 programme on at the moment pointing out the significance to the city. Worth checking out on the I player. Titanic with Len Goodman. The Beeb doing a far superior job then ITV as per usual.
CBK: OK, but surely a writer or film director can make what they like of an historical event, without having to be "politically correct"? Shakespeare started it and to my mind it's a long and healthy tradition. Not a question of "disrespect", more a question of freedom.
I would suggest a visit to the archivist in the civic centre. They have a great deal of information on local families.
I wonder if any of you know of the headstones in Southampton Old Cemetery? I believe that there are a number of headstones with the names of crew from southampton who were never found and I am trying to find out if there is a headstone for my great great Uncle, Walter John Phillips who was storekeeper for the A la carte Restaurant on board?
The field centre on the common used to keep a plan of the cemetery as wll as an indx of the graves. They could find someone and then tell you where their grave is.
It's an odd coincidence, but I thought that it was worth posting here on the anniversary. I'm on the other side of the Atlantic from Southampton, but on this occasion, there's a bit of a connection...the city where I lived for several years was the final resting place of many of the victims of the Titanic disaster. My apartment for quite some time was perhaps 100 meters from the Mount Olivet cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, which is home to the remains of many of the Catholic dead from the sunken vessel, and it's a patch of land through which I traveled to get home on a regular basis.
