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 Titanic.
The Last Survivor
The life of Millvina Dean
By Anthony Cunningham and Sheila Jemima, with Millvina Dean
This illustrated biography of Millvina Dean, the last Titanic survivor, tells the fascinating story of Millvina’s life from 1912 until the present day. The youngest passenger on the Titanic, at nine weeks old, Millvina’s life has been shaped by her association with one of the most appalling tragedies of the 20th century.
Since 1987, when Millvina was ‘discovered’ her travels have taken her all over the world, sharing her story with thousands of interested people.
Hours of interviews and research through historical archives, has meant that for the first time her extraordinary life story can be told in this lavishly illustrated book. Full of rare photographs of her and her family. |
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 QE2 A Ship For All Seasons by David F. Hutchings
Celebrate the liner's 40th anniversary of its launch with this fully illustrated history. Considered to be the most comprehensive book published about the ship, written by maritime expert, David Hutchings. An updated edition of this popular history first published in 1988. The liner's more recent modifications and refits are explained in detail by the author with many new colour and black & white photographs of Britain's most famous flagship. |
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128 pages £14.95 |
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 'Titanic Voices'
An enlarged version of a book published in the 1990s detailing the Oral History unit of Southampton's interviews with survivors, relatives and first-hand accounts of the disaster and the days following the liner's sinking. A large array of rare and unique colour photographs are included depicting examples of memorabilia in the Southampton Museum's collection.
The 328-page hardback book includes a DVD showing rare film of the Titanic and the Olympic together with sound recordings of survivors and crew aboard that fateful night of 15th April 1912.
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Hardback, 328 pages, colour and black and white photos, DVD £30 |
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 'The Crew of the RMS Titanic'
The definitive book on the list of crew members on board the Titanic, it gives names, addresses and who were the victims and survivors, written by Titanic Historian Brian Ticehurst who has been researching this subject for over 35 years. This publication is based on that research, carried out in record offices, archives, the internet, and talking to crew members and their families.
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Soft back 84 pages, priced £8.95 |
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 'Titanic - Southampton's Memorials' By Brian
Ticehurst.
A 16-page A5 format paperback detailing the seven memorials scattered
about the City to commemorate the Titanic disaster. Photographs
are included of each of the sites and a map as to the location. |
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 'Down the Burma Road'
This is the story of the working and social lives of the
crew of the Queen Mary as told by the crew members themselves. It
covers the period 1947 -1967: years that represented both the post-war
boom in Atlantic Liner passenger trade and its swift decline as jet
travel became the norm. |
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 'Thorny's'
This is an oral history of Vosper Thornycroft's
shipyard,which came to Southampton in June 1904, and for almost a
Century built ships for around the world. Throughout the long and
illustrious history of Thornycroft's lies a common thread: that of the
people who worked for the ultimate prosperity of the company, giving
years of service and skilled workmanship in return for their
living.There is a DVD which includes voices and film inserted in the
back of the book. |
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