titanic news & southampton pictures...
The story of the Titanic has interested me for quite a long time, but I only became fascinated with it when I visited Southampton in 2006 and went on the Titanic Memorial Trail. And since I only recently saw an exhibition on the three biggest disasters involving English ships in the Maritime Museum of Liverpool, it was only natural that I noticed
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It's odd, now all the survivors are gone, I just hate the fact that people are kinda "dying out" now... I only heard about here a while ago when she was really ill and Kate Winslet and Leonardo di Carpio plus directors are setting up a fund to see her through till the end.
The Dolphin Hotel originally dates from medieval times and has a fascinating history. Shakespeare and company performed plays in the innyard, Thomas Hardy refers to it in Trumpet Major and Jane Austen danced here at Assembly Balls at two stages in her life (arranged by Florence Nightingale's mother). The hotel was rebuilt in 1775 to accommodate spa visitors and it supposedly has the biggest bow windows in England; Thackeray sat in one of them to write Pendennis. If you stay the night, you might share a room with Lord Nelson. He used to stay at the hotel and his ghost allegedly remains.
This is really interesting!!! All that historic people which I adore.
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I admire Kate and Leo for supporting Millvina Dean as they did, that was a very kind gesture of them.
When I read the information about the Dolphin Hotel, I wished I could have rented a room in it to see if Lord Nelson's ghost is indeed still there. XDDD
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That would freak me out so much. I googled Lord Nelson up cause my marine/ navy knowledge is pretty much non-existent. But when I read about his death that rings a bell from some random museum trips with my dad ahaha.
Wikipedia - Nelson said 'Kiss me, Hardy'. Beatty recorded that Hardy knelt and kissed Nelson on the cheek. He then stood for a minute or two and then kissed him again. I just had to laugh xD
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And yeah, his relationship to his flag captain Thomas Hardy was quite special. XD I LOVE the "Kiss me, Hardy" story - Nelson refused to die before Hardy had kissed him. So adorable. :)
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BUT I WENT TO THAT DOCKYARD A FEW YEARS AGO! I have this pressed coin somewhere hehe. My dad went on all of the ships and he was like in heaven and my mom and I just sat there being very bored cause we were so sick of all these museums visits (it is almost one to two per day thought out the WHOLE week). They were beautiful ships though! I'll have to go there again sometime.
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OMG! I can imagine it must be tiresome to visit nothing but museums all the time, but I for my part LOVED the museums at Portsmouth's historical dockyard. Then again, I'm a total Age of Sail geek, so that might explain it. ;)
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I'm a total Age of Sail geek, so that might explain it. ;)
Haha I noticed from your posts, especially those from the Hamburg football club museum display cupboards.
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