Friday 11 April
 | AN EVENING WITH MILLVINA DEAN - CANCELLED
Southampton City Council is proud to be hosting this unique Titanic event as part of the 2008 programme.
Millvina has become a world-wide celebrity and everyone who has an interest in Titanic knows her story. Sheila Jemima, the author of Titanic Voices* is presently writing Millvina’s biography.
This is a rare opportunity to hear Millvina talk about 96 years of stories, anecdotes,
This event will be recorded.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO ILL HEALTH.
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A TITANIC AND STEAMSHIP COLLECTABLES AUCTION
Date: Friday 11th April
Venue: Former Magistrates Court, Havelock Road. Southampton.
Times: 10.00hrs to 16.00hrs
Entry: Admission will be by catalogue which will admit 2 people. The cost is £5 UK (post paid) and £8 overseas (post paid).
Contact: Further details are available from:- Atlantic Crossing Auctions, Suite 200, 151 High Street, Southampton.
Telephone 023 8043 2828 or email MONHKE2545@hotmail.co.uk
An auction of Maritime Memorabilia including glass, postcards, posters and ephemera from the great shipping companies including the White Star line and RMS Titanic.
Viewing will be from 10.00 hrs until 13.00 hrs.
The auction will begin at 14.00 hours. Light refreshments will be available.
If you would like to place an item in the auction please contact Atlantic Crossing Auctions direct (as above).
TITANIC TALES
Date: Friday 11th April
Venue: Maritime Museum, Tower House, Town Quay Road, Southampton. SO14 2NY
Times: 10.00hrs - 14.00hrs
Entry: Entry to the Maritime Museum (adults £2, Children £1, under 7's FREE, Family £5, Concessions £1)
Contact: 023 8063 5904
Email: museums@southampton.gov.uk
Come and listen to the captivating stories about the Titanic as told by celebrated local story teller, Michael O'Leary. The storytelling sessions will start at 10am, 11am, 12noon and 1pm.
All children under 12years MUST be accompanied by an adult throughout the session.
THE TITANIC GRAVES GUIDED WALKS
Date: Friday 11th April
Venue: The Old Cemetery, Southampton Common, Cemetery Road, Southampton. SO15 7NN
Times: walks start at 11am and 2.30pm (lasting approx. 1&3/4 hrs.)
Entry: FREE, but must be booked in advance as numbers are limited (see details below)
Contact: Details and booking arrangements from 023 8067 1083 or 023 8034 9414 or
Email: fosoc1846@googlemail.com
Although, so far as is known, no bodies of those who died when the Titanic was lost were brought back for burial at Southampton, however there are a number of graves in the Old Cemetery, at Southampton Common, that have links with the Titanic tragedy. Most relate to people who died but some who survived were, on their later deaths, buried at the cemetery.
These guided walks, led by the Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery (a group of volunteers), tell the poignant stories of those involved with the Titanic Story.
The walk lasts approximately 1 ¾ hours.
THE TITANIC TRAIL GUIDED WALKS
Date: Friday 11th April
Venue: The walks begin at the Bargate, south (High Street) side
Times: 2pm & 3pm
Entry: FREE, but must be booked in advance as numbers are limited (see details below)
Contact: Details and booking arrangements from Don Robertson 023 8057 1858 or
Email: DRob007@aol.com
The Titanic Trail Walks, led by Southampton Tourist Guides, start in the Old Town and visit locations there, and near the Eastern Docks, that are linked to the story of Titanic as it affected Southampton.
The walks last approximately 1 ¾ hours
* “Titanic Voices”: This book (cost £25) takes you back to that time, reliving those momentous events through first hand accounts of those who were actually there. Using many previously unpublished photographs, letters and oral histories, the book traces how the town of Southampton, its people and the Titanic have been inextricably linked from even before the ship was built, up to the present day. This can be purchased from Southampton City Council.
There is an accompanying DVD enclosed with the book which contains voices of passengers and crewmembers and rare archive film footage.
EXHIBITIONS
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Thursday 10 April
Saturday 12 April
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