The Guardian


The Guardian	NORTHERN IRELAND LOOKS TO TITANIC FOR ECONOMIC BOOST The most famous ship to sink is being used to refloat Northern Ireland's flagging economy. On the banks of the river where the Titanic was constructed, a leisure and education project is almost complete. The Stormont government hopes it will attract 50,000 extra tourists a year. With its gleaming glass, curved shape and illuminated roof, the Titanic building resembles the Bilbao Guggenheim. Like the Basque country museum, the tourist centre on the Lagan represents a society moving on from ethnic conflict and terrorism....	10th October 2011
The Guardian	TITANIC HISTORY OF THE FOX AND PELICAN From 1914 the landlord of the Fox and Pelican in Grayshott Letters 14 August was James Ashbrooke Holme a lay reader from Bishopstoke in Hampshire....	19th August 2010
The Guardian	TITANIC BROCHURE EXPECTED TO FETCH Â£15,000 AT AUCTION The most poignant view in the 1911 brochure boasting of the splendour of the Titanic is not the sketch of the bronze, balustraded grand staircase, the verandah cafe with its colonial rattan armchairs, the smoking room, the swimming pool or the opulent dining rooms....	15th April 2010
The Guardian	TITANIC LETTER EXPECTED TO FETCH £25,000 AT AUCTION A rare letter that gives an insight into the cosseted life first class passengers enjoyed on board the Titanic is expected to fetch up to £25,000 at auction. The letter, from perfumer Adolphe Saafeld to his "wifey", as he calls her, describes fine lunches, long dinners, satisfying cigars and strolls around the ill-fated liner....	30th March 2010
The Guardian	OBITUARY OF BARBARA DAINTON Barbara Dainton, who has died aged 96, was one of the last surviving passengers from the Titanic, though her family were brought up never to mention it. She was well into her 80s before she spoke in public about the tragedy. Barbara's pare...	14th November 2007
The Guardian	FAMILY HISTORIANS AGHAST AS PAPER RECORDS LOCKED AWAY For years, genealogists and family historians have pored over the massive green and maroon ledgers at the Family Records Centre in London, searching for details of more than 150 years of births, marriages and deaths. But there was anger or outright incredulity this weekend as professional and amateur researchers arrived to find most of the shelves bare....	29th October 2007
The Guardian	TITANIC SALVAGE FIRM LOSES BID TO OWN ARTEFACTS he company that has exclusive salvage rights to the wreckage of the Titanic does not own the site or the artefacts recovered from it, a US federal appeals court has ruled. The ruling by the 4th US circuit court of appeals affirmed a decision by the district court in Norfolk, Virginia.RMS Titanic Inc had sought full ownership of the nearly 6,000 artefacts it has recovered from the shipwreck, claiming that they are worth some $71m (?40m).Article continues In 1994, the district court granted it sole salvage rights, allowing it to recover artefacts from the liner to be used in the public interest. The court barred the company from selling the items, including passengers' clothing and part of the ship's hull....	2nd February 2006