1950s

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	TITANIC SURVIVORS 1950S Titanic survivors including Edith Russell and Lawrence Beesley filmed in the 1950s...
BBC News	TOURING THE TITANIC QUARTER Once one of the world's busiest ports, Belfast was where the Titanic was designed, built and launched. The vast shipyards employed more than 30,000 people in the 1950s. Now the land is being cleared and redeveloped in one of Europe's biggest waterside schemes. ...	30th April 2009
	ADOLPHE SAALFELD POST-DISASTER Saalfeld was in the First Class Smoking Room when the collision occurred; he was advised by a steward to go to the boat deck. In his cabin he had left samples of perfume that he was taking to America, but managed to pocket a menu card....
	HELEN MELVILLE SMITH The daughter of master mariner Edward John Smith and Sarah Eleanor Pennington, was born on Saturday 2nd April 1898 at 20 Alexandra Road, Waterloo, Litherland, near Liverpool. The birth was registered by Edward John Smith on 3rd May 1898. Helen Melvi...
The Shields Gazette	PHYLLIS COULD HAVE DIED ON TITANIC, BUT LIVED TO 102 A WOMAN whose life was almost cut short has died after reaching the grand old age of 102. Five-year-old Phyllis Ray should have been a passenger on the ill-fated Titanic as her family set out to start a new life in America....	30th April 2009
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
	VIOLIN PLAYED AS TITANIC SUNK IN 1912 FINALLY DISCOVERED! A new book to be published this week, The Band that Played On: The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the Titanic by Steve Turner, claims that the violin which band leader Wallace Hartley played as the Titanic sank in April 1912 survived, and may be offered for sale at the time of next year's centenary....	28th March 2011
	EDITH LOUISE ROSENBAUM RUSSELL (1879-1975) Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on 12 June 1879, the fashion writer, consultant, importer, buyer and stylist Edith Louise Rosenbaum began her career abroad as a saleswoman in 1908 for the Maison Cheruit in the Place Vendome in Paris. Later she wrote for th...