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4NI	BID TO REVIVE BELFAST'S TITANIC HERITAGE Belfast is set to finally commemorate its full maritime and industrial heritage. It has just been revealed that one of the main objectives of a new initiative, the ¢€ËœTitanic Signature Project', is to record and celebrate the city's great maritime and industrial heritage....	18th October 2007
4NI.co.uk	TITANIC QUARTER TO REVIVE CITY'S HERITAGE Belfast is set to finally commemorate its full maritime and industrial heritage. It has just been revealed that one of the main objectives of a new initiative, the ¢€ËœTitanic Signature Project', is to record and celebrate the city's great maritime and industrial heritage....	23rd October 2007
	TITANIC FOUNDATION Titanic Foundation exists to educate the world on Belfast’s maritime and industrial heritage- past, present and future. We want to be seen as a symbol of Belfast’s visionary future and to encourage new generations to believe anything is possible....
NI Dept. for Social Development	HANSON ANNOUNCES MEMBERS OF NOMADIC TRUST The members of the proposed charitable trust, tasked to oversee the restoration and fundraising for the SS Nomadic, have been announced.Minister for Social Development David Hanson MP said: "My Department, Belfast City Council, Belfast Harbour Commissioners and Belfast Industrial Heritage Society have all proposed representatives to form the trust. "...	13th October 2006
Belfast Telegraph	ULSTER READY TO SALUTE NOMADIC Ulster's amateur seafarers are planning a rapturous welcome for SS Nomadic when she arrives in Belfast Lough.Kathleen Neill of Belfast Industrial Heritage (BIH), which spearheaded the bid to rescue the former Titanic tender, said she has already been contacted by Carrickfergus Yacht Club, Bangor Old Gaffers' Association, Bangor Marina Berthholders Association and the Royal County Down Yacht Club."They want to know exactly when she'll be coming, because they all want to get out in force to provide a guard of honour to escort her home," she said....	11th February 2006
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC ACHIEVEMENT: NOMADIC SAILS INTO BELFAST Fans of the SS Nomadic will be dressing up in period costume to welcome her as she makes a triumphant return to Belfast's docks this evening.The ship has already made an appearance in Belfast Lough as she arrived on Saturday morning but her official homecoming will take place this evening.As the Titanic's 'little sister' proceeds up the Lagan to dock next to the Odyssey Arena, she will receive a chorus from a brass band as supporters dressed in Edwardian fashion cheer her.A party of members of the French Titanic Society (AFT) who worked closely with Belfast Industrial Heritage in the hard-fought campaign to save Nomadic from the scrapyard will be present this evening to welcome her home.The 95-year-old vessel was bought by the Department of Social Development in January at auction in Paris....	17th July 2006
4NI	FUNDING BLOW FOR TITANIC PROJECT Belfast's Titanic Signature Project - showcasing the city's maritime and industrial heritage and likely to cost an estimated £90m, has suffered a setback. The initiative, which aims to attract thousands of tourists to the Titanic Quarter, had applied to receive 25m of lottery money and has now failed to reach the final funding shortlist for the lottery's Living Landmarks Fund....	19th October 2007
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC TENDER NOMADIC RECEIVES LOTTERY BOOST Plans to restore the SS Nomadic have moved a step closer to winning more than £2 million in lottery funding....	27th September 2010
liveauctioneers.com	HERITAGE PULLS 3 TITANIC ITEMS FROM AUCTION Heritage pulls 3 Titanic items from auctionAuction Central NewsThe items, commonly called "rusticles," are biological formations that developed over the decades on wreckage of the RMS Titanic, but were not originally part of the ship. Heritage is returning the lots to the consignor, Charles Pellegrino. ......	18th May 2011
eturbonews.com	TITANIC MUSEUM ATTRACTIONS GIVING AWAY 12 'BACK TO TITANIC' TRIPS TO BELFAST To commemorate Titanic’s Irish heritage, Titanic Museum Attractions in Branson, Mo. and Pigeon Forge, Tenn. will give away six 11-day trips for two to Belfast beginning today. The 12 winners of the “Back to Titanic 100th Year ‘Tour Ireland’ Sweepstakes” will go to Belfast where they will visit the birthplace of the world’s best-known, most luxurious ocean liner. ...	14th June 2011
Birmingham Post	HERITAGE CENTRE BID COULD HIGHLIGHT LINKS WITH TITANIC A maritime enthusiast is aiming to set up a Titanic heritage centre in the Midlands, as the focal point of events marking the tragedy's 100th anniversary in 2012.Howard Nelson, from Coventry, has already established the world's only Titanic Heritage Trust and believes the Midlands would be an ideal home for a museum dedicated to the Titanic as it has many links with the world's most famous ship....	7th January 2006
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC WEBSITE SHOWS BELFAST LINK A Titanic website has been unveiled in New York. It will profile Northern Ireland and its shipbuilding heritage and aims to attract thousands of tourists....	30th September 2010
info	PYEROY WINS TITANIC CONTRACT SS Nomadic was a steamship belonging to the White Star Line, launched on 25 April 1911 in Belfast A Gateshead-based industrial services firm has won a six-figure contract to support the refurbishment of the vessel used to ferry passengers out to RMS Titanic as she lay anchored off the port of Cherbourg on her ill-fated maiden voyage. The 1,273 ton SS Nomadic steamship, used by the White Star Line as a tender for the liners RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic, has returned to the Harland & Wolff yard in Belfast to undergo a £2 million restoration 100 years after she was constructed there....	26th August 2011
Oklahoma City Friday	TITANIC AT HERITAGE HALL Lift up the ramp, and let go the lines!' It's time once again for another spectacular performance by the Heritage Hall Performing Arts Department. On Feb. 16 and 17, the Howard Theatre will showcase Titanic the Musical. Directed by Jay Michael Ferguson, Titanic is an ensemble version of the same story shown on the big screen in 1997 (think the sinking ship without Jack and Rose.)...	7th February 2008
birminghampost.net	BIRMINGHAM'S FORGOTTEN INDUSTRIAL PIONEER WHO DIED ON THE TITANIC He is perhaps Birmingham’s forgotten industrial pioneer – and he met his end during the most infamous maritime disaster in history. His contribution to industry in Birmingham was as significant and compelling as the likes of Matthew Boulton and George Cadbury, yet few are familiar with the name William Hipkins. As managing director, William Edward Hipkins transformed W&T Avery Limited from a burgeoning maker of scales into the world’s largest manufacturer of weighing machines. ...	4th November 2011
Baskingstoke Gazette	HERITAGE CENTRE 'WILL PUT CITY ON MAP' THE proposed multi-million-pound Southampton Heritage Centre will put the city back on the map, tourist chiefs believe.As exclusively revealed by the Daily Echo yesterday, plans have been drawn up to transform the west wing of Southampton's iconic Civic Centre into a museum celebrating the city's history....	30th January 2008
thisishampshire.net	SOUTHAMPTON AND BELFAST'S TITANIC MEMORIALS TAKE SHAPE AHEAD OF ANNIVERSARY THEY have both been billed as landmark tourist attractions to mark the 100th anniversary of Titanic's tragic maiden voyage. But council heritage bosses behind a £15m Titanic museum in Southampton have shrugged off ......	13th April 2011
Belfast Telegraph	£7 MILLION RESTORATION OF TITANIC SHIP GOES AHEAD The £7 million restoration of a tender ship which ferried first-class passengers on board the Titanic is to begin early next year after the project today secured another £500,000 cash injection....	16th September 2009
Belfast Telegraph	HISTORIC HOME OF TITANIC SHIPYARD FOUNDER RAZED TO THE GROUND Residents last night spoke of their 'absolute shock' after the historical homes of Gustav Wolff - of Harland and Wolff fame - which they fought to save, were demolished. The two 19th century cottages in east Belfast were last summer spot listed by the Environmental Heritage Service (EHS) after a campaign was launched to prevent their destruction....	20th January 2009
Titanic Stories	WHERE TITANIC WAS BUILT Titanic Stories You many think Belfast is famous for producing one thing, the Titanic. You would be wrong. Titanic may be the best known export but she was by no means the only innovative piece of engineering to leave these shores....	11th July 2008
build.ie	PATTON WIN PRESTIGIOUS NEW TITANIC CONTRACT he contract to fit out a major new exhibition centre dedicated to the story of the Titanic has been secured by the Patton Group's recently established Heritage Division. The Ballymena based company, which has itself established an impressive history ......	6th May 2011
	SECTION OF TITANIC HULL OFFERED BY HERITAGE AUCTIONS An actual 7 x 4 inch section from the hull of the doomed ship R.M.S. Titanic, modern history’s most famous shipwreck – consigned by famous author, Hollywood consultant and deep sea archeologist Charles Pellegrino – is expected to bring $4,000+ as part of Heritage Auctions’ May 21 Americana & Political Memorabilia event. A minimum of 10% from proceeds will be donated to the Firefighter's Burn Center....	9th May 2011
	NOMADIC RETURNS Kathleen Neill The SS Nomadic is the last White Star Line vessel still afloat and the last real maritime link with Titanic. Built on No.1 Slip by Harland & Wolff Shipyard, Belfast, and fitted out in the Abercorn Basin, Nomadic attended ...	3rd January 2007
The Times	MRS. PIRRIE AWARDED FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF BELFAST BELFAST, APRIL 20 The freedom of the city of Belfast, unanimously voted by the council some weeks ago, was formally presented to Mrs. Pirrie at the town-hall to-day in the presence of a large and distinguished company. The mu...	21st April 1904
Travel Daily News	TITANIC TRAIL PUTS BELFAST AT HEART OF DIGITAL TOURISM REVOLUTION Belfast City Council and Northern Ireland Tourist Board have launched the world's first interactive multi-media digital tourism trail and, appropriately, it is based around the city's most famous product, ¢€ËœTitanic'. The trail is launched at the same time as a new heritage guide focussing on the history of shipbuilding, and in particular Harland and Wolff also is published by the Council.The ¢€ËœBelfast Titanic Trail' uses the latest GPS-based technology, the Node Explorer, to take visitors ¢€Ëœback to the future' leading them on a tour of the city sites associated with the Titanic story, from the grounds of City Hall to Queen's Island, finishing by presenting them with a vision of how Titanic Quarter will look. Using a portable, robust media player, which is both user-friendly and ultra-modern, the Node Explorer being used for the first time in Belfast uses a combination of the latest computer technology, still images, video footage, dramatic reconstructions, text and audio clips to take users on a fully interactive trip through time telling the story of the mighty Titanic and the people associated with her. ...	8th August 2006
Titanic Stories	TITANIC BELFAST:OPENING MARCH 2012 A new building is currently pushing its way towards the sky in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter...
ic Birmingham	LABOUR TO THE RESCUE he Government has stepped in to save a rusting boat which once ferried passengers on to the Titanic - following a campaign by a Coventry man.Titanic enthusiast Howard Nelson recently launched the world's only Titanic Heritage Trust in a bid to raise the money needed to save the SS Nomadic, the last remaining vessel with direct links to the ill-fated ship.Yesterday the Government's bid of ?170,000 was accepted at a Paris auction and the ship will now be taken back to Belfast's Harland and Wolff shipyard, where it was originally built in 1912, to be renovated, the cost of which must now be raised by the charitable trust set up by Mr Nelson. ...	27th January 2006
	TITANIC SCHOOLS PROJECT Terry Madill conducts a schools visit to the Titanic Quarter, Belfast, helping to educate young people about what life was like for those who worked on the building of the Titanic, the world's most famous ocean going liner...	30th August 2011
BBC News	NOMADIC ARRIVES IN BELFAST The SS Nomadic, one of the last remaining links to the Titanic, has reached Belfast after a four-day trip from the French port of Le Havre.The boat completed its historic home-coming after being towed on a barge up Belfast Lough on Saturday.The Nomadic, which was built in the city, once ferried first class passengers to the doomed liner.It will remain at Belfast docks until Monday when it will go on show near the Odyssey Centre for a few days.It will then be removed again for restoration. ...	16th July 2006
belfasttelegraph.co.uk	£100M TITANIC BELFAST BUILDING TAKES VISITORS ON AMAZING VOYAGE - BELFAST TELEGRAPH Here is the first glimpse of what the new iconic Titanic Belfast building will look like inside. Opening in April 2012, the £100m structure in the Titanic Quarter, east Belfast, will be the largest man-made tourist attraction in Northern Ireland’s history. The people behind the building believe the "spirit that built Titanic is reborn". ...	24th May 2011
u.tv	TITANIC DRY DOCK GETS £1.5M FUNDING An iconic part of Northern Ireland's industrial history and the largest authentic Titanic landmark in the world is being given a new lease of life after receiving £1.5million to secure its preservation....	1st March 2012
opodo.co.uk	BELFAST EXHIBITION TELLS STORY OF THE TITANIC - OPODO Belfast exhibition tells story of the TitanicOpodoPeople with an interest in the story of the Titanic can pay a visit to Belfast this year to see a new exhibition. TITANICa: The Exhibition is currently showing at the Ulster Transport Museum, which is located seven miles east of Belfast city centre. ......	1st July 2011
bbc.co.uk	TITANIC LETTER RETURNING TO BELFAST A letter penned on board the Titanic by a Belfast doctor to his mother is to be brought back to Belfast for exhibition. The letter, from assistant ship surgeon Dr John Edward Simpson, was written on notepaper headed RMS Titanic and brought ashore at Cobh, County Cork. From there it was posted to his mother, Elizabeth, who lived in south Belfast....	12th March 2012
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC GROUP STEP UP WHEEL CAMPAIGN The Belfast Titanic Society has stepped up its campaign against plans for the Belfast wheel to remain in its current location in the grounds of Belfast City Hall by meeting with the Environment Minister....	2nd December 2009
bbc.co.uk	£97M TITANIC BELFAST ATTRACTION TAKES SHAPE BBC Northern Ireland has been given a preview tour of the new £97m Titanic Belfast building. The visitor attraction is due to open in eight months. The building is in the same spot where the famous ship was built by Belfast shipbuilder Harland and Wolff......	3rd August 2011
Belfast Telegraph	NOMADIC TO RETURN TO BELFAST ON A BARGE SS Nomadic will return to Belfast on a barge brought from the other side of the world specially for the task.It will take five days to ferry the former Titanic tender from the French port of Le Havre to Belfast, where she was built 95 years ago.The Department of Social Development (DSD) has confirmed that the final remaining White Star Line vessel will return in July this year.She was saved from the scrapyard when she was bought at auction in Paris by DSD for the reserve price of €250,000.The Belfast Telegraph has spearheaded the media campaign to rescue Nomadic. ...	16th May 2006
Belfast Telegraph	NOMADIC : FRENCH BACKING FOR BELFAST BID TO RETURN TITANIC TENDER A member of the French Titanic Society has pledged ?2,000 to the campaign to return the last remaining White Star Line vessel to Belfast - even though she is currently moored in a French port.Thierry Defournaud, head of communication with the society, promised the group would support the campaign to return the Nomadic ferry to the city where she was built, even if other restoration projects are set up."Of course we are supporting the Belfast project," he said."Myself, I made a pledge for ?2,000 for the Belfast bid."...	16th January 2006
www.TitanicConvention.com	2ND ANNUAL BELFAST TITANIC CONVENTION The 2nd annual Belfast Titanic Convention will take place from 27-29 March 2008 at the W5 in Belfast, Northern Ireland overlooking the slipway for the Titanic....	7th February 2008
televisual.com	WHIZZ KID MAKES TITANIC CENTENARY SPECIAL FOR BBC The Titanic Centenary Commemoration - a live televised event - will be held in Belfast next April, 100 years after the tragic sinking of the legendary liner. It will be produced for BBC Two and BBC Northern Ireland by Whizz Kid Entertainment and Belfast-based integrated communications agency ASG. The 90-minute event will air in prime time across the UK from Belfast's Waterfront Hall on the night of April 14. The story of the legendary liner, built and launched in Belfast, will be retold through orchestral performances, a massed choir and documentary and archive material....	7th December 2011
travelio.net	BELFAST MARKS 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAUNCH OF THE TITANIC Belfast is set to mark the 100th anniversary of the launch of one of the city's most famous creations - RMS Titanic. On May 31st 1911, Titanic was launched into Belfast Lough by Harland & Wolff ...	25th May 2011
The Times	SIR EDWARD HARLAND BECOMES AN M.P. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE BELFAST (NORTH DIVISION) The nomination for North Belfast took place yesterday. Six papers containing the names of Sir John Preston, Sir William Quartus Ewart, and Mr. Thomas M'Cormick (secretary of...	13th August 1889
Belfast Today	EVERY DAY IS A POTENTIAL ANNIVERSARY ON THE RIVER LAGAN Una Reilly, Chairman of the Belfast Titanic Society mobilised our memories and organised a simple ceremony on the river. "This anniversary marks a reclaiming by Belfast of her very important part in the worldwide Titanic story," Una explained as she planned the boat trip on the MV Joyce Too. "Contrary to popular belief, Titanic was not launched by a notable lady wearing a big hat and smashing a bottle on her bow," she reminded me. "She was simply pushed into the water by hydraulic rams when a signal was given and a whistle was blown at 12.13 pm on May 31, 1911, and 62 seconds later Titanic was afloat for the first time. ...	5th June 2006
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND Number 702. Cunningham, mother. Grant £60. Named on the Belfast City Hall Memorial, Belfast. ...	March 1913
Halesowen News	MEETING WILL EXPLORE CRADLEY WORKERS ROLE IN BUILDING TITANIC A CRADLEY history wants to unearth information about the work of local craftsmen on the Titanic as part of a Â£49k Heritage Lottery funded project. ...	6th November 2009
Titanic Heritage Trust	TITANIC 95TH ANNIVERSARY STAMPS As 2007 approaches plans are well underway all over the world to commemorate the 95th Anniversary of the tragic loss of R.M.S. Titanic and over 1500 lives on 15 April 1912.As part of the 95th Anniversary Commemorations, Titanic Heritage Trust will be issuing a Commemoration Royal Mail Stamp Sheet plus two First Day Covers, one with a Belfast Postmark and one with a Southampton Postmark. For further details: 95th Anniversary Stamps www.titanicheritagetrust.org.uk/95th_stamps.htm As a society, organization or individual you are invited to join any of our events, in particular our inaugural Convention in April. All Titanic Societies are welcome.If you are organizing an Titanic event for 2007 the we would like to hear about it. Whatever part of the world you are located. Please send details and we will include them in our calendar of events for 2007. enquiries@titanicheritagetrust.org.uk...	21st November 2006
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC-LINKED SS NOMADIC RETURNS TO BELFAST BIRTHPLACE The historic SS Nomadic, a tender that ferried passengers to the doomed Titanic, has been moved back to the place where she was built almost 100 years ago....
eventmagazine.co.uk	TITANIC STORY TO BE BROADCAST LIVE FROM BELFAST - EVENT MAGAZINE The tale of the Titanic will be recreated through a documentary and music event at Belfast's Waterfront Hall to commemorate the centenary of the boat's sinking. The event on 14 April will be broadcast live on BBC Two from Belfast’s waterside venue, near the site where the ship was launched in 1911. Organisers say they are in talks with "all the major international broadcasters" to show the event globally....	3rd January 2012
Belfast Telegraph	FULL STEAM AHEAD AS TITANIC FESTIVAL GETS SET TO DRAW IN HUGE CROWDS Titanic fever will grip Belfast this week with the launch of the annual Titanic Made in Belfast Festival. Hundreds of Titanic and White Star Line artefacts and memorabilia including a postcards written by a passengers on board the doomed vessel, a man’s watch valued at £90,000, and the keys to a family treasure chest that went down with the stricken ship are due to go on display in Belfast today....	2nd April 2010
The Times	PIRRIE NOMINATED FOR LORD MAYOR OF BELFAST Our Belfast Correspondent telegraphed last night: At a special meeting of the Belfast City Council yesterday, Alderman Pirrie, a director of the firm of Harland and Wolff, was unanimously nominated Lor...	29th November 1895
	VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO WILLIAM MCQUILLAN Has a stone in Fair view Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Titanic section, number 183. also named on the Belfast City Hall Memorial, Belfast....

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