diana handley
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some how i dont think the children would be allowed to play in the empty rooms. I think i read some where that the rooms that were not in use were locked up.
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Roy Kristiansen
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Hi, Diane!
It wasn't anything that had occurred to me either, until I heard Don Lynch mention it in his JC's Titanic commentary.
Sometimes I think we attach too much of a one-size-fits-all way of thinking to what people were, or were not, allowed to do in 1912. Even in 1912, people were people (understatement) and they'd find a way to do pretty much whatever they wanted. They were just a little more orderly about it, that's all.
Roy
It wasn't anything that had occurred to me either, until I heard Don Lynch mention it in his JC's Titanic commentary.
Sometimes I think we attach too much of a one-size-fits-all way of thinking to what people were, or were not, allowed to do in 1912. Even in 1912, people were people (understatement) and they'd find a way to do pretty much whatever they wanted. They were just a little more orderly about it, that's all.
Roy
diana handley
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Hi Roy
Re children playing in empty rooms
Can you imagine the stewards having to go through all the empty rooms checking to see if they are clean and tidy.If they were in a mess,they would having to clean and tidy them all up.Even first class children had an element of being naughty if they were left to there own devices.....
Old saying..let the tiger out of the cage and see what happens
Re children playing in empty rooms
Can you imagine the stewards having to go through all the empty rooms checking to see if they are clean and tidy.If they were in a mess,they would having to clean and tidy them all up.Even first class children had an element of being naughty if they were left to there own devices.....
Old saying..let the tiger out of the cage and see what happens
Cara Ginter
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Well weren't there only 6 children in first class? Therefore, watching them probably wouldn't have been much hassle.
Noel F. Jones
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When I was on the South America run, as a spectator sport, our feral children were immersing the free end of the toilet roll in the WC bowl then keeping the running flush button pressed to see the roll unravel at speed and disappear round the bend - great fun!
We were experiencing quite a run on bog rolls before the BR's twigged what was happening.
Noel
We were experiencing quite a run on bog rolls before the BR's twigged what was happening.
Noel
Ryan McKeefery
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our feral children were immersing the free end of the toilet roll in the WC bowl then keeping the running flush button pressed to see the roll unravel at speed and disappear round the bend
So it's not just my niece and nephew!
I was worried about the sanity of their little minds for a while...
So it's not just my niece and nephew!
I was worried about the sanity of their little minds for a while...
Ernie Luck
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I think it's the parents sanity you need to worry about. My twin grandchildren flushed their father mobile phone down the toilet!!
Noel F. Jones
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So you have a running flush in your house then Ryan? One usually needs an engine room for that!
Reverting to topic:
Unoccupied staterooms are normally prudently kept locked against unauthorised nefarious use such as illicit assignations and smuggling.
Where passage conditions allow and the need arises, the opportunity is taken to re-decorate unoccupied staterooms. The painting is done by the otherwise-redundant stewards or sometimes deck staff on overtime. Most experienced assistant stewards are dab hands with a paint brush.
Noel
Reverting to topic:
Unoccupied staterooms are normally prudently kept locked against unauthorised nefarious use such as illicit assignations and smuggling.
Where passage conditions allow and the need arises, the opportunity is taken to re-decorate unoccupied staterooms. The painting is done by the otherwise-redundant stewards or sometimes deck staff on overtime. Most experienced assistant stewards are dab hands with a paint brush.
Noel
Paula Carhart Hilston
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What a delightful conversation...I can imagine children doing all of the above...and probably things that would make this grammy shudder. A couple years ago we took the grandsons on a Disney Cruise where EVERYTHING is geared to make their passage delightful....though I, personally, would have loved the thought of dropping my teddy over the banister....
Michael H. Standart
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>>What could be more fun than watching the boilers while trying not to get caught by the engineers?<<
The consequences of facing the skipper or his representatives and one's parants after being caught.
Oops.
That wouldn't be fun.
The consequences of facing the skipper or his representatives and one's parants after being caught.
Oops.
That wouldn't be fun.
Ernie Luck
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It's been mentioned in this thread before but in 1912 children were expected to behave with more propriety - in first and second class at least.
The prevailing attitude I believe was that children should be 'seen and not heard' and speak only when spoken to. How things have changed.
The prevailing attitude I believe was that children should be 'seen and not heard' and speak only when spoken to. How things have changed.
Noel F. Jones
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"What could be more fun than watching the boilers while trying not to get caught by the engineers?"
The prospect would probably have scared the **** out of you. A boiler room on full steam is a daunting prospect for the uninitiated of any age with its cacophony of eerie noises emanating from plating and pipework under pressure. Not to mention the disconcerting heat and the Dantean glow from the furnace fronts.
Noel
The prospect would probably have scared the **** out of you. A boiler room on full steam is a daunting prospect for the uninitiated of any age with its cacophony of eerie noises emanating from plating and pipework under pressure. Not to mention the disconcerting heat and the Dantean glow from the furnace fronts.
Noel
Well, as a little kid, that's right! But, all the same, it would be fun to see the things up close. That reminds me of the scene from JC's Titanic when Andrews was giving Rose and Co. a little tour of the ship, and right before Jack pulled her aside, he said, "Next stop will be the engine room!" Even if they had contacts like that, do you think they would let a respectable group of first class passengers anywhere near the engine rooms?
-Adam Lang
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