Southampton itself is worthy of exploration, regardless of that big ship on the waterfront. It’s an old Roman seaport with an amazing Medieval wall still up and visible to a great degree.
Check out the city’s website for more.
www.southampton.gov.uk
You can also write to Southampton City Information, 9 Civic Centre Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO147FJ. Or call 023-8083-3333. Ask for the brochure Explore Southampton.
Of course during these days, there’s again renewed interest in the Titanic. The city has memorials galore to those who lost their lives. Hundreds of them, in fact, were Southampton citizens who worked aboard ship. More than 1,500 people died when the Titanic sank April 10, 1912, 900 of whom were crew members.
There’s a Titanic Trail in Southampton, which includes includes stops all along the waterfront area, from an exhibition to the chief memorial and the departure point. The latter two are off limits unless you’ve made prior arrangements. 023-8048-8800.
Check the Southampton website. Here’s the Titanic information.
http://www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/visitguide/titintro.htm
There are many, many other Titanic sites worth reading, or at least exploring. Here are just a few.
This one deals with some news reports before the ship sailed. It’s a bit ironic? Frightening? Some of the same words are used today to describe the Queen Mary 2 and its stature.
http://titanic.thewestofireland.com/articles.htm#wp2
Try this one for an encyclopedic view.
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/index.php
Try this one for reports on the day the ship left Southampton.
http://www.thisishampshire.net/hampshire/southampton/
titanic/SOTON_TITANIC_NEWS46.html
There are, obviously, so many more sites and so much information on the ship’s sinking. I don’t doubt that many of you Tiitanophiles have most of them memorized.
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