Remembering the Titanic

[quint]

Second class barber shop on sister ship Olympic (1911). Shop would have looked the same on Titanic. Note the Comoy tobacco pipes for sale on back wall next to a collection of wrist and pocket watches. Various ship souvenirs are also for sale.

 

[cwarmouth]

This is all very interesting stuff. Remembering the Titanic has led me to remember something I was told and believed all of my life that I now am realizing may not be true. When I was a child there was an old man who lived down the street from me who I was told had a ticket to board the ship but was somehow delayed and missed the launch, I was told this by people close to him and me. My mother, his daughter, his grandchildren, etc. I was told, but never saw with my own eyes that he still had the ticket. But in this age of instant information I just looked at a number of names of folks who canceled their reservations or missed the launch and his name was nowhere to be seen on any of those lists. Did he pull one over on everyone or is it possible that the lists are incomplete?

 

[huntertrw]

cwarmouth:
Here is a link (Comprehensive Passenger List) to the Encyclopedia Titanica Website. Does this gentleman's name appear there? My guess is that if, indeed, he did have a ticket, but somehow missed boarding, he would still have been listed thereon.

 

[jpmcwjr]

mso- Not the engine room, but one of the many coal bunkers was smoldering away. The bunkers were all separated by bulkheads, and I wish I could recall how many. Two dozen might be right.
Quint- Doubt tins were involved! Wish I could find the cite. But did turn up a document re the line's supply store (for provisions for all the liners)- 100,000 cigars and up to two tons of cig and pipe tobacco. And great photo....

 

[jpmcwjr]

Still no joy on pipe tobacco aboard, but the following may interest some.

Ales and Stout 15,000 bottles
Wines 1,000 bottles
Liquor 850 bottles
Minerals 1,200bottles
8,000 cigars
57,600 items of crockery
29,000 pieces of glassware
44,000 pieces of cutlery

 

[huntertrw]

"The bunkers were all separated by bulkheads, and I wish I could recall how many. Two dozen might be right."
Here is a link (Titanic Deckplans) from the Encyclopedia Titanica Website that might help answer your question.

 

[quint]

By the way, if anyone is interested in seeing the classic 1958 British Titanic movie 'A Night to Remember', you can watch the entire thing for free in HD on YouTube. In my opinion, it is far superior to James Cameron's cheesy and sappy 1994 melodramatic movie 'Titanic'.
Movie Link

 

[quint]

Correction: Cameron's cheese-fest with Leonardo Save-the-Planet DiHypocrite was released in 1997, not 1994. :lol:

 

[wyfbane]

An antique dealer in Tacoma bought a Titanic ticket for $1000 and flipped it for $100,000.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Thanks, Hunter. Two dozen is about right, including the "reserve" coal bunkers. Good to see a squash court on top of one of them!
Quint- I take it The Titanic is not one of your favorites? :crazy:

 

[tuold]

So Peterson couldn't use the name "Titanic" on a pipe because Dunhill grabbed it first?
-->Dunhill Titanic Pipe

 

[quint]

Quint- I take it The Titanic is not one of your favorites?

What ever gave you that idea? :mrgreen:

So Peterson couldn't use the name "Titanic" on a pipe because Dunhill grabbed it first?
-->Dunhill Titanic Pipe

Pretty cool pipe. The included tamper has a piece of wood from one of the Titanic's deck chairs embedded in it. Too bad I don't have £2,300.00 to spend on a single pipe. 8O