Titanic 100 Years Later

[gaea]

I really have no idea where this would go its history so i think this is an appropriate place.

I have had a strange addiction to everything Titanic since around the age of 4 i remember having a conversation with my mother about it and her asking me where i had "heard" the things i had been talking about, only i do not remember "hearing" anything so i could not say anything other than "I just know"

Now that the 100 years is upon us, the news media is all over this asking people about their strange addictions and or "connections" to the titanic.

I have found this interesting because i have a strange connection to it as well unexplainable i had no relatives aboard.

http://www.rmstitanic.net/

RIP-RMS TITANIC 04/15/1912

Does anyone else have these strange/odd connections to things history events of the past ?

[I'mOneToo]

gaea, I also have a fascination for all things Titanic. Nope, no relatives on board nor anyone who knew any of them.

http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/

[gaea]

Originally Posted by I'mOneToo

gaea, I also have a fascination for all things Titanic. Nope, no relatives on board nor anyone who knew any of them.

http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/

I am so glad there is another..here at least we are about to celebrate 100 years...

Im saddened by this event and yet somehow relieved by it at the same time.

[I'mOneToo]

There is this too, if you're interested:



It's an hour and a half long, but interesting.

[gaea]

Originally Posted by I'mOneToo

There is this too, if you're interested:



It's an hour and a half long, but interesting.

thank you for posting this I believe I have seen it however will watch it again.

[gaea]

there is a special in tonight that I am watching.

[macele]

my niece is crazy about everything titanic. she and i went to the museum in pigeon forge, tn. she loved it. i went for the picture in front of the famous staircase (really just standing in front of a blue screen) lol.

we went into a room that was cold as cold can get, seemed like. we touched ice/water, ... how cold it would have been to be in the water, ... like those on the titanic. there was an illusion of the hallway. dang that looked real! i could just see rose and jack running together. any titanic fan would enjoy.

the titanic passengers experienced an unimaginable death, horrific. and those that lived, brought the unimaginable horror home with them. it's like 9 11. and katrina. everytime i think of, i close my eyes and feel a loss that's deep, dark, scarey. just can't imagine what they went through.

i've felt a connection with a person that i don't know, historic. it feels too personal to share. but i do understand the connection you are talking about. at least i think i do. i know the connection that i have had, ... has been to soothe my soul. and maybe the other "person's" spirit.

interesting topic. thank you, gaea.

[gaea]

Originally Posted by macele

my niece is crazy about everything titanic. she and i went to the museum in pigeon forge, tn. she loved it. i went for the picture in front of the famous staircase (really just standing in front of a blue screen) lol.

we went into a room that was cold as cold can get, seemed like. we touched ice/water, ... how cold it would have been to be in the water, ... like those on the titanic. there was an illusion of the hallway. dang that looked real! i could just see rose and jack running together. any titanic fan would enjoy.

the titanic passengers experienced an unimaginable death, horrific. and those that lived, brought the unimaginable horror home with them. it's like 9 11. and katrina. everytime i think of, i close my eyes and feel a loss that's deep, dark, scarey. just can't imagine what they went through.

i've felt a connection with a person that i don't know, historic. it feels too personal to share. but i do understand the connection you are talking about. at least i think i do. i know the connection that i have had, ... has been to soothe my soul. and maybe the other "person's" spirit.

interesting topic. thank you, gaea.

thank you for sharing this information, if I may ask how old is your neice?

[cinderella]

Relieved? How so? That seems an odd comment.

I too have had a fascination with all things Titanic. I guess all tragedies have some sort of fascination...why this is, I can't say, but it's true. Something about the horrificness of such disasters that seem to fascinate - like watching a building that's on fire - it's perverse, but we can't seem to help it.

Every April 15, I say a small prayer for all those lost souls of The Titanic. My heart hurts when I think of that tragedy. I imagine myself amongst those still on the ship while it was going down, but nothing I can ever imagine can ever come close to the reality. I esp think about the children, and how terrified they must've been. More then 1500 souls lost their lives that horrible night. May they all rest in peace. Stories like the sinking of Titanic has struck fear in my heart, and keeps me from ever going on a cruise, or boats going out in deep water.

Originally Posted by gaea

I am so glad there is another..here at least we are about to celebrate 100 years...

Im saddened by this event and yet somehow relieved by it at the same time.

[gaea]

Originally Posted by cinderella

Relieved? How so? That seems an odd comment.

I too have had a fascination with all things Titanic. I guess all tragedies have some sort of fascination...why this is, I can't say, but it's true. Something about the horrificness of such disasters that seem to fascinate - like watching a building that's on fire - it's perverse, but we can't seem to help it.

Every April 15, I say a small prayer for all those lost souls of The Titanic. My heart hurts when I think of that tragedy. I imagine myself amongst those still on the ship while it was going down, but nothing I can ever imagine can ever come close to the reality. I esp think about the children, and how terrified they must've been. More then 1500 souls lost their lives that horrible night. May they all rest in peace. Stories like the sinking of Titanic has struck fear in my heart, and keeps me from ever going on a cruise, or boats going out in deep water.

I cant explain the feeling of relief or even why I had that feeling, i am not even sure from where it came just that it was there.

[Electrocell]

Do you believe in reincarnation?

Originally Posted by gaea

I really have no idea where this would go its history so i think this is an appropriate place.

I have had a strange addiction to everything Titanic since around the age of 4 i remember having a conversation with my mother about it and her asking me where i had "heard" the things i had been talking about, only i do not remember "hearing" anything so i could not say anything other than "I just know"

Now that the 100 years is upon us, the news media is all over this asking people about their strange addictions and or "connections" to the titanic.

I have found this interesting because i have a strange connection to it as well unexplainable i had no relatives aboard.

http://www.rmstitanic.net/

RIP-RMS TITANIC 04/15/1912

Does anyone else have these strange/odd connections to things history events of the past ?

[gaea]

Originally Posted by Electrocell

Do you believe in reincarnation?

I do yes, i do not just believe in it, however it is something in which i feel if that makes any sense.

my nightmares are all water based flooding waters rushing in and there is always some sort of maze i do not know how to explain them, I am currently trying to get connected with a "regression" therapist so i can make some sense out of my nightmares and perhaps put them to rest.

When i have flooding nightmares they are pretty intense and will almost always leave me with a sense of sadness the next day, couple these nightmares where im in some sort of maze and cannot get out or find my way "out" and im left with confusion.

The other night i dreamt I was on a large ship and i kept going from one room to another and they seemed like compartment sized rooms only i was following my eldest daughter who was in a wedding gown (weird) and she kept disappearing on me forcing me to continue looking for her, although i never saw her face in my dream it was my daughter.

I have never been on a ship in this lifetime and yet that seems to be all i think about being out on the open waters.

[Electrocell]

Interesting can understand what you are saying. I've had dreams about things and knew things the only way it could of been explained is that I had lived at that time.

Was wondering can you swim? You say you think about being on open waters, are you fearful at the same time?

[gaea]

Originally Posted by Electrocell

Interesting can understand what you are saying. I've had dreams about things and knew things the only way it could of been explained is that I had lived at that time.

Was wondering can you swim? You say you think about being on open waters, are you fearful at the same time?

yes i can swim i honestly don't remember a time i couldn't swim seems like i have always known how.

I am not fearful it is more like longing for me even though i have waterbased nightmares. It is difficult and seems somewhat conflicting. I do not really know how to explain it.

[Electrocell]

Originally Posted by gaea

yes i can swim i honestly don't remember a time i couldn't swim seems like i have always known how.

I am not fearful it is more like longing for me even though i have waterbased nightmares. It is difficult and seems somewhat conflicting. I do not really know how to explain it.

Have you done any research to find out if anyone was married on that ship?

[Gráinne]

What many people don't realize is that the Titanic was meant to be one of three superliners going back and forth across the Atlantic. The White Star Line looked at the rivalry with the Cunard Line (Lusitania and Mauretania), and decided not to go for speed but for luxury-and the ships were supposed to be the last word in that, even in third class.

Olympic was finished first and had a long career, only ending in 1935. Britannic was finished with new safety features after the Titanic sank, but became a hospital ship and hit a mine off of Greece in 1914.

White Star Line was never quite the same; WWI and the Depression after that cut down on profits in the long run, as well as not so many immigrants, the real "bread and butter" of the line. I believe most of the great liners (Mauretania among them) were done by the mid 1930's.

[Ciaran]

Originally Posted by guihong

I believe most of the great liners (Mauretania among them) were done by the mid 1930's.

Yes, it was. However, a successor, also called Mauretania, was constructed and continued to sail on transatlantic voyages for a number of decades. I met a number of people who sailed on the Mauretania in 1949 - they were members of the Belfast Celtic soccer team who toured the United States and Canada that summer.


A number of years ago, I obtained many of the personal artefacts of a famous European soccer star. Included amongst these artefacts were a number of itineraries, dinner menus and certificates for a number of transatlantic cruises in the 1940s and 1950s. It was interesting to note that passengers received certificates when completing some of these voyages .... It really does bring home the different era and how travelling long journeys on the seas must have been a real adventure and experience.

[Gráinne]

Originally Posted by Ciaran

Yes, it was. However, a successor, also called Mauretania, was constructed and continued to sail on transatlantic voyages for a number of decades. I met a number of people who sailed on the Mauretania in 1949 - they were members of the Belfast Celtic soccer team who toured the United States and Canada that summer.


A number of years ago, I obtained many of the personal artefacts of a famous European soccer star. Included amongst these artefacts were a number of itineraries, dinner menus and certificates for a number of transatlantic cruises in the 1940s and 1950s. It was interesting to note that passengers received certificates when completing some of these voyages .... It really does bring home the different era and how travelling long journeys on the seas must have been a real adventure and experience.

Yes, if you could afford even a second-class ticket on one of those ships, how much fun that would have been compared to being sealed in a tube and shot across by air. It would have been different than the cruise ships of today, which are giant parties on water.

But then again, maybe the passengers of the Titanic's time didn't find it "fun", especially in third class. And I would not want to live 24/7 back then. I don't know how to say what I mean very well..but just to sit on the furnishings, or have a cup of tea on the deck . It's a lost experience.

[gaea]

I have never been in a cruise ship however when I think about being on one my thoughts are often times that of me sitting on the deck with a book feeling the air and having the scent of the ocean all around me.

I often wonder why there aren't more stories of the engineers the employees the maids waiters waitresses etc. where are all their stories ? it's really hard web I see how the second and third class passengers were forced to be locked down below ...I don't understand classism now and I probably never will.

[gaea]

there is that somethig beautiful about the titanic.