Monthly Archives: April 2024

On Sunday 14 April, Geoff Watts took 21 people and 1 well-behaved dog on our Sunday Titanic Walk. The conditions were pleasantly cooler and the very wet mud was now just soft. Geoff began inside the former Non-Conformist chapel, now – thanks to SCC – FoSOC’s base. He thanked Val for arranging the walks and for the display in the room. Geoff dedicated his walk to four people, all no longer with us: Brian Ticehurst who had helped us so much, Vicky Green for dedicated research and knowledge at Southampton Local Studies Library, Genevieve Bailey for her lifelong, passionate interest in Titanic and our Vice President, Bernard Lavell, a talented artist, some of whose drawings Geoff showed on the way round.  Geoff’s walk on Sunday 14th was exactly 124 years after the fateful day Titanic encountered an iceberg. Both in … Continue reading →

The first Titanic walk for 2024 was held on Saturday 13th April at 11.00am with a group of 18 people and 4 well behaved dogs. For once the weather was very kind to us …it was sunny and warm. Pervious wet weather was a concern to FoSOC’s guides due to the pathways becoming very muddy. But the weather for two days earlier having no rain, the mud was soft but firm for walking on. On this walk there was a volunteer helper call Mischa who is doing her Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award on the Old Southampton Cemetery. On guide Graham Linecar’s walk, a descendant of a victim of the disaster from Southampton, a Mr William Mintram, a fireman who lost his life on the Titanic. She was able to see where his memorial was on the walk and later … Continue reading →

The crab apple tree nearly a year on and its blooming lovely! Photos taken by Bruce Larner