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Thanks DG. These have been the most interesting and affecting stories from the Titanic anniversary, which I saw as pretty pointless until I read this.

Thanks DG for making this centenary seem very alive and somehow chilling, the words of Eva Hart really made me stop and think hard about what she had gone through.

I agree with both of the above comments. Thanks for retelling all these very moving stories. The word 'titanic' has become such a cliché and the story so well-known that I find it hard to appreciate the scale of the tragedy and the personal suffering involved so these beautifully written articles have helped in a small way bring the story back to life.

Thanks for taking us behind the scenes once again.

I had no idea until after listening to Cmdr Lightoller's link in yesterday's post, that this disaster could easily have been diverted, or at least greatly diminished, but for an incredible chain of events and missed opportunities. So tragic.

Your research into Chadwell Heath's Eva Hart is very interesting as my parents lived around the corner from the pub that bears her name. I always wondered why the pub was so called. Now I know. Many thanks. The accompanying photograph shows the church's "garden of remembrance" where my father's ashes are buried. It's a very sad picture of a very sad place. I was there when we buried his box of ashes 17 years ago but I can not bring myself to return.

Your guess about Eva Hart's resting place seems to be correct. According to an archived webpage, "her ashes were scattered in St Chads Churchyard, Romford, Essex".

See http://web.archive.org/web/20080726172732/http://hometown.aol.co.uk/houghian/myhomepage/hart.HTML

Really enjoying this set of posts. And I thought I was all 'Titanic-ed' out.











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