Luxury Cruise

On This Day In History
1986: Video of Titanic wreckage released

Quote Of The Day
"Control your Irish passions, Thomas. Your uncle here tells me you proposed 64 lifeboats and he had to pull your arm to get you down to 32. Now, I will remind you just as I reminded him these are my ships. And according to our contract, I have final say on the design. I'll not have so many little boats, as you call them, cluttering up my decks and putting fear into my passengers."
(J. Bruce Ismay, Director of the White Star Line to Thomas Andrews, Managing Director of Harland and Wolff Shipyards )

If Thomas Andrews had shown a little more Irish passion and J. Bruce Ismay a great deal more English common sense, perhaps 1,500 lives may have been saved.

So ends my two week stint of summer school. I've enjoyed it, mostly, but I look forward to going back to having a proper summer holiday now. 

Once he emails it to me, I will add a photograph taken by the summer school coordinator of some summer school staff celebrating at a Hawaiian. We had a lovely time.

Waiting For Cousteau