Rare titanic letter on show in Worcestershire
Oct 28 2010 by Ben Hurst, Birmingham Mail
A FASCINATING letter written on board the Titanic to a Midland artist has revealed a rare glimpse into life on the luxury vessel before disaster unfolded.
The 98-year-old document offers a compelling insight into the doomed ship and details the luxuriousness onboard as well as some rather unflattering opinions of fellow passengers.
Written by artist and journalist Frank Millet, the artefact describes how ‘obnoxious ostentatious American women’ infest the decks of the world-famous ship.
It was sent to his close friend painter Alfred Parsons, from Broadway, Worcestershire, who was aquainted with the likes of Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Peter Pan creator JM Barrie, and forms part of a collection of memorabilia unveiled for the first time to the public.
Millet, an American who lived in England, drowned in the tragedy on April 15, 1912 after boarding the Titanic at Cherbourg, France, five days earlier on one of his regular trips back to the USA.
