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Mary Millar


13th Oct 1997

Mary Millar

"I can't find the words to explain how I felt about it but it was a lovely experience"

The Story

It was Mary's 90th birthday. Just as she expected, her nieces came to take her to her birthday tea-party as had become customary. They came and collected her as expected but when they drove away in the car it became apparent to Mary that they were going somewhere else. Her nieces had arranged something very special for Mary that she would never forget...

The story continues...

Mary Millar remembers being 5 years old and seeing the Titanic out on its sea-trials in the Irish sea. In this short video you can watch her describing what that was like...

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Name: Des
Date: 14/10/2007
Comment: A lovely story. Thank you for sharing it. Des



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