Manila Downunder

~~ KATE AND LEO-BOY RETURN TO TITANIC ~~

Many are surprised to learn I have more hobbies than just railways, or 'Thomas The Tank Engine' as the aswang like to so childishly put it.

I have long has a fetish for the Titanic as well, the famous ship that sunk in 1912, causing a huge loss of life, the numbers of which I don't think have been beaten to this day.

The story of the Titanic, truth or otherwise, has been told many, MANY times in books, television and on the big screen.
Quite possibly the best book version was written by a school teacher, the name of whom escapes me, who was on the Titanic that fateful night and became one of the lucky few survivors.

The best movie however, if you can ignore the bollocks of Kate Winslet (though it is hard to ignore that breastical shot) and prise twat Leonardo, was the blockbuster 'TITANIC' from a couple of years ago.
While all the Jack and, 'whats her name' stuff is pure fictional bollocks and there is no huge gem dumped in the ocean by the much older whats her name, everything that went on around them seems to have been researched very well and gives a true depiction of it all, right down to the little kid playing with the top.

Recently I was talking to one of the readers of this site about the Titanic and if anyone still survives.
I have since found out that the last survivor still breaths in the UK, having been 2 months old at the time of the disaster.

The last survivor, Millvina Dean, who is struggling to pay the fees of a nursing home she has been in since breaking her hip around three years ago, has found help in the Kate and Leo, who have thrown their support behind a fund to help pay her fees.

This is such wonderful news and certainly puts these actors in a new light for me, because Millvina Dean would have to be a true worldwide historical treasure.

Lets all hope she has many years ahead.

Details of the MILLVENA FUND!