Items belonging to ‘lucky’ family who sailed on Titanic go on display

Possessions belonging to a family who were lucky to disembark the world’s most famous liner before she steamed on to a watery grave have gone on display in an interpretive centre in Co Cork.

The owner of the Titanic Experience in Cobh says it’s just the start of his search to fill the centre with artefacts which are especially associated with the town’s connection with the ill-fated liner.

Gillen Joyce, who opened the former White Star Line offices in Feb 2012 as an interpretive centre, secured a number of lots at a specialist auction in England which he put on display yesterday.