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Jimmy Nail's "Big River" start playing in my head when I see this one. Very fine picture! greetings from Hanko, Finland

Obviously 'doing their bit' at this dreadfull time and releasing men to go to the killing fields of France. Still, a wonderfull old picture.

Did part of this ship interior end up in a Northumberland pub when it was broken up?? I'm probably way off mind!

It's possible... Parts of the engine room controls in this photo www.flickr.com/photos/twm_news/5621049717/in/photostream/ became part of the collection at Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums when Mauretania was dismantled,so it may be that the pub did have sections of it.

I'm sure it was a hotel or pub in the Alnwick area - too far for me to do a pub crawl. ;)

You are nearly right.....the White Swan Hotel in Alnwick has a whole dining room from the Olympic (sister ship of the Titanic) which was rescued when she was broken up at Blyth. A few years ago a whole barn full of artefacts was discovered at Buston (nr Alnwick) and there is more in a pub in Derbyshire....so there are bits of the Olympic everywhere!

cigcardpix The power of the internet!! I knew there were local connections like that. I was a bit off mind....

Thank you TWAM, another cracker of a old black and white shot that is much appreciated here.

"(1935) The demise of the beloved Mauretania was protested by many of her loyal passengers, including President Franklin D. Roosevelt who wrote a private letter arguing against the scrapping". Thank-you very much for providing this look at a magnificent ship.

You're welcome. Great piece of information, Konabish. Where's it taken from?

To the ship breakers On the route to Rosyth, Mauretania stopped at her birthplace the Tyne for half an hour, where she drew crowds of sightseers and was boarded by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle. The mayor bid her farewell from the people of Newcastle, and her last captain, A.T. Brown, then resumed his course for Rosyth. With masts cut down to fit, the ship passed under the Forth Bridge and was delivered to the breakers. The demise of the beloved Mauretania was protested by many of her loyal passengers, including President Franklin D. Roosevelt who wrote a private letter arguing against the scrapping. www.peekarica.com/steampedia/index.php?title=RMS_Mauretania I've seen those sad and lasting words quoted numerous times.

Thank you Konabish, very nice thread.