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Titanic survivor auctions relics | Titanic survivor auctions relics |
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The last remaining survivor of the Titanic plans to sell mementoes from the ship to pay her nursing home fees. | The last remaining survivor of the Titanic plans to sell mementoes from the ship to pay her nursing home fees. |
Now 96, Millvina Dean was nine weeks old when the liner sank in the North Atlantic in 1912. | Now 96, Millvina Dean was nine weeks old when the liner sank in the North Atlantic in 1912. |
She hopes to raise £3,000 by selling items including a suitcase full of clothes given to her by the people of New York after her rescue. | She hopes to raise £3,000 by selling items including a suitcase full of clothes given to her by the people of New York after her rescue. |
The auction in Wiltshire will also feature compensation letters sent to her mother by the Titanic Relief Fund. | The auction in Wiltshire will also feature compensation letters sent to her mother by the Titanic Relief Fund. |
They explained that she would be awarded one pound, seven shillings and six pence per week. | They explained that she would be awarded one pound, seven shillings and six pence per week. |
Several rare prints of the Titanic - including one of it leaving the White Star dock in Southampton - will also go under the hammer. | Several rare prints of the Titanic - including one of it leaving the White Star dock in Southampton - will also go under the hammer. |
I am selling it all now because I have to pay these nursing home fees Millvina DeanLast Titanic survivor | I am selling it all now because I have to pay these nursing home fees Millvina DeanLast Titanic survivor |
Miss Dean moved into a private nursing home in Ashurst, Hampshire, two years ago. | |
She told the Southern Daily Echo: "I was hoping to be here for two weeks after breaking my hip, but I developed an infection and have been here for two years. I am not able to live in my home any more. | She told the Southern Daily Echo: "I was hoping to be here for two weeks after breaking my hip, but I developed an infection and have been here for two years. I am not able to live in my home any more. |
"I am selling it all now because I have to pay these nursing home fees and am selling anything that I think might fetch some money." | "I am selling it all now because I have to pay these nursing home fees and am selling anything that I think might fetch some money." |
The Dean family were emigrating to Kansas when the Titanic went down. | The Dean family were emigrating to Kansas when the Titanic went down. |
Miss Dean was placed in a sack and carried to safety along with her mother and brother. | Miss Dean was placed in a sack and carried to safety along with her mother and brother. |
But her father Bertram was one of more than 1,500 people who died. | But her father Bertram was one of more than 1,500 people who died. |
The auction will take place at Henry Aldridge and Son auctioneers in Devizes, Wilts, on Saturday. | The auction will take place at Henry Aldridge and Son auctioneers in Devizes, Wilts, on Saturday. |
Andrew Aldridge said: "The suitcase is a very emotive and unusual item and epitomises what the people of New York did for the Titanic survivors. | Andrew Aldridge said: "The suitcase is a very emotive and unusual item and epitomises what the people of New York did for the Titanic survivors. |
"It also highlights what state the survivors were in when they got to New York. Many people lost everything down to the clothes they were standing in." | "It also highlights what state the survivors were in when they got to New York. Many people lost everything down to the clothes they were standing in." |
Miss Dean is the last survivor of the Titanic after Barbara Dainton, from Cornwall, died last year aged 96. | Miss Dean is the last survivor of the Titanic after Barbara Dainton, from Cornwall, died last year aged 96. |
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