Veronica Hinke

You know, to not even have had a lifeboat drill was just crazy. Today, we just wouldn't tolerate that. Even if you're on a cross-channel ferry, you want to know where your muster station is and what the rules are for when things go wrong.

You know, to not even have had a lifeboat drill was just crazy. Today, we just wouldn't tolerate that. Even if you're on a cross-channel ferry, you want to know where your muster station is and what the rules are for when things go wrong.

For first class, for example, you had a swimming pool, indoor swimming pool, which was new for ships. That hadn't been around before. You had the gym, you had squash courts, you had all sorts of leisure facilities.

For first class, for example, you had a swimming pool, indoor swimming pool, which was new for ships. That hadn't been around before. You had the gym, you had squash courts, you had all sorts of leisure facilities.

Life on board Titanic for those few days seems to have been like a big party, definitely for the first class passengers. They were all sizing each other up to begin with. A lot of them were coming back from business trips from London back to New York. So there was a kind of pecking order even amongst the first classes as to who was the most important there. There was a lot of networking going on.

Life on board Titanic for those few days seems to have been like a big party, definitely for the first class passengers. They were all sizing each other up to begin with. A lot of them were coming back from business trips from London back to New York. So there was a kind of pecking order even amongst the first classes as to who was the most important there. There was a lot of networking going on.

The Syrian passengers, I would imagine, very likely brought with them things like tabbouleh, which is a very traditional meal for them and probably some breads they would have brought that they were familiar with. So I think they probably would have brought a few things with them to start the voyage off with something they're familiar with.

The Syrian passengers, I would imagine, very likely brought with them things like tabbouleh, which is a very traditional meal for them and probably some breads they would have brought that they were familiar with. So I think they probably would have brought a few things with them to start the voyage off with something they're familiar with.

Before the Titanic sailed, people in third class on a ship would have had to bring their own meals. And not just for one day, but for many days. Enough food so that if the journey got delayed because of whatever, weather, you know, mechanical delay, coal strike, whatever it might be, they'd have enough to eat. And they'd have enough for their family to eat too.

Before the Titanic sailed, people in third class on a ship would have had to bring their own meals. And not just for one day, but for many days. Enough food so that if the journey got delayed because of whatever, weather, you know, mechanical delay, coal strike, whatever it might be, they'd have enough to eat. And they'd have enough for their family to eat too.

So if you can imagine packing all that food. But they had to because there were not dining opportunities for third class prior to Titanic.

So if you can imagine packing all that food. But they had to because there were not dining opportunities for third class prior to Titanic.

At the bottom of the menu, it was spelled out very clearly, any complaint respecting of the food supplied, want of attention, or incivility should be at once reported to the purser or chief steward. For purposes of identification, each steward wears a numbered badge on the arm.

At the bottom of the menu, it was spelled out very clearly, any complaint respecting of the food supplied, want of attention, or incivility should be at once reported to the purser or chief steward. For purposes of identification, each steward wears a numbered badge on the arm.

It was supposed to make people feel a sense of warmth and coziness as well as elegance. There would have been flowers on the tables, lots and lots of beautiful, plump, fluffy roses. You would be watching your P's and Q's in here very carefully because everything about the way this space is laid out and designed, it's a very discreet space and it demands respect.

It was supposed to make people feel a sense of warmth and coziness as well as elegance. There would have been flowers on the tables, lots and lots of beautiful, plump, fluffy roses. You would be watching your P's and Q's in here very carefully because everything about the way this space is laid out and designed, it's a very discreet space and it demands respect.

The dinner went for hours. There were hors d'oeuvres and oysters, probably oysters with a mignette sauce, a nice light sauce made with shallots and a nice little bit of crushed back pepper. consomme olga, cream of barley soup, there was salmon with mousseline sauce, and that was just to start.

The dinner went for hours. There were hors d'oeuvres and oysters, probably oysters with a mignette sauce, a nice light sauce made with shallots and a nice little bit of crushed back pepper. consomme olga, cream of barley soup, there was salmon with mousseline sauce, and that was just to start.

There were things on this menu that really revealed the incredible decadence even further than what we knew before this menu was discovered. There were tornadoes of beef a la Victoria. There was cream of asparagus soup and squab a la Goddard. Mallard duck with port wine sauce. And the desserts are really interesting too.

There were things on this menu that really revealed the incredible decadence even further than what we knew before this menu was discovered. There were tornadoes of beef a la Victoria. There was cream of asparagus soup and squab a la Goddard. Mallard duck with port wine sauce. And the desserts are really interesting too.