Lynsey Cobden
lynseycobden.bsky.social
Lynsey Cobden
@lynseycobden.bsky.social
Modern historian 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Researching a book about Scots on the Titanic 🚢🆘🛟
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Titanic victim Isidor Straus's watch sells for £1.78 million at auction

www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/nationa...
Titanic couple’s gold pocket watch sells for record £1.78m at auction
It was the highest amount ever paid for Titanic memorabilia, the auctioneers said.
www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Medals awarded to Titanic junior operator Harold Bride after World War 1 fetch more than £11,000 at auction.

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2563714...
Medals of Titanic hero who settled in Glasgow sold at auction
Harold Bride was a junior wireless operator in April 1912, when the doomed ship hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We’ll be coming 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I married a pedant 🤣
Always nice to see the BBC make a correction based on feedback, even if it is somewhat, if understandably, delayed:
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Selling books is undoubtedly awesome, but there's something truly special about people borrowing your book from the library.
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I am absolutely a convert to @zotero.org. I have no idea how I got through my DPhil without it 🤯
November 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A 24-page journal article nearly sunk my printer. Apt considering my line of research #titanic
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Back in full lit review mode. Starting to plough through the body of work on Ulster shipbuilding and its myriad Scottish connections #titanic #belfast #scotsonthetitanic #ulstershipbuilding
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
@remembrancewatch.bsky.social Rumour has it that he leaves Cherwell District Council’s buildings at night and drinks by the war memorial.
October 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
July 30, 2025 at 7:35 AM
The Titanic disaster provoked a lot of different responses, but one man from Dalry, Ayrshire was determined to redesign ships to make them safer (1.) #titanic
July 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Just read that certain passengers of the Baltic were given a log of the Baltic’s backward run towards the Titanic’s position. Wonder if any of them survive. Would love to see one #titanic #baltic
July 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
‘Only humanity triumphs. They let the women and children go. What partings. But who shall picture that last awful moment when the sea prepares to engulf its latest greatest victim?’ Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, Friday 19 April 1912. #titanic #scotland
July 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM