v THE HERALD - OUR 28TH YEAR - 1994-2022 v 17th November 2022 • The HERALD • Page 23 Call for a FREE Quotation 023 8084 0257 www.gasworks.co.uk Visit our showroom at 299 Shirley Road, Southampton SO15 3HU Fireplaces and Surrounds Gas and Electric Fires Full Installation Service Service and Maintenance SP DECORATING Painting & Decorating Specialist Simon Perks Tel: 07889 091420 Email: simonperks@rocketmail.com • Interior & Exteriors • Wallpaper Hanging • Prompt & Reliable Service • Free Quotations & Expert Advice • Fully Insured Approved by Trading Standards MEETING ALL YOUR GLASS AND MIRROR NEEDS • Glass cut to size • Mirrors made to measure • Broken glass repaired • Misted up or broken double-glazed units replaced • Glass table tops • Heat-resistant glass for woodburners 75 Rumbridge Street, Totton Tel: (023) 8086 3074 TOTTON GLASS Send your local news to The Editor, The Herald, 2 High Street, Hythe SO45 6AH OF ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH, FAWLEY on the fateful night that Titanic hit the iceberg and started to sink. RMS Carpathia was 58 nautical miles away from the Titanic. e wireless operator on the Carpathia (Harold Cottam) was a friend of the wireless operator on the Titanic and when he received the distress call, he thought it might be a ‘joke’, but quickly realised that it was not. Fortunately the Captain Arthur Rostrom, when woken from his sleep in his cabin, quickly realised the problem and set RMS Carpathia on course to go to help Titanic. However, his ship would normally only travel at 12 miles per hour. By increasing his steam power (to dangerously high levels) he managed to get up to a speed of about 15-17 miles per hour. e journey still took over 4 hours, and 3 hours of this were in radio silence as the Titanic rst lost all transmitting power and then sank. What Henry and the crew must have experienced cannot even be imagined. As it was, the inaccuracies of navigational plotting at that time meant that the Titanic was actually 13 miles to the east of where they believed they were. As Carpathia was approaching the wrong area carefully avoiding the icebergs, the Captain noticed a green light above the horizon and turned his ship towards it. Imagine the relief of both RMS Carpathia and the survivors in the lifeboats, when they realised that they had been found. Henry would have been one of the crew to help the survivors to safety. All of the crew received a medal, but sadly the family have no idea what happened to it. ey were never shown it, and Henry never spoke of that experience to the family. It was unlikely that Edith ever travelled far, possibly on the ferry to Southampton, or to Totton, or to Fawley which at that time was a bustling village with a big variety of shops and services. e only time it was known that Edith travelled any further was when Doreen was getting married. Edith was taken to Winchester on the bus to buy her wedding clothes. On his retirement from the navy, Henry joined his brother ‘Wally’ and worked on the Hythe ferry just across the road from where he lived. ere are records to con rm that her twin sister Lilian was alive in 1901 but I have been unable to trace a date of death. Edith’s daughter Doris was born in 1914, and in 1939 she was working in an aircra factory splicing wire. She married a Mr. Beales and she died in in 1961. Palmer Essie was born in 1917 and married a Mr. Maidment, date of death unknown. Edith died on the 28th September 1962, aged 81 and was laid to rest in the All Saint’s Graveyard. Her husband Henry died on 22nd May 1969 aged 84, and is buried in the same grave. My grateful thanks to Doreen Hosey for this ‘Tale’ and her fond memories of Granny Hosey. The grave of ‘Granny Hosey’ and her husband Henry George Continued from page 22
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