Sinking the Unsinkable, Chapter 2
Posted: March 29, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized 2 CommentsThe second part of my epic tale of the voyage of the RMS Torytanic. The story so far: A shortage of berths has prompted Captain Cameron to promise nothing less than an ‘accommodation revolution’ on the back of the ‘affordable ticket’ scheme dreamed up by his assistant purser, Mr Shipps. It will be iceberg season by the time the Torytanic completes its maiden voyage but fortunately for them she is designed to be unsinkable.
Ship’s journal of Captain D Cameron, Esq, Sunday October 16: The crossing is proving much slower going than my chief engineer, Mr Osborne, promised when we set sail. There are murmurings of discontent from passengers all over the ship and I’m not sure how much longer I can get away with telling them that they are better off than they would be on RMS Labour under Captain Brown or his replacement Mr Miliband. Fortunately, the loud parties organised by our Greek and Italian passengers have given them something else to moan about.
Sinking the Unsinkable, Chapter 1
Posted: March 22, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized 3 CommentsThe story so far: Rummaging through a collection of books at a car boot sale, I came across this remarkable journal of a ship’s captain telling the story of a perilous voyage on the high seas. Originally published in five chapters in 24Housing magazine, I’ll be running it in five blogs here over the next three weeks. The story begins one fine September day last year…
Ship’s journal of Captain D Cameron, Esq, Sunday September 18: A spell off the bridge leaving my vessel in the less than capable hands of my first lieutenant, Mr Clegg, and officers from our sister ship RMS Libdem. Thanks to the ingenuity of my chief engineer, Mr Osborne, I will be able to listen in through the ship’s communication system to check if anything is seriously awry.
Jules Birch 