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Titanic Menu Auction Fetches $81,000

The British liner Titanic sails out of Southampton, England, at the start of its doomed voyage on April 10, 1912. (AP Photo)
The British liner Titanic sails out of Southampton, England, at the start of its doomed voyage on April 10, 1912. (AP Photo)
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Titanic Menu Auction Fetches $81,000

The British liner Titanic sails out of Southampton, England, at the start of its doomed voyage on April 10, 1912. (AP Photo)
The British liner Titanic sails out of Southampton, England, at the start of its doomed voyage on April 10, 1912. (AP Photo)

More than 111 years after the sinking of the Titanic, memorabilia from the luxury liner were auctioned off for tens of thousands of pounds on Saturday, including a first-class menu.

According to the German News Agency (dpa), the menu is said to be the only surviving menu from April 11, 1912. It shows signs of water damage and features oysters, lamb and mallard duck.

The menu was auctioned at the Henry Aldridge & Son auction house. An anonymous bidder paid £66,000 (US$81,000) for the artefact.

A first-class blanket, which was presumably carried by a survivor in the lifeboat sold for £76,000.

The Titanic set sail to New York from Southampton in the south of England on April 10, 1912 with more than 2,200 people on board.

After just a few days, the luxury liner, which was considered unsinkable, struck an iceberg – and sank, killing more than 1,500 people.

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Damian Lewis Herds Sheep over a London Bridge as Part of a Quirky Tradition

British actor Damian Lewis leads The Worshipful Company of Woolmen, driving sheep across Southward Bridge, during the annual event in London on September 29, 2024. (AFP)
British actor Damian Lewis leads The Worshipful Company of Woolmen, driving sheep across Southward Bridge, during the annual event in London on September 29, 2024. (AFP)
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Damian Lewis Herds Sheep over a London Bridge as Part of a Quirky Tradition

British actor Damian Lewis leads The Worshipful Company of Woolmen, driving sheep across Southward Bridge, during the annual event in London on September 29, 2024. (AFP)
British actor Damian Lewis leads The Worshipful Company of Woolmen, driving sheep across Southward Bridge, during the annual event in London on September 29, 2024. (AFP)

Actor Damian Lewis drove a flock of sheep across the River Thames on Sunday in homage to a centuries-old tradition.

Lewis is among thousands of people granted the honorary title of Freeman of the City of London, which in medieval times came with the right to bring livestock across the river to market without paying tolls.

More than 1,000 freemen exercised that right on Sunday in the annual London Sheep Drive, many wearing black hats and red cloaks. Lewis wore his grandfather’s wool coat and carried a crook as he led the throng herding the animals over Southwark Bridge.

“It was fabulous,” said Lewis, star of “Band of Brothers,” “Homeland” and “Wolf Hall.”

Lewis was asked to represent the Worshipful Company of Woolmen, a trade guild dating back to the 12th century. He said he was pleased to be part of “this eccentric, very British day, honoring an old tradition.”

Manny Cohen, Master Woolman at the Worshipful Company of Woolmen, said the ancient sheep-driving tradition was revived about 15 years ago and has become a major charity fundraising event.

There are no plans to bring back other ancient freemen’s privileges such as the right to carry an unsheathed sword in public.