It Was a Grand Time: Third Class Passengers and Their Life on Board the Titanic

In the meantime, the White Star Line had been raising standards for second and third class passengers ever since the 1890s. Understandably, to the experienced sojourners and first-time travellers alike, the Titanic looked luxurious. Indeed, the Irish Times wrote on April 16, unaware of the ship’s fate yet, that third class’ “easy chairs, card tables, pianos and settees reminded one of the first class accommodation on many liners twenty years ago.” The passengers themselves would agree. Like Marion Meanwell, who wrote to her friend: “In my view, nothing approaching the accommodation has been experienced in any of the previous journeys and nothing but a pleasant voyage is anticipated.” <a href="https://medium.com/@TVRPGhistory/it-was-a-grand-time-96879ede2136">Click Here</a>