18 Saturday Nov 2017
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Frank Hayostek and Breda O’Sullivan captured the hearts of millions in the somber but celebratory days after World War II.
Here’s Frank Hayostek, stuffing a note into an Aspirin bottle, like he did on Christmas night, 1945.
09 Thursday Nov 2017
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This is the story of how the search for Amelia Earhart led one man to discover a decades-old message in a bottle, and how, inspired by the find, his colleague sent a message of his own, and received a response. Did you catch all that? There will be a quiz 🙂
Here’s the story straight from the TIGHAR’s mouth, so to speak. Kenton Spading, Amelia Earhart researcher, wrote me to explain how this all happened:
“I have been researching the mystery surrounding the July 1937 disappearance of Amelia Earhart since 1992 through my membership in The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR). TIGHAR approaches the Earhart/Noonan mystery through the application of the scientific method. In that light TIGHAR’s Nikumaroro (Niku) Hypothesis proposes that Earhart/Noonan landed on Gardner Island (now Niku).
Nikumaroro is a tiny island waaaay out in the Pacific Ocean.
25 Tuesday Jul 2017
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Edinburgh, history, Living Memory Association, message in a bottle, News, Scotland, Time Capsule, Viewforth
Living in the world of messages in bottles, there’s a certain level of coincidence that comes with the job. That’s what makes it so cool 🙂 But occasionally something happens that knocks even my socks off! I mean, if the starting point is an 83 year old message in a bottle, you know the story is gonna be good…
Laurence Reid, an Edinburgh resident who recently turned 90, spent his working life as a joiner, constructing the wooden elements of buildings and the like. According to a story published by the Edinburgh Evening News, he recently decided to donate an old carpenter’s plane to the Living Memory Association, which is not exactly a museum, but an organization that nevertheless keeps the past alive.
While there, Laurence and LMA worker Miles Tubbs, struck up a conversation. I can’t imagine the conversation they had that led to this next moment–but somehow Miles got the idea to show Laurence an item the Living Memory Association had recently acquired–a message in a bottle.
The message in a bottle at Living Memory Association. Photo: SWNS.com / Daily Mail
28 Wednesday Jun 2017
Posted in Friendship, history, Love, message in a bottle, Romance
I recently stumbled upon a story that is equally heartwarming and heartbreaking. It all starts with a lighthouse on a lonely island…
Off the coast of Massachusetts lies a small island, a world unto itself, called Thacher Island.
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08 Monday May 2017
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Australia, Chad Parker, CSR Earthworks, Inspiration, message in a bottle, News, Queensland, Toowoomba
When you hear message in a bottle, I bet you think ocean. I know I do. After all, the most famous message in a bottle stories revolve around the sea… But every know and then, a truly incredible message in a bottle turns up on dry land.
A&M Records cover for The Police’s single, Message in a Bottle.
17 Monday Apr 2017
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1915, Australia, Christmas, Maud Butler, message in a bottle, New South Wales, Portland Bay, Private R. Lock, SS Suevic, Ted Blakey, Warrnambool, World War One, WWI
On New Year’s Day, 1916, three messages in bottles washed ashore right beside each other near Portland Bay, Victoria, Australia. Three! All three were written by Australian soldiers from New South Wales, sailing on their way to WWI. Some of them mentioned a curious story about a young woman–a stowaway. it would later be learned that this was Maud Butler, a country girl who tried to sneak into the Great War.
The incident, including the story of how one bottle was forwarded to the mother of the writer, was shared by the Koroit Sentinel and Tower Hill Advocate on January 22nd, 1916.
The whole thing is crazy! Can you imagine finding three messages in bottles washed Continue reading