Jack Parkinson is the President of the Ulster Titanic Society. The president before him was Marjory Frost McCormack, daughter of Archie Frost: a foreman engineer of Harland & Wolff. He witnessed the building of the engines for the Titanic and he was also a guest on the Titanic representing the engineering workforce; a member of each department was invited to join the maiden voyage. The money left in her will was donated to the Society and with which they have commissioned a medallion for the president. Jack Parkinson saw the Titanic on three occasions: 1. On its slipway, in the gantry; 2. In the finishing warf where she had her funnels, lifeboats and exterior fittings completed, six months later; 3. Her departure from Belfast Lough, as Titanic sailed for Southampton, for her maiden voyage. With thousands lining the loughshore cheering and waving wildly, Jack had a grandstand view at Thomson Dock to see the great ship depart. Jack's father was a joiner on the Titanic and he was devastated when the ship went down. The ship took 3 years to build. The first time he was taken to see the Titanic was by his father on a Sunday. His father said that the ship would never sink and would always stay on water. Jack, at 15 years old, went to work in Harland & Wolff scrubbing the decks of ships, subsequently advancing to office boy status and eventually becoming an apprentice. He met Tommy McBride when he started work. Tommy McBride is 92 years old. At 15 years old, Tommy (like Jack Parkinson) went to work in Harland and Wolff. He began by scrubbing decks until he became an office boy; eventually Tommy made his way into an apprenticeship as a joiner. Tommy had relations in other areas working on Titanic, such as painting and engineering. The name 'Titanic' was to be painted on by an uncle of Tommy's. Tommy, at 7 years old, watched Titanic leave for Southampton at 9.00am. He worked in the boilers of the Titanic, seeing if they needed adjusted or cleaned before and after trials. Tommy lived in East Belfast where the ship was constructed. It took him 10 minutes to walk to see where Titanic would leave from. Tommy worked on Titanic's sister ship, 'Olympic', as an engineer. Gordon Roberts is also 92 years old. Gordon's father worked as a coastguard in Carrickfergus. At 6 years old, Gordon was taken by his father to see Titanic's trials. The ship then returned to Harland and Wolff to get alterations and then she left Belfast for Southampton. Harry Corry, aged 100 Harry Corry was born on the 31st December 1897; the oldest surviving member with first hand knowledge of the Titanic. Harry was invited to join the Titanic workforce but, being young, he wasn't interested in ships, even though it was dubbed to be the greatest ship ever to be built at that time and even more a success story for Belfast as people from all over came to see the ship in Belfast. At 14 or 15 years old, Harry saw Titanic for the first time. Harry's father upholstered the furniture for the ship and Harry helped him.