Europe, Culture & Médias, Musique 
Les enchères se sont affolées, à Wiltshire, dans le sud-ouest de l’Angleterre. Le violon, sur lequel Wallace Hartley avait joué alors que le Titanic coulait, était estimé entre 100.000 et 300.000 livres sterling. Il a été adjugé 900.000 livres, soit 1,063 million d’euros – 1.050.030 livres avec les frais.
The bids were hectic, in Wiltshire, in the south west of England. The violin, on which Wallace Hartley played while the Titanic sank, was valued between £100,000 and £300,000. It is now valued at over €1M.
Société, Culture & Médias 
Le violon en bois de rose du chef de l’orchestre du Titanic est vendu aux enchères, ce samedi. L’instrument, dont la valeur est estimée autour de 100.000 euros, était exposé à la mairie de Belfast, où a été construit le Titanic. C’est à la suite d’un incroyable retournement de situation qu’il a finalement été retrouvé, 101 ans après le naufrage le plus célèbre de l’Histoire.
The rose-wood violin of the orchestra leader on the Titanic is to be sold by auction bids, this Saturday. The instrument, estimated (before auction) about €100,000, was on display in the town hall in Belfast, where the Titanic was built. This follows an incredible turn-up in which it was finally retrieved, after the most celebrated shipwreck in history. (The violin spent two weeks in the water after the sinking and is unplayable)
About bill
Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer.
The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013.
Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI.
Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug
2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website.
But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien.
The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50.
Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea.
Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
