 Last additions - Then & Now
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Inside the Pit 2005149 viewsRemove all the furniture and it looks just the same. I especially remember the opening at the end with bars in it. That was the only ventilation we had!mikewJan 28, 2021
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The Pit entrance tunnel 2005124 viewsThe tunnel fitted with all mod cons, handrail, steps, adequate lighting. Still damp though! but presumably not with the sweat of a lot of dancing teenagers.mikewJan 28, 2021
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The entrance to the Pit 200543 viewsI took this photo when we went back on the 2005 reunion visit. It was then the Castille Wine Vaults. It was closed at the time but I managed to get in and take some photos which will follow on from this one. Ivan, (author of a previous photo) I hope they are of interest. mikewJan 28, 2021
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Something to look forward to...81 viewsMore restored buses now doing tourist trips.
Click HERE for full article from recent Times of Malta.
See also THIS ONE adminJan 22, 2021
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Merry Christmas from Valletta 202077 viewsSome outstanding lights if you google them.adminDec 21, 2020
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49 viewsOur late father being presented with the Marksman's Trophy by Sir Maurice Dorman Governor-General of Malta at the Sgts' Mess Annual Darts Awards Dinner held at Simonds Farsons Cisk Brewery, 1967.Military BratAug 30, 2020
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Banyan Style102 views"The sand was so beautiful on Ramla beach that it was golden shading into red. There was no habitation there. You walked down a farm track through groves of bamboo to the beach. On the beach there is a statue of the Madonna on a pedestal. It carried a light or lantern on the top. There were few if any visitors. On some days the only person to visit the beach was a lamplighter who faithfully lit the Madonna’s light. As the evening light faded bats would swoop low over our campground. The trip was a success, except that our pet tortoise who we had taken with us, marched off into the bamboo groves, and may even be living there now after an interval of sixty something years."
Wallow in more nostalgia
HERE by Andrew McLeod.adminJul 23, 2020
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Washing Up in Malta85 viewsFrom the blurb - "Washing Up in Malta is about travel, coming of age, mothers and daughters. The lives of two women, Jessica and Grace, unfold across a century of change. Their particular journeys take them through Scotland, England, Germany, Africa, Bahamas, and Australia. Through it all, the place that punctuates their lives as a marker of home is the tiny island of Malta, at the centre of the Mediterranean Sea. Grace begins her journey here, and Jessica completes the circle by returning to Malta toward the end of her life."
Buy online or read for free HEREadminJun 10, 2020
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Anyone we know?113 viewsAlhambra 1970s.adminJun 09, 2020
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191 viewsMy Father and some of his mates from A Company outside the Sliema Café [1967] now the site of the Mr Todd Hotel.Military BratApr 05, 2020
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Barrakka lift probably c. 1980 before demolition118 viewsYou can google the new one.
Photo : source unknown.adminMar 18, 2020
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Ray Calleja inventor of Twistees passes to the great tuckshop in the sky102 viewsRead more HEREadminJan 09, 2020
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Merry Christmas from Valletta 2019107 viewsThis is a large Christmas "tree" of illuminated Mdina-glass baubles on display in Valletta.adminDec 24, 2019
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All the best from Farsons 125 views1960s ad. Reads "Simonds Farsons Cisk is the largest and most up to date industry on the island" !!adminDec 06, 2019
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Triton Fountain 1960s163 viewsAfter Kingsgate became Citygate (1964).adminNov 02, 2019
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Triton Fountain 2108 viewsFor those who are unaware of the livecam on the roof of The Phoenicia I have been trying unsuccessfully to include a link here, but if you Google "Live Cam Floriana - The Triton Fountain" you will find it. There are other views, too - Tigne, St George's Square, Grand harbour etc.IvanOct 27, 2019
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Triton Fountain 189 viewsNot quite sure which album to put this in, but Then and Now seems appropriate as we are all no doubt familiar with how the area around the fountain used to look, and here it is now. The shot is a screen grab from the livecam mounted on top of The Phoenicia. What an improvement! And with a new twist on the selfie, that's my wife and I sitting on the low wall, bottom right. IvanOct 27, 2019
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What happened to the proposed donkey?99 viewsArtist's impression of the planned Paradise Bay Hotel.
Times of Malta 23 March 1961.adminOct 12, 2019
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Malta Independence 1964100 views21st September
See Youtube
...and lots more clips there.adminSep 22, 2019
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Military Brats [Sliema 1967]89 viewsGary Kevin Steven and Leslie at the water's edge,
Sliema Creek.Military BratAug 09, 2019
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Beacon House St Andrew's Barracks [Now].116 viewsThe old Beacon House was used for N.A.A.F.I breaks.Military BratAug 07, 2019
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Sliema 1967139 viewsOn the right a locally produced
Triumph Herald made by The Car Assembly Ltd [CAL]
at the Marsa production line.
Military BratAug 06, 2019
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Sliema 1967124 viewsThe slipway at Sliema.Military BratAug 06, 2019
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More dinghy racing, circa 1965128 viewsSwordfish from Garrison Club in Marsamxett. Sail no.174 in centre.
Navy dentist Jerry Gardner (RN Tower Road clinic) sailed 175 (actually a Navy boat from St Angelo) and lavished much attention on her with gleaming mirror finish. He kept her at MGSC and constantly beat the Pongos. In retaliation he was disqualified for not wearing the correct "15" mark on the sail. Sour grapes or what !adminJun 09, 2019
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More sailing in Marsamxett170 viewsFrom the Times of Malta 26 July 1970. Folkdance was a Garrison boat. Mike Johnson taught at St Andrew's.
Pictures of Sonia and Sheba (Navy Folkboats) required !!adminMay 27, 2019
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Garrison club dinghies in Marsamxett. Postcard133 viewsPre 1980 when the Carmelite dome came to dominate the skyline. (Probably Swordfishes pre 1968 when the club bought Pegasus dinghies. Club closed in 1978 of course).
Sails have been coloured in, they were white. Some cards show them as white but are less clear.adminMay 27, 2019
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RN families' clinic Tower Road190 viewsWell, they were made to keep the facade - so they did.....(taken 2018).adminApr 09, 2019
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Wedgie274 viewsHe's never got stuck there before.
1972
Copyright © Martin PowelladminJul 28, 2018
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Gone to roost266 viewsChicken shack route - one way ticket.
Copyright © Martin PowelladminJul 28, 2018
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Coming or going?216 viewsSeeing double, 1972
Copyright © Martin PowelladminJul 28, 2018
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Treasure in Malta359 viewsFilm shot locally in the 60s.
With rising TH star Aidan Mompaolo de Piro.
Kids' stuff - but great.
Click HERE
This part one of four - the rest should list alongside.
Thanks to Anthony Zammit for uploading.adminJul 01, 2018
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Fishers of men380 viewsLuke 5:2-11
With Gasan Wayne Sliema bus below St Luke's, as per NT.adminMay 23, 2018
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