The Gimlet609 views"A real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's lime juice and nothing else" - Raymond Chandler.
It may have been named after British Royal Navy Surgeon General Sir Thomas D. Gimlette, KCB (served 1879 to 1913), who allegedly introduced this drink as a means of inducing his messmates to take lime juice as an anti-scurvy medication.2 commentsPrefect08/30/12 at 10:48phillrose: If their lime juice was anything like the BoT (Boa...
A well known politician 1976594 views2 commentsPrefect08/22/12 at 10:33phillrose: Slightly kinder obit. in the ToM to the one in the...
A well known politician 1976594 views2 commentsPrefect08/20/12 at 13:36Prefect: Times of Malta Obituary Daily Telegraph Obituary...
The price of fags in 1963606 viewsTaken from this programme.2 commentsPrefect08/08/12 at 10:47Prefect: When duty free meant what it said, not the extorti...
The price of fags in 1963606 viewsTaken from this programme.2 commentsPrefect08/08/12 at 09:56Nick Woodley: 1970. My first ship. 200 bensons 10/4d. Duty free....
Twistees385 viewsAvailable in UK - here.2 commentsPrefect08/04/12 at 00:21Prefect: Available in UK - here.
Ouch!534 viewsThe Tritons Fountain was damaged in 1978 by staging erected for a political event.
Not repaired until 1987.1 commentsPrefect07/16/12 at 05:54Nick Woodley: Well, you can't rush these things.
A Quiet Day at the Beach605 viewsBut which one?2 commentsPrefect05/08/12 at 07:56Prefect: Could be though its perhaps too well equipped for ...
A Quiet Day at the Beach605 viewsBut which one?2 commentsPrefect05/08/12 at 07:46David Woolfenden: I think this might be the beach at Gnejna Bay ? A...
Birżebbuġa or Birzebbugia in the 1960s792 views7 commentsPrefect04/26/12 at 18:00cfaux: to the left of the pic is st paul flat and if u wa...
Birżebbuġa or Birzebbugia in the 1960s792 views7 commentsPrefect04/25/12 at 10:59Prefect: No its miles away in in the far south.
Birżebbuġa or Birzebbugia in the 1960s792 views7 commentsPrefect04/25/12 at 10:50Nick Robinson: Was this just outside Tigne Barracks:which would h...
St Luke's 1953563 views1 commentsPrefect04/24/12 at 06:14robinwilliams: I lived in the first house, which was a Flat (Anno...
Birżebbuġa or Birzebbugia in the 1960s792 views7 commentsPrefect04/19/12 at 18:15cfaux: i lived in the flats in that - 70s.
Postcard St Paul's Bay545 viewsMy favourite bit of Malta1 commentsPrefect04/19/12 at 13:11kionasgrandma: know this scene so well...lived in st pauls bay fr...
Chadwick Lakes642 viewsFrom a 1966 Calendar.
Osbert Chadwick CMG2 commentsPrefect03/31/12 at 00:10Prefect: His biography doesnt say but he then went to Hayli...
Chadwick Lakes642 viewsFrom a 1966 Calendar.
Osbert Chadwick CMG2 commentsPrefect03/30/12 at 12:24OldBat: That's interesting - I always wondered who Ch...
Independence 21 September 1964517 viewsSee the video.2 commentsPrefect03/23/12 at 12:30Prefect: But he was the good guy. Borg Olivier.
Independence 21 September 1964517 viewsSee the video.2 commentsPrefect03/23/12 at 12:23Bazzer: It was all his fault
Egmont Close 1960677 viewsWe lived at No. 47. 2 commentsJohn Kirby03/23/12 at 12:19Prefect: And who could forget Marlene!
Egmont Close 1960677 viewsWe lived at No. 47. 2 commentsJohn Kirby03/23/12 at 12:16Bazzer: That's how I remember it in 62/64. Jim Cooper...