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Tigne beach club187 viewsA quiet day at the beach September 1971derrick calver

Egmont Close 1186 viewsLong gone, now the Galaxy.derrick calver

Tigne parade ground 1985160 viewsTaken from the roof of the Tigne Court Hotel. Valletta beyond Marsamxett. The Carmelite rotunda was completed 1978 to dwarf St Paul's.derrick calver

Air Malta152 viewsAd no.3 from 1974admin

Mellieha bus by Monica Ward-McNally (was Mazure) 1960s149 viewsBut who is the girl extreme right?admin

Wembley Weather 2143 viewsThe prices have changed since 1957 so this must be 1958/9 ?derrick calver

Air Malta134 viewsAd no.1 from 1974admin

Malta Lottery Ticket130 viewsFrom 1959derrick calver

Marshall Court, Manoel Island & Empire Stadium Gzira118 viewsPostcard from the 1950s. Marshall Court (the block of flats on the left in the middle of the photo) was accommodation for Naval families up until the late 1960s. The Empire stadium is on the right of the photo and is that HMS Ranpura in Gzira creek? Mothballed reserve fleet also at Ta'Xbiex.derrick calver

Marshall Court 118 viewsThe building of Marshall Court for Navy families (early 1950s?)derrick calver

Ferro bay Sliema110 viewsFerro bay home of the Tower Road Swimming Team. The bay is below Sliema Point Battery known as Il-Fortizza.derrick calver

Christmas card 1950s107 viewsderrick calver

Christmas lights outside Valletta 2023106 views.... with Triton fountain

Photo : Malcolm Zammit (aka Maussie group on Facebook, he posts lots of Malta info and photos there, even though living in Oz).admin

Ferro Bay 2100 viewsFerro bay at sunrise November 1976. The ship on the horizon is HMS Fearless which had taken part in the filming of The Spy Who Loved Me off Malta the previous month.derrick calver

Prince Charles on RASC Eden, Malta 1968 (orange shirt)94 viewsSee the whole FILM (need access to BBC iplayer)

See also THIS ONE (same film)admin

Caption Competition93 viewsBalluta 1985admin

Not a lot of people know that!88 viewsMichael Caine in Mdina while filming Pulp 1971/72

View film free HEREderrick calver

WATCH on BBC iplayer87 viewsFILM: Luzzu (2021) HERE

A man risks everything to provide for his wife and newborn son by entering Malta's black-market fishing industry. In Maltese and English
Runtime: 90 minutes

Guardian REVIEW
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Christmas card 1950s86 viewsderrick calver

Malta Milestone - 196586 viewsLovely little ten-minute documentary - WATCH HERE

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More Pulp86 viewsMichael Caine again filming Pulp 1971/72

View film free HEREadmin

Coca Cola82 viewsHow many of you remember removing the cork in the cap looking for the coloured bottle underneath?

Picture from school magazinederrick calver

Christmas card 1950s74 viewsderrick calver

Mosta Iron Bridge (to Fort Mosta)74 viewsScene of rock-climbing days with Mr Tomlinson. Started 1844 the bridge took 27 years to complete. Crossing it in the 1950s was a little more nerve racking than the new bridge built in the 1980s. derrick calver

Christmas card 1950s67 viewsderrick calver

Swings playground at St Julian's Tower61 viewsDragonara in background. 1960s?

The hard kids could get the seat up to the bars - at the passengers' peril.

Swingers unidentified. Source unattributed.admin

More boats at Hay Wharf 1950s-60s45 viewsLeft to right 1.Swordfish (15): 2.possibly International 14 (K denotes GB/UK): 3.unknown with C sail emblem and pointed canoe stern, probable fixed keel judging from tiller going through hull. Another one beyond it unrigged. Ideas welcome.admin

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Memories of the Royal Naval School, Malta, 1947 - 1978.