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 The old Vernon Club645 viewsNow the Central Bank.
Eric Hartley1 commentsPrefect55555
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 Charlie The Policeman No 580 , Balluta Bay 1952. ©868 viewsI was caught in posession of a skipping rope !
Jane Banks
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 Sliema Wanderers Training Pitch633 viewsOn top of The Point. Taken a couple of years ago, that bit is finished now.1 commentsPrefect44444
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 The Point, Tigne Street Entrance.604 viewsIs this where the Guardroom was?1 commentsPrefect44444
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 Tal Handaq on the map512 viewsMap published about 1970 based on Ordnance Surveys.
Crown CopyrightPrefect44444
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 Tigne Point April 2010.740 viewsTigne Development project.April 2010.10 commentsjane banks44444
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 Zabbar Gate613 viewsOr Cottonera Gate, or Notre Dame Gate, or Bieb is Sultan.
His Nibs the newly restored Nicolao Cotoner presiding.Prefect44444
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 1960s & 70s from David Woolfenden, ex-Verdala505 viewsClick HERE to see all 17admin44444
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 Golden (Military) Bay ©512 viewsThe other side.Prefect44444
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 Tigne Again485 viewsThe Point shopping centre with detached facade which stretches round 3 sides.Prefect44444
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 The Main Guard 2010447 viewsCars gone, paved over and another of them fountains.Prefect44444
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 Birżebbuġa or Birzebbugia in the 1960s792 views7 commentsPrefect44444
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 Tigne point 2010. still room for more buildings.1332 viewsTwo boats .. who has right of way ?10 commentsjane banks44444
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 Tigne Barracks Parade Ground 19651538 viewsOur School in the centre.David Robinson44444
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 The Point476 viewsNew shopping mall at Tigne.
At least some attempt has been made to preserve its military origins!
The car park underneath is the only place you can hope to find a space these days, at a price.
"Also complete is the football ground on top of The Point, which is due to be handed over, after all the legal certification and paperwork is finished, to Sliema Wanderers, as was promised in the Midi contract with the government."
2 commentsPrefect44444
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 Fort Manoel Restoration503 viewsThe Old Armoury once the Church of HMS Phoenicia.
See HERE
Mac2 commentsPrefect44444
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 The Alhambra892 viewsAnyone remember the film?
The Alhambra Cinema was a large and imposing cinema on the seafront at Sliema. The cinema occupied the lower two floors of a large apartment block (surviving), but the foyer and auditorium were gutted and now form the Zara Boutique - a large clothes store. Prefect44444
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 Tigne North450 viewsThe Garden Battery will be preserved but there is still 3 years of building work to go on here.Prefect33333
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 Tigne Garrison Chapel. October 2009538 viewsMaybe another preservation order. Now an estate agent premises, but only discreet a sign (out of shot) to say so. Martin Powell33333
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 Mystery?770 viewsWhere and when? Answers on a postcard.

(See comments).1 commentsMartin Powell33333
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 "Well Refreshed" at Mellieha Bay590 viewsProbably at The Tunny Net early 1950s.
Tunnara store, boat ("ix-Xieru") & anchors in background.
History of the Tunnara.Prefect33333
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 Sergeants' Mess, Tigne Barracks587 viewsJust the facade and clock tower remains (minus clock). Now a housing and holiday apartment complex. October 2009. 3 commentsMartin Powell33333
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 "Fort" Cambridge, Tigne (Cambridge Battery)614 viewsDevelopment taking place to within a few inches. October 2009. Compare with the advertising poster.Martin Powell33333
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 Cambridge Battery moat, Tigne578 viewsDevelopment taking place to within a few inches. October 2009. Compare with the advertising poster.3 commentsMartin Powell33333
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 Old Royal Navy Canteen Gzira830 viewsDuring my service time serving in Malta it was the Britannia Bar. About three or four years ago it was renamed the Jubilee Café. Although on initial entry it looks dark and gloomy, well worth a visit. Bursting with bric-a-brac, it even has things hanging off the ceiling upside down such as a table and chairs fully laid out for service – the food is good too!
Mac
See it as it was. Prefect33333
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 Barracca Lift Top558 viewsThe upper point the lift arrived at. Two lifts were provided, each capable of carrying 12 passengers, rising through 75 tons of steelwork vertically 167 feet 7 inches, with the winding gear housed in a turret even higher at 197 feet, to a lateral bridge, extending some 23 feet out from the bastion gardens.
Mac
Prefect33333
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 Comino - The Blue Lagoon.610 viewsGetting a bit crowded.Prefect33333
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 Dockyard Creek542 viewsViewed from the roof of Verdala Barracks.Prefect33333
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 Egmont Close 2008514 viewsJane Banks
The transformation continues.Prefect33333
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 Spencer Monument465 viewsPrefect33333
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 Royalty 1950 ©3745 viewsOutside Villa Guardamangia.
© Malcolm Shykles2 commentsPrefect33333
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 Gharry at Casa Leone ca. 1960817 viewsEverything (well, nearly everything!) was carried in karrozzin in those days. Is it just tourists now?! I'd written on the slide that this was at 'Fleur de Lis' - but I can't remember where that is, can anyone tell me?4 commentsOldBat33333
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