Then & Now

Home > Malta > Then & Now

Independence 21 September 1964517 viewsSee the video.2 commentsPrefect

Ghajn Tuffieha c1959527 viewsFrom a Calendar.
As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean.Prefect

The Ferry c1959461 viewsFrom a Calendar. Before the landing pontoon was removed.Prefect

The Preluna Hotel451 viewsAs expanded today. The Chalet is no more.Prefect

The Preluna Hotel484 viewsMalta's tallest building when opened in 1969.
The derelict Chalet seems to be walled off.Prefect

The price of "Freedom", February 1972.507 viewsPrefect

Operation Exit 1972482 viewsPrefect

Fort Ricasoli 1996510 views2 commentsMartin Powell

Caption Competition619 views19744 commentsPrefect

Ta'Xbiex 1960s783 viewsFrom a 1965 Calendar.5 commentsMartin Powell

These we have loved415 viewsMartin Powell

Dragonara Palace Casino 1967558 viewsMartin Powell

Television arrived in 1957434 viewswith RAI broadcasts for which you needed a high aerial.
MTV (not that one) started in 1962.
Malta BroadcastingPrefect

Mellieha Bay Hotel530 viewsBuilt 1969 for Thomsons.Prefect

Terrace at Cospicua498 viewsBuilt 1955 above St Theresa Tunnel.
Not sure whether its still there.
Prefect

Golden Sands Hotel 526 viewsConstruction started 1965. Overlooking the Cote d'Or Hotel.
Both now replaced with even bigger monstrosities.Prefect

Sheraton Hotel Paceville551 viewsOpened 1967 in the grounds of Dragonara Palace.Prefect

Ramla Bay Hotel Marfa489 viewsOpened 1967.Prefect

Hilton Hotel Paceville537 viewsOpened 1967 on the site of Spinola Battery.Prefect

Marsascala458 viewsBEA publicity shotPrefect

Marsaxlokk Bay460 viewsOS Map 1970 Copyright HMSO.Prefect

Blue Grotto 2009429 viewsPrefect

Stormy Sky over Senglea 1961552 viewsA superb image taken by a most valued contributor.3 commentsOldBat

HRH at Tigne Point485 viewsDecember 1949Prefect

Happy New Merry579 viewsWith acknowledgements to John J Cassar2 commentsPrefect

National War Memorial 493 viewsOriginally erected nearby in 1938, it was moved to this site in line with a widened St Anne Street in 1949.Prefect

The Tritons Fountain540 viewsUnder constuction in 1959.Prefect

The Manderaggio738 viewsA hole dug in Valletta by the Order, intended as a dock but not completed, became a notorious slum until cleared in 1948 and replaced with Government housing.Prefect

Farsons New Brewery761 viewsAt Mriehel, opened 1950.1 commentsPrefect

Marshall Court555 viewsBuilt 1950. Named after the Fleet Civil Engineer.Prefect

Pieta Creek515 viewsWas shortened & narrowed in 1952 to make more room for motor cars.Prefect

Msida Parish Church464 views... until 1951 when the head of the creek was reclaimed to create this avenue.
Malta's first roundabout followed in 1952.Prefect

1115 files on 35 page(s)

Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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

Then & Now