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 Caption Competition30 viewsBalluta 1985adminApr 08, 2024
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 No misbehaviour on the buses !50 views1970s verbose missive to parents - but second page is missing.

Does anyone have the complete paper?adminMar 22, 2024
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 Malta Bus 78 viewsInterior of Zabbar bus 1971.
Does anyone remember singing on the school bus "Oh you'll never get to heaven in a Maltese bus 'cause a Maltese bus makes too much fuss!"derrick calverMar 10, 2024
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 A warm view for winter98 viewsAdmiralty harbour launch (aka pinnace colloquially though incorrectly) from Bighi or St Angelo to Custom House

Photo : David Woolfenden (Verdala 1960s)adminJan 09, 2024
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 Christmas lights outside Valletta 2023104 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).adminDec 23, 2023
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 More boats at Hay Wharf 1950s-60s44 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.adminNov 05, 2023
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 Folkboat "Folklore" at MGSC Hay Wharf 197049 viewsWith Martin Donnelly and Joe Vincenti. Another painting by MD's talented mother.adminOct 21, 2023
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 Sailing at MGSC Hay Wharf 1970105 viewsPainting by Martin Donnelly's mother.
Dinghies are Pegasi (nominativus pluralis - Ratty non iratus erat).adminOct 07, 2023
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 The Battle of the River Plate - on Gozo89 viewsScene from the filming, 1955

See also the VIDEO CLIP

The full film is also on youtubeadminSep 01, 2023
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 HMS Forth 1952134 viewsin 1952 the 1st Submarine Squadron comprised H.M.Submarines Sturdy, Sanguine, Sentinel, Tabard, Teredo, Trump, Token and Trenchant. Some shown here alongside and around depot ship H.M.S. Forth in Msida Creek.adminJul 23, 2023
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 Captain of a Diso 2139 viewsCaptain and Mrs Gilchrist being sent off in a dghajsa Sept 1971 at the end of his tour as Captain HMS St Angelo.

Photo : Official Naval PhotographeradminJul 08, 2023
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 Captain of a Diso87 viewsCaptain and Mrs Gilchrist being sent off in a dghajsa Sept 1971 at the end of his tour as Captain HMS St Angelo.

Photo : Doune Gilchrist (now Sinclair)adminJul 08, 2023
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 More Pulp84 viewsMichael Caine again filming Pulp 1971/72

View film free HEREadminJun 12, 2023
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 Not a lot of people know that!84 viewsMichael Caine in Mdina while filming Pulp 1971/72

View film free HEREderrick calverJun 12, 2023
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 Marshall Court 115 viewsThe building of Marshall Court for Navy families (early 1950s?)derrick calverMay 19, 2023
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 Mosta Iron Bridge (to Fort Mosta)73 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 calverMay 19, 2023
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 Prince Charles on RASC Eden, Malta 1968 (orange shirt)91 viewsSee the whole FILM (need access to BBC iplayer)

See also THIS ONE (same film)adminMay 06, 2023
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 Royal Naval Supply & Transport Service102 viewsRNSTS (formerly SNSO) at Pinto Wharf 1971. The original facade was later rebuilt and now forms part of Valletta Waterfront.derrick calverApr 27, 2023
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 SNSO Naval Stores / Dockyard Technical College132 viewsThe metal buildings were used by SNSO after WW2, and later as classrooms by the Dockyard College.

See also this one1 commentsderrick calverApr 27, 2023
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 SNSO Naval Stores Office 1942124 viewsSNSO Malta after bombing April 1942

Photo : Imperial War Museum1 commentsderrick calverApr 27, 2023
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 Malta Milestone - 196582 viewsLovely little ten-minute documentary - WATCH HERE


adminApr 18, 2023
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 HAFMED (MALTA) - HQ Allied Forces Mediterranean (Floriana)83 viewsPlaque / Shield / Crest / Badge - another ebay findadminApr 09, 2023
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 WATCH on BBC iplayer85 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
adminMar 21, 2023
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 The Pit re-opens - at certain times377 viewsNEW GUIDED TOURS are now being offered of the Saluting Battery Museum housed in the former St. George's Garrison Church Crypt [aka The Pit to 1960s TH-ers] below the present day Stock Exchange. Tours are available Monday to Saturday at 1100, 1300 and 1400 hrs. The tour leaves from the saluting battery and takes one round the underground crypt whose origins go back to 1570 when it was used as a defensive flanking battery, part of the demi-bastion of SS. Peter and Paul. The new museum tells the story of the Malta time-gun which was fired precisely at noon from the saluting battery between 1824 and 1923. It served as an accurate time signal for mariners to regulate ship chronometers which they would later rely on to find longitude at sea.

The museum holds a rich collection of historical and artistic artefacts connected with the history of the saluting battery, time, navigation, gunpowder and artillery including most of the types of cannon which were once mounted at the saluting battery. There are also military badges, uniforms, documents, maritime navigational instruments and Malta's last time ball which was hoisted above the Auberge de Castile until 1923 to signal mid-day along with the noonday gun. Admission costs €6 per adult and €3 for children under 16 years. Tickets can be bought at the Saluting Battery. No prior booking is necessary.adminMar 17, 2023
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 Mellieha bus by Monica Ward-McNally (was Mazure) 1960s147 viewsBut who is the girl extreme right?adminMar 02, 2023
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 Fire !89 viewsGuns of St Angelo Sept 1971 (2)derrick calverFeb 26, 2023
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 The guns of St Angelo 11070 viewsPhoto taken Sept 1971. At that time these were the only static Royal Navy guns on the island.derrick calverFeb 26, 2023
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 Ferro Bay 299 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 calverFeb 08, 2023
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 Ferro bay Sliema108 viewsFerro bay home of the Tower Road Swimming Team. The bay is below Sliema Point Battery known as Il-Fortizza.derrick calverFeb 08, 2023
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 Malta Lottery Ticket129 viewsFrom 1959derrick calverJan 14, 2023
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 Coca Cola81 viewsHow many of you remember removing the cork in the cap looking for the coloured bottle underneath?

Picture from school magazinederrick calverJan 14, 2023
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 Christmas card 194472 viewsMalta Command Signalsderrick calverDec 24, 2022
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