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Wembley Weather 3218 viewsFrom 1971?derrick calver

Egmont Close / Galaxy 2217 viewsOriginal entrance to garages at Egmont Close.derrick calver

NAAFI St James' Cavalier217 viewsHow many of you remember the long flight of stairs up to the shop.
St James' Cavalier is now a cultural centre and art gallery known as a Spazju Kreattiv (Maltese for Creative Space).
Photo taken late 50s early 60s complete with naval Tilley (Bedford Utilicon van).

See also Wiki
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Verdala Bell-on-the-Well216 viewsCover to the deep well below the Verdala playground.

Sketch by Ken Woodhams.

Verdala website HEREadmin

Making a comeback215 viewsNewly restored buses for hire from Malta Bus Co-op

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Royal Visit 1954214 viewsPathe News play video clip HERE

For nine more clips of the Royal visit search youtube for British Pathe Queen in Malta 1954.admin

Never trust a Pongo212 viewsSome great Malta stories HERE. Thanks to Jan Meecham.

Type Malta into his search box when you've read this one.

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UPDATED FILE - wartime memories210 views...see comments below post - HEREMartin Powell

Air Malta210 viewsAd no.5 from 1974
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Cunard Hovercraft in Grand Harbour, 1967209 viewsBetween 24 February 1967 and 10 May 1967, Cunard's RMS Sylvania carried British Hovercraft Corporation's SRN-6 type hovercraft 024 on board during her cruises in the Mediterranean from Gibraltar. The BHC was trying to interest the governments of various countries bordering the Mediterranean in purchasing hovercraft, and to give government officials a practical demonstration of the hovercraft's capabilities. It was put into the water, using the ship's gear, at various ports and sent on demonstration runs. The hovercraft was not there to provide sight-seeing trips for cruise passengers, although occasional short trips for passengers were made 'around the bay' between the official runs. The venture proved unsuccessful and was not repeated.

Photo : Cunard Lineadmin

Wembley Weather 1209 viewsA price list from 1957.
Oh those eskimo pies and the prices!derrick calver

Their Royal Highnesses at the Dockyard Church 208 viewsPost-war venue. This closed when Baileys took over the yard in 1961.

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Triton Fountain 1207 viewsNot quite sure which album to put this in, but Then and Now seems appropriate as we are all no doubt familiar with how the area around the fountain used to look, and here it is now. The shot is a screen grab from the livecam mounted on top of The Phoenicia. What an improvement! And with a new twist on the selfie, that's my wife and I sitting on the low wall, bottom right. Ivan

Floriana Methodist Sunday School and RN bus, 1960207 viewsAbout six RN buses picked up from all over the island to take willing (and less willing) worshippers to Sunday School and Church every week. Parents could travel on the bus but quite a few vicariously preferred to pack the blessed lambs off by themselves. The Padre was an RN chaplain so was presumably able to persuade the transport garage to think of higher things.

Photo : unattributed - please advise admin if you know the owner.admin

Tigne beach club 1971207 viewsThe cove at the far end adjacent to the pill box and cafe, below Deputy GOC's house.

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...and Malta Todayderrick calver

...but when very shiny205 viewsPhoto : pinterest unattributedadmin

Dione Venables at BFBS Part 1200 viewsAutobiography of Dione's time at BFBS 1969-79.

Part 1

By kind permission of Dione Venables - Copyright Â© 2019admin

Malta ˜first in line" at Queen's second funeral procession200 viewsProminence given to recipients of the George Cross

Read the feature at Times of Malta

Photo of the royal couple at Villa Guardamangia : Daily Telegraph
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HMS Forth at Christmas 1958 Â©199 viewsDaytime view.admin

Bathing machine199 viewsBalluta Bay c.1960

Photo : Norman Schembriadmin

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Boy in grey blazer 1952195 viewsNow identified as John Clark, TH 1947-1949 & 1952-1954.

(...not forgetting that there were still some junior classes at TH in 1957).

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Air Malta195 viewsAd no.4 from 1974admin

St Vincent v Hawkins, Manoel Island 2193 viewsHouse Match 2nd year(?), me Phil Baker passing the ball.philb57

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Gozo hydofoil 1964 - Postcard191 viewsIn 1964 the Malta Aliscafi Ltd started operating a hydrofoil service between Grand Harbour and Mgarr Harbour in Gozo. The hydrofoil in use was the Delfin. It was commonly known as L-Izgicc. The company went bankrupt in 1968 and Delfin was sold in Italy.admin