Her glory days past, having been displaced from the Marfa - Mgarr route by a Ro-Ro, she took over the freight route from Valletta from the Queen of Peace before eventually being laid up.
It's not the same. According to the 1950s OS map, the whole peninsula is Marfa (Marfa Ridge) and the tip of Paradise Bay is Marfa Point, where the ferry now leaves. Cirkewwa (no translation according to my informant) is the proper name for Paradise Bay. The old landing stage opposite the old Miramar Hotel (correct name??) is Ramla Tal-Bir (freshwater spring beach). They probably started calling the ferry departures Cirkewwa to distinguish from the old place where you would be left waiting for a non-existent boat. Well the Eagle does still exist, but only as a sunken diving attraction.
Thanks. We live and learn. The hotel has been known as the Paradise Bay since at least the mid sixties. Are these maps still obtainable? I could do with one.
I didn't mean that hotel, I meant the one where the Eagle Had Landed. Yes the PB Hotel was always that. I will find you one on ebay - a map that is, not a hotel or ferry.
No - you obviously didn't indulge in drinking trips to Gozo (or you did, and that's why you've forgotten). If you look in that lovely bus book you bought, Mellieha route pages, you will see the shot that will explain all.
Am conducting personal investigations to resolve this issue next week. Meanwhile the rest of you viewers, just enjoy the photos. (And my generation never barf in public!)
Well hardly ever! Actually, Marsovin is quite drinkable these days, but the best affordable wine is Green Label from Delicata, which despite the name is red. Bis sahha ta' kulhadd.
But carrots are orange. And now I'm packing my case and going ......
.... I must be going senile. Green Label is in fact white and the red, not surprisingly, is Red Label. Its as good as ever.
Its possible. This Site says that as New Royal Lady, she was requisitioned for war service in 1940, but Dunkirk is not mentioned. Neither is she listed on This Site
The list on the ADLS site only lists a couple of hundred out of the 700 Little Ships that took part (not including the bigger stuff). Presumably they are the ones still existing today. More research needed - I have contacted ADLS to see if they have any more info or know where we can find it.
.... I must be going senile. Green Label is in fact white and the red, not surprisingly, is Red Label. Its as good as ever.