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Ir-Rocky u l-Lanca Pompei

Ir-Rocky u l-Lanca Pompei

  • MT NAM MEM-0049GM-03-02
  • Item
  • n/a

    • Part of Memorja

This short story is about an ordeal which the crew of the trawler Pompei experienced during a storm. The trawler together with a crew of thirteen men were on its way to the port of Lampedusa. The lighthouse of the port of Lampedusa was in sight, when a storm brew-up from the north west. The storm was so strong that the large trawler was almost going to capsize. The trawler’s captain Girlando Policardi who was an experienced sea captain from Lampedusa, was terrified and handed the helm to the trawler’s owner Giuseppi Zerafa, known as Ir-Rocky. The youngest member of the crew Giuseppe Mattina, who was 13 years old, was very seasick. After a twenty-four-hour ordeal they managed to arrive safely at the port of Lampedusa.

Ephemera

  • MT NAM MEM-0049GM-03
  • Series
  • n/a

    • Part of Memorja

Written Account

Written Account

  • MT NAM MEM-0049GM-01-01
  • Item
  • 01/08/2019

    • Part of Memorja

Giacomo Matina spoke about his life in Lampedusa, where he was born and when he took up the fisherman's trade. His life constituted of migration since he emigrated to Malta when he got married to a Maltese woman, Carmela, and then he emigrated again to Australia to provide a better life for his children. His contribution to this theme has been very important since he spoke of fishermen from Marsaxlokk and about the 'Rocky' family who were his adoptive family in Malta.

Interview

  • MT NAM MEM-0049GM-01
  • Series
  • 01/08/2019

    • Part of Memorja

Giacomo Matina

  • MT NAM MEM-0049GM
  • Subfonds
  • 01/08/2019

    • Part of Memorja

Giacomo Matina was born in Lampedusa on the 2nd December 1932. His father was a fisherman and his mother a housewife.
He started to help other fisherman at the age of eight and at twelve years of age he left school to start working as fisherman. He plied his trade between Lampedusa and Malta till 1958. In 1958 he got married to a Maltese woman, Carmela, and they had two daughters (Nicolette and Antoinette) and one son (Joseph). From 1959 till 1973 he travelled between Malta and Libya and worked as a steel fixer. In 1973 the family decided to move to Australia, where Giacomo worked as a labourer till 1997. He had been retired when the interview was recorded.

Salvatore Davi_part01_9.11.2017

Salvatore Davi_part01_9.11.2017

  • MT NAM MEM-0003SD-01-01-01
  • Item
  • 09/11/2017

    • Part of Memorja

Salvatore Davì focused on his life experiences in both Lampedusa and in Malta. He lived in Lampedusa until 1968. That year he met his future Maltese wife and subsequently relocated to Malta in 1970. During the interview, he spoke about the exchange of products between the two Islands. He also described how he adapted to life in Malta and how he managed to integrate with the Maltese.

Salvatore Davi_part02_9.11.2017

Salvatore Davi_part02_9.11.2017

  • MT NAM MEM-0003SD-01-01-02
  • Item
  • 09/11/2017

    • Part of Memorja

Salvatore Davì continued to describe how he adapted to life in Malta and how he managed to integrate with the Maltese. His memories about the British, Valletta, Marsaxlokk and the Dom Mintoff administration were positive. However, contraband was a problem.

Salvatore Davi_1_9.11.2017

Salvatore Davi_1_9.11.2017

  • MT NAM MEM-0003SD-01-01
  • File
  • 09/11/2017

    • Part of Memorja

During the interview, Salvatore Davì focused on his life experiences both in Lampedusa and in Malta. He lived in Lampedusa until 1968. That year he met his future Maltese wife and subsequently relocated to Malta in 1970. During the interview he spoke about the exchange of products between the two Islands. He also described how he adapted to life in Malta and how he managed to integrate with the Maltese. He spoke about Salvatore Gervaso and the Stella di Mare company, two names which are important for the theme 'The Malta-Lampedusa Connection.' His memories about the British, Valletta, Marsaxlokk and the Dom Mintoff administration were positive. However, contraband was a problem.

Interview

  • MT NAM MEM-0003SD-01
  • Series
  • 09/11/2017

    • Part of Memorja

Salvatore Davì

  • MT NAM MEM-0003SD
  • Subfonds
  • 1946-2019

    • Part of Memorja

Salvatore Davì was born in Lampedusa on the 31st of March 1946 to a family of fishermen. He had two brothers and one sister. He worked as a fisherman in Lampedusa and afterwards in Malta. He got married to a Maltese woman and in 1970 he decided to relocate to Malta. He found employment in Malta with a small private company. He had three sons and one daughter.

Memorja

  • MT NAM MEM
  • Fonds
  • 1997 -

MEMORJA is the oral, sound and visual archive of the National Archives of Malta (NAM). Our mission is to record life stories from people and groups who are underrepresented in the historical record. The roots of the project lie in the National Memory Project (NMP), initiated in 2004, followed by collaboration with the Public Memory Archive (PMA) at the University of Malta. Established in 2017, MEMORJA has now developed as the principal depositor of our national and public memory.

MEMORJA employs advanced methods in oral history, ethnography and cutting-edge archival approaches to collect, record, preserve and make accessible individual and shared histories passed on orally, visually and through sound. We are interested in the diversity of individual memories, life histories, community experiences and traditions, indigenous knowledge and shared historical events of the Maltese people.

MEMORJA’s oral history-trained staff and volunteers carry out continuous ethnographic fieldwork in the community, enriching our archives with a panoply of memories and recollections, personal photographs, documents, ephemera, artifacts, audio and video recordings and film reels which are generously donated, preserved and made available to all. The ubiquitous presence of our fieldworkers carrying out research and oral history interviews in the community has made the NAM ever more visible. This has generated extensive friendships and a unique relationship of trust between the National Archives and the public.

The project covers different themes related to life in, and experiences of, Malta during the twentieth century. The first five themes within which the research began are: Experiencing War: Survival, Shelter and Food; Migration: the British in Malta; Public Administration; Lampedusa and Malta Connections, and Bell-Ringing. There are many records in different formats, including analogue and digital audio recordings; photographic material (both print and digital); digital video recordings; original and digitised ephemera (diaries, press cuttings, books etc.) and written accounts in electronic format.

National Archives of Malta, Central Archive

Our Lady of Trapani and Our Lady of Lampedusa

Our Lady of Trapani and Our Lady of Lampedusa

  • MT NAM MEM-0002GF-03-03
  • Item
  • n/a

    • Part of Memorja

These postcards represent Our Lady of Trapani and Our Lady of Lampedusa. This image is related to the interview from 01:39:00 until 01:40:00 wherein Giovanni Fragapane speaks about the relationship between Our Lady of Trapani and Our Lady of Lampedusa.

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