Identity area
Reference code
MT NAM PMA-0301CBL
Title
Ċensu Borg 'Tal-Lira'
Date(s)
- 16/02/1999 (Creation)
Level of description
Subfonds
Extent and medium
1 oral history audio recording, 1 fieldwork notes
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Theme: Agriculture in the 1880s - 1930s. Censu Borg 'Tal-Lira' was born in 1921 at Luqa. Throughout his life Censu had always worked in the fields. His father used to work the fields while his mother used to sell vegetables. Censu had started to work the fields, which were rented from the government, together with his father and his brother. Censu had 6 children, 5 boys and a girl and had always lived in Luqa. At the time of the interview he was doing minimal work in the fields, his sons had taken over.