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Malta Bus Archive Biography of Rosario Vella of Sliema. Owned & drove a bus in the 1920s and 1930s.

A Willys Overland motor car (number not known). The rear offside tyre has been removed for maintenance

Motor car 62 emerging from the "Malta Import and Agency" garage with a group of people on either side of the car

A rather grand motor car number 498 (make not known). A donkey and cart can be seen to the rear

An unidentified steam ferry with a number of people on board

Entrance to the Malta Import & Export Company Garage on Tower Road with two boys standing by the door

A handwritten diary entry by Karmenu Gruppetta describing the events that took place after his wedding in 1946.

Karmenu Gruppetta’s Termination of Employment Form “Ċertifikat ta’ Temm l- Impieg skond l- Artiklu 27 (1) ta’ l-Att Nru. XI ta’ 1952; Dipartiment tax- Xogħol u Emigrazzjoni”. The form is filled in and includes the details of the Employer, which in this ca

HMS Roebuck (F195) and two other naval ships leaving Sliema, Malta c. 1955 (possibly 17th May 1955).

Dates covered: 1800-2017. Giovanni Fragapane is considered the historian of Lampedusa. He started the interview with an explanation of his research, the sources he used and the history of Lampedusa. He traced the relations between Lampedusa and the Knights of Malta. He described the origin of the Maltese colony in Lampedusa from 1800 to 1843 and its impact on the Island. In the second part of the interview, he focused on his experiences and memories about Malta. He described the conference for peace in the Mediterranean after the Gaddafi crisis and the Mintoff period. The last part of the interview focuses on the history of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lampedusa, the history of the statue and the religious feast.

Motor car 45A was a Willys.

A line-up of four motor-cars on Tower Road, Sliema with a fifth travelling away

Motor car 36? (a Fiat - last digit of plate not visible) plus driver

Three motor cars with their drivers (one car is Willys Overland number 62). The second car (number not known) is also a Willys Overland

Motor car 705I outside the Glory Hotel. Two Royal Navy officers pose next to the car.

Gruppetta standing with another man at the seaside in Sliema.

Gruppetta on the seaside in Sliema or St. Julian’s with a view of the Westing Dragonara Casino behind him.

An article on a newspaper, a brief biography of Karmenu Gruppetta and his career and achievements, written by George Page Felice for the Newspaper “Il- Jolly”. Beside the article there is also a portrait picture of Gruppetta.

Malta Bus Archive Biography of Giuseppe Lanfranco of Sliema. Drove buses in the 1900s and 1920s.