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Siblings at Pretty Bay
MT NAM MEM-0015AW-02-016 · Item · 1947
Part of Memorja

Arthur Wait, his sister Gladys, brother Tony and an unknown English boy

Larry's Bar
MT NAM MEM-0015AW-02-009 · Item · 1960
Part of Memorja

American sailors at Larry's Bar in Birzebbugia

Freeport, Pretty Bay
MT NAM MEM-0015AW-02-049 · Item · 1980s
Part of Memorja

View of the Freeport being constructed near Pretty Bay, Birzebbugia, c. late 1980s.

MT NAM MEM-0015AW-01-01-01 · Item · 30/08/2017
Part of Memorja

Arthur Wait recounted his life as a child in Birzebbuga and the hardships endured by the Maltese during the post-Second World War years. He described how he joined the navy and what life was like in the navy. He retired in Malta in 2007.

Arthur Wait_1_30.08.2017
MT NAM MEM-0015AW-01-01 · File · 30/08/2017
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Dates covered: 1940-1980. Arthur Wait was born in 1940. He came from a long standing naval family. He described life as a child in Birzebbuga and the hardships endured by the Maltese in the post-Second World War years. He recounted how he joined the navy and his life as a Maltese man in the British navy. He also mentioned the closing of the military base in Malta and how it affected those people who worked with the British Forces.