Arthur Wait described what he did when he was on leave and the relations between the British and the Maltese who worked with the navy. He mentioned the political situation in Malta in the 1960s and 1970s and the way this crisis affected those who worked for the British Forces. He returned to Malta in 2007.

Arthur sitting on a bench in Plymouth outside the NAAFI club, with a Maltese sailor, M/E H. Woods from Zejtun.