Does anyone remember...

If the point is Tigné Point, today, you will see blocks of apartments. I think I've seen some kids jumped into the water around here but if the place is the old Fort Tigné, you won't recognize the place. We have all memories, myself also, when we are young. I wish you to enjoy in your poetic and nostalgic quest.

Hi tish,

welcome to the forum and memory lane.

With a little help from a Maltese friend who was in the British Army I think I have been able to locate the site.

He knew that the British army had officers housing in Paceville which did not really exist in those distant times. He directed me to a spot near the Dragonara Hotel. When you are in front of Portomaso you take the road left ( Triq il-Knisja) and walk down past the Arkadia supermarket and SJI's jazz bar and turn right . There you will find a rocky beach that you might recognize or walk further along the rocks towards the Portomaso Marina.

I talked to a very nice Maltese lady who lives in the house next to the sushi bar opposite the road leading to the beach and she told me that her house had been the Army Mess building and that she found a 120 piece set of crockery when she was clearing out the house. She used to swim there. Now she is in her 80's or so but did not remember anything about rocks or an anchor in the water. But the area was known as the Point.

While visiting today there were a few snorkelers around but after the heavy rain on Monday the water pools on the rocks looked and smelled like sewage! Not a very nice smell. I hope it is cleaner when you go to look.

So it has nothing to do with Tigne Point in Sliema which is a new development and shopping centre on the site of the old Tigne Battery.

Cheers
Ricky