British Memories

Since Malta was ruled by the British for 150 years between 1814 and 1964, there are still many memories of buildings and structures built over those years, especially during the war years, when the British defended the Maltese from the attacks by the Germans and Italians. Two typical features that remind us of England are the red telephone boxes and the red mail-boxes. The mail boxes are still used daily, even though the amount of mail has decreased considerably because of e-mail. The telephone boxes are still quite an attraction even though everyone nowadays carries a cell-phone and a land-line is looked at as something prehistoric. Yet they stay in Malta, at least to remind us of bygone days.