It’s summertime and the living is easy. Senior Times and Bay Retro make a splash down memory lane.

Bathers soak up the Maltese sunshine at Surfside, opposite the Meadowbank Hotel in Sliema in the 1960s.

Bathers soak up the Maltese sunshine at Surfside, opposite the Meadowbank Hotel in Sliema in the 1960s.

A mother and her three children walk outside the Ta’ Kandja Police RIU Compound Chapel in 1961

A mother and her three children walk outside the Ta’ Kandja Police RIU Compound Chapel in 1961

Malta-based Royal Navy sailors and their families enjoy a coach trip to the seaside at Mellieħa Bay in 1923.

Malta-based Royal Navy sailors and their families enjoy a coach trip to the seaside at Mellieħa Bay in 1923.

Sliema seafront in the 1950s.

Sliema seafront in the 1950s.

Pretty Bay in 1969. Photo: Adrian Allain

Pretty Bay in 1969. Photo: Adrian Allain

A holiday postcard of Marsalforn in the 1960s.

A holiday postcard of Marsalforn in the 1960s.

Before the apartments, the restaurants and the crowds, Marsalforn in the 1920s looked like this.

Before the apartments, the restaurants and the crowds, Marsalforn in the 1920s looked like this.

A man tries his fishing luck at Spinola Bay in the 1950s.

A man tries his fishing luck at Spinola Bay in the 1950s.

Children play in the streets of Cospicua more than 120 years ago.

Children play in the streets of Cospicua more than 120 years ago.

This article was published in the June issue of Senior Times.

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