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A dose of nostalgia on this rainy day! 1955 photo shows kids playing in flooded Msida road
The photo was taken by Ernie Miller

Emma Galea

The flooding streets are usually a dreaded byproduct of heavy rain in Malta, but a photo shared by Malta’s National Archives shows how some Maltese children used to make the best of the situation when the roads overflowed with rainwater. 

Shot by Ernie Miller, the photo was taken 70 years ago, in 1955, after a heavy storm in Msida.

Maltese children took to the streets and started playing and splashing in the water, as can be seen in the sweet photo.

They look so incredibly happy as they got their own special pool in front of their house.

Unlike today, car traffic was not as common back then and such a scene in 2025 would prove almost impossible.

Do you have any childhood memories of rainy days?

17th January 2025


Emma Galea
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Emma Galea
Emma is a Gozitan writer who loves all things related to English literature and history. When not busy studying or writing you will either find her immersed in a fictional book or at the cinema trying to watch as many films as she possibly can!

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