Summer in Malta means lots of sun, sea and sand.
And it appears it has always been that way, as these nostalgic pictures from the award-winning Bay Retro archives show Malta’s love of the beach.
The striking images features sun worshippers playing by the shore from the early 1900s right through to the 1980s.
It seems everyone enjoys the simple pleasures of sitting on the beach, building sandcastles and going for a paddle in the Mediterranean Sea.
The pictures remind us not only of how much has changed, but how much has also remained the same.
Gnejna Bay in the 1920s
Pretty Bay in the 1960s
Marsalforn in the 1950s
Balluta Bay in the 1930s
Armier Bay in the 1960s
Comino in the 1960s
Mellieha Bay in the 1950s
St Paul’s Bay in the 1960s
Paradise Bay in the 1970s
Bugibba in the 1980s
Riviera Bay in the 1950s
Golden Bay in the 1960s
Marsalforn in the 1980s
Sliema in the 1970s
