My name is Ted “Dave” Williams. Along with loads of other army lads, I was stationed at Ghadira Camp, Mellieha, Malta.

In the 1955 era after our daily training was over, we would go to the village for relaxation. The people in the village were very friendly to us and one particular family springs to mind.

The Mifsuds, Doris, Josephine and Imperia. Well, after leaving Malta for Cyprus during this time we did not have a lot of time for correspondence. However, I have renewed the acquaintance of Doris and Josephine but – at the moment – cannot find Imperia.

I arranged for the family to have penfriends in England and I believe this exchange of letters and even going over to Malta to see them went on for quite a few years. I have been back to Mellieha on several occasions and met the two other sisters, along with my best friend whom I met in 1956.

Charlie Fenech, his sister Carmen Saliba and Tony Charlie live in England now and I am still in constant touch with him after 50 years. My love for your island has not diminished over the years. I still carry your cross of St John tattooed on my arm.

If any reader can give me any help over finding Imperia Mifsud (MN) I would be very grateful.

Ted (Dave) Williams

Somerset, England