Vittoriosa waterfront archway

As Joe Borg pointed out (The Sunday Times, June 24) the British arm on the Vittoriosa archway is of great interest.

It reminds visitors and tourists of the glorious years when that area belonged to the Victualling Department and was known as the Victualling Yard, in the deliveries of bread and food to HM ships and departments, including the British naval hospitals.  

That archway was the main entrance to the British Bakery (today the Maritime Museum), the whole waterfront, including Fort St Angelo, known during the British period as HMS St Angelo.

The missing bull's head was not only damaged, but completely smashed. I was told that today it is preserved and kept in the Maritime Museum. I am asked questions regularly about the archway and the British arm, including the missing bull's head by visitors to St Lawrence church when I am on duty as warden and guide helping visitors in the mornings.  

The arm includes French inscriptions such as Qui Male (of evil) and the famous Queen's motto inherited from her father George VI reading Dieu E Mon Droi (God is my right).

The archway is one of the first things to attract tourists' attention as they leave the bus stopping at the wharf in front of St Lawrence church.