Old telephone box vandalised

J Oatmon

Jan 25th 2011, 07:14

Probably attacked after a night of binge drinking by a couple of drunken youths who don't care about anything except football, booze, girls and discos.

David Borg

Jan 24th 2011, 23:30

Idiots. No other word describes whoever does such a pointless act.

Interesting factoid, that box is in fact the second (actually third) one since the first one was crushed after a rather clueless driver managed to reverse over it... It was briefly replaced with a modern metal one until they brought another one from somewhere on the island (must have been in storage)

adrian gatt

Jan 24th 2011, 22:56

The Sliema Residents Association condemns this sort of behaviour on our streets which is becoming more frequent. We had the mugging of the elderly lady and theft from another, the theft of items from a car with a child witnessing everything from inside, vandalism galore etc...I think its about time to install more cameras on our roads for the safety of residents together with more enforcement and foot patrols by police and possibly the resurection of the neighbourhood watch. As a prominent Sliema reident told me this week, Sliema has lost most of its sense of community and so we are not caring for one another and do not give a damn to what happens in Sliema. There is no pride in our own home town. This is leading to degradation of the remaining community life in Sliema plus the 'ruination. of this once glorious town.

charles abela

Jan 24th 2011, 22:53

Shame on us. What’s the use of trying to improve the tourism sector when we still have these kinds of ignorant people around us? Vandals? They should be punished and not just be free on pledge.

Roderick Cutajar

Jan 24th 2011, 22:28

Too many people with a lot of time on their hands and not a grain of salt in their brains. As for hoping that the vandals get apprehended, that is very unlikely. Vandals hardly get apprehended, which is a great pity.

W. Cauchi

Jan 24th 2011, 22:24

i think the best thing is to surround these telephone boxes by barbed wire. At least nobody would vandalise them. They are there solely for decoration and to bring back memories when Malta was once part of the British Empire.
After all nobody ever uses these phone boxes, as C. Borg said, not even the '' illegal immigrants'' use these phone boxes with their fake phone cards to telephone home. Internet phoning costs peanuts and you can phone for hours.

michael fenech

Jan 24th 2011, 20:39

From what I’m reading I can see that there’s a lot of people out there who do not appreciate what this country has to offer. I’m sorry to say, but I can only blame the authorities for lack of educating our kids. IT’S A SHAME.

David Scerri

Jan 24th 2011, 20:30

on holiday in malta i often stay in dingli street, and it was ever so nice to see the old telephone boxes that were brought over from the uk,not that we see them here any more.SHAME one this person for such an act of destruction, i only hope it is not beyond repair

Karl Axisa

Jan 24th 2011, 20:20

You get people who go a long way for a couple of extra quids these days. Maybe its in the way for some project to take place. Now that it has been damaged there is a valid excuse for it to be removed, maybe for restoration and relocation or just put aside to gather dust or just scrapped. I am sure that before this incident 'all' Slimizi, with hand on heart, knew about this phone boot and appreciated its place in our history.

D. Mifsud

Jan 24th 2011, 20:20

well said mr. Camilleri, i agree with you 100%!

Wilfred L Camilleri

Jan 24th 2011, 20:11

Why are there so many morons with nothing better to do and not enough intelligence to realize that they are destroying what attracts tourists to Malta and that all vandalism costs everyone through taxes. When public property is destroyed, everyone pays!

Julian Galea

Jan 24th 2011, 19:20

Dont forget what happened a couple of months ago... http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100421/local/play-area-at-independence-gardens-vandalised i reported the telephone booth at 9 am and the police checked all the cameras and questioned the neighbours but the findings are in the hands of the police. Julian Councillor

Charles Micallef

Jan 24th 2011, 18:46

Yet again when everyone today reeling about the Marsaxlokk oil throwing incident, we find that are more sick minds who are willing to vandalise yet more of our heritage!

Robert Mifsud

Jan 24th 2011, 18:09

CCTV please all over the island,this will stop these cowards and brainless people from such acts,once we cannot seem to have 24hr police patrols.I really hope somebody actually saw these vandals in the act and eventually report them.

C.Borg

Jan 24th 2011, 18:08

Yes minister, choose a team of experts to really examine what really happened, who caused it and how much it costs to repair. Was it windy? Were the hinges rusty, was the wood corroded etc., etc. Than at the end the overall costs will be a dozen times the cost of sending a part-time carpenter to repair a telephone box which with mobiles not even the 'illegal immigrants' use.

Franco J Scicluna

Jan 24th 2011, 18:04

OOHH BUT WHY , WHY DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS.? THE TELEPHONE BOX IS PART OF US ,PART OF OUR HERITAGE. THESE ARE PRICELESS ITEMS PART OF OUR HISTORY.

C.Vella

Jan 24th 2011, 17:53

\God save the Queen and all those who sail with her. Tally Ho, it would have been alot better to flog the old box on ebay would fwtch alot of dosh for those who want to be reminded of the British in malta.

J Farrugia

Jan 24th 2011, 17:53

anyone of these slimizi seen the vandals at work? So forget all about it. heritage or no heritage no one is going to pay for its restoration except some foolish gem collector. Seems that our country with all its omerta' doesn't deserve to have any heritage at all. All heritage crimes have gone unpunished. Much hullabaloo after discovering the damage and then......silence. After all it's only a relic for our courts.