Hunger Stairs !! Nix mangiari stairs "Nothing to eat!" , MALTA
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- Опубликовано: 17 июн 2021
- Nix mangiari stairs "Nothing to eat!" For several decades, during the early British occupation, these steps were the haunt of all sorts of Maltese beggars. Those who braved these steps, only to be pulled and prodded by eager hands and shouts of 'Nix mangiari, nix mangiari' (Nothing to eat, nothing to eat) With no work and no income, how did the Maltese survive at all? “They live by fishing, begging
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Great video, Steve. We call this "history from below," and it does often get forgotten, or even suppressed. In recent years, it has become an important historical speciality.
Well said! ..I enjoy find little bits like this !!
Loved it Steve! I really love hearing about the history of different areas.When you mentioned "tal pepe" it took me back to when i visited Malta with my mum and dad back in 1979, mum used to say she was referred to as Tal Pepe.Now, I know what that means thanks to you! She was from Senglea when she was single and my dad from Cospicua. Ive been back to Malta 4 times since then.Cant wait to be able to come back again.
Nice to see Victoria Gate in detail. That sea looks really blue today in the Grand Harbour. Thanks for all the filming you do for us Steve,Malpas very grateful. Xx
I love that area ...But there is more to victoria gate ..I need to do more detailed video
Really interesting video about the stairs. Never knew they were called that. Amazing the amount of history Malta has.
So true
Well done Steve really enjoyed
Great video,very interesting.Have not walked there,so have learnt more of Malta.Thanks.😊😊
Thanks! 😃
Hi that was another great video and i really enjoyed seeing those old stairs as well as the Victoria gate. The grand harbor is just so spectacular. .
Yes I love it , but so careful not to bore people to much
Very interesting video Steve. Loved this very much too. Thank you so much Steve♥️♥️♥️
You are so welcome Katherine
Mary 🇦🇺🙋♀️🙋♀️ that was amazing so interesting the history in🇲🇹 and your so good at explaining bout it,👍👍👍 and your funny u make me laugh, 💕💕🇲🇹💕💕🙋♀️🙋♀️👍👍👍
Thank you so much!!
Morning Steve...loved the video, all the history...amazing , towards the end of the video you were standing infront of a very old door, what stories that door could tell ....... 👣
Thanks 👍
Buongiorno e tutto bellissimo. Buona giornata 🇧🇬🍀
Thank you
The place you special. Such beautiful and awesome walk . Liked👍
Many thanks Maybe we walk the stairs and sleep at top !!...😂😂😂
@@EnglishmaninMalta Sound great!!😂😂
Hi Steve. As always I wait for your videos. So interesting I must say. I used to work in a small hotel above Victoria gate for 9 and a half years. beautiful area. Nix Mangaris sairs is very famous in legend Maltese books. The story goes that a beggar (one of tens) used to shout Nix Mangaris (a hosh posh of Nothing to eat). one night a number of drunk service men made fun of this poor beggar. They turned violent and eventually killed him. Some people claim that at night they saw this beggar stlll shouting Nix Mangaris. Thats the story I know about it. But anyway thanks so much.
😱😱😱 i must remember not to go at night !! Or if i do...take some food with me 🤣🤣🤣
Great
Loving all the history 👍x
And there is soooo Much !!
Amazing opening view! Thank you for your videos- always appreciate hearing all of the history
Yes the grand harbour something special
That was most interesting love Valletta its so historic and you seem to know a tremendous amount of Malta, s history shame on me I dont know half of what you know Steve sweety and I love your humer you always cheer me up as some of your other subscribers have said it feels as if we,re walking with you keep it up just as you said you have to have a laugh keep laughing it makes your videos very enjoyable never change Steve sweety take care stay safe and always happy Xxxx 💙😘❤❣⚘💜🤗💕👍🥰
Thank you for always lovely comments
What can I say Steve, great video again very informative, never knew about the stairway/steps, great history. Thanks 👍
You are very welcome
Another good informative video, thanks Steve.
Thank you Joy !!
Thank you for sharing your great videos Steve,I use to work in Valletta but never had the chance to explore .
You are very welcome
Lovely video Steve.....very interesting too!
Many thanks!
thank you for the awesome video
Glad you liked it!
I used to live in a hotel just near the Victoria gate, nice memories)
Thats a very historic area ?? Love it over there !!
The shops on the stairs was R.Sultana they used to sell tobacco and newspapers
Thanks for the info my friend
Another great video Steve 😁 it’s lovely to amble about Valletta with you. Think it’s might be closest I get to doing it for real for a while yet 😩 That beeping and buzzing was a bit alarming 😱 and that Maltese wiring looked a little bit suspect! 💥
You are welcome to ramble with me anyday 🤣🤣👍👍 did i make you feel tired ? No matter how manyntines I go i find new things every time
Awesome video, thanks Steve, not seen that "Hunger" staircase though I've been through Victoria Gate before (which is an awesome structure) must have missed the steps. Love the area, some beautiful buildings, love Valletta all over. Fabulous views from that side. Thanks for sharing.
Yes Vicky you could go everyday for months and still find something to interest you
Another beautiful video of very old part of Valletta. Thanks Steve
Very welcome
I think the Hunger stairs were used in the 1953 film The Malta Story I asked you about.
could be I am not sure, Very Historical place there near the gate I asked the question on my FB page check it out !!
Hi Steve, it was great to have a mooch about with you. The Maltese history is so interesting. I still think you would do well as a history tour guide. All the best Steve and thanks for the live yesterday.
Great suggestion! But there are too many people better then me to do the job ...Any way I wanna retire soon ...lol 😁
@@EnglishmaninMalta Is it time to get that boat you have been after for a while?
@@EnglishmaninMalta I think you underestimate yourself Steve.
Been all around that area but didn't know that the stairs had a history. One thing that we were told about all the steps in Valletta is that they date back to the time of the Knights. With long, low steps they found it easier to get get up and down them while wearing their heavy armour.
Good afternoon Steve, it’s morning here. You are doing a great job love ❤️ your videos and don’t worry not to be a professional you are doing great 👍🏾
Mean to say I am notm? Lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍 Was just have a joke !!
Thanks Steve. I enjoy these rambles around the back streets.
Glad you like them Sammy
The Maltese language has Spanish, English, French, Arabic, and Italian too. We are mixed people 🥰 We don’t know where we belong so that is why we are scattered all over the world 🥰 Thank you for a lovely video, beautiful as always. Take care 🤗
So true! And I am a poor englishman trying to make sence of it all ...lol 😂
the building looks old sir but beautiful
Thank you
I liked your video alot, very interesting.
Thank you Tony..more on the way!!
Hi steve! Always nice nice videos 👌
Thank yoy
Have taken a lot of photos around this area lovely setting in the evening i remember you had another clip from here a few years back, beautiful setting very nice...
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi Steve, you really know how to find the out of the way places :) I have walked up that staircase but didn't know it was called that. I remember seeing on the Maltese news that person who climbed up on the Victoria gate and did get arrested plus a huge fine $$$$ if memory serves me. Cheers
Hey Charlie how you doing ?? Thank you for lovely supporting comments always
Nice walk Steve. You always tell me something I didn't know.
You are not alone 😜 I am always learning everyday
HI STEVE AS USUAL WATCHED YOUR VIDEO ABOUT THOSE STAIRS IN VALLETTA,NEVER KNEW ABOUT THE STORY AS REGARDS THE BEGGARS.I MYSELF REMEMBER THEM WELL DURING MY BRITISH ARMY DAYS,AS WHEN WE WENT TO VALLETTA FOR A NIGHT OUT THERE ALWAYS USED TO BE ONE OR TWO AROUND US,SAYING GIVE US A PENNY JOHNNY THAT WAS IN 1957,CHEERS FROM YOUR WELSHMAN IN MALTA.
hey John Guess you came across plenty of unsavory characters hanging around down there ??
Another great video steeped in history, hope someone helped the poor people waiting on them steps, sad times! some lovely old buildings in Valletta, the red paintwork on them windows & doors etc make the building look so good& stand out.
Glad you enjoyed it
Hey Steve another class video .. you have climbed some amount of steps these last 2 videos 😅beautiful views and always something different... oooh Whats that buzzing ...🤔😂💜
Funny buzzing in my head 🙈 could be my brains falling out 😱😱
Hi Steve, thanks for the video, I can't believe you just past where I had my first ever job in my mid teenage years as I mentioned in the Ursula street video, just half way up and round those second steps which looks very-very neglected, also the exact room & balcony of the Grand Harbour Hotel just above there where I stayed few times, all my childhood memories keep coming back to me every time I watch your videos Steve, Oh and thanks for mentioning my name now and before too, I'll finish now by mentioning the FOOTBALL or should I not ? it looks like football is not coming home yet again ; well I don't think it would be in my life time ? C U soon and don't get too hot, bye.
Great Memories for you then ?
Nice video
Thanks
I love your videos Steve, thank you. Makes me homesick ..... I've been in the UK for 38 years and shortly to return home, covid permitting. I must comment on one thing though " The British came and educated the Maltese about drains etc.".....don't make me laugh.....Malta was a Roman province 1800 years before the British arrived, we had drains while you guys were living in round houses/mud huts running around painting yourselves blue and attacking the Romans.... who educated YOU ;) Don't forget even as late as 1666, the great fire of London and the black death Londoners used to throw their excreta out of first floor windows to the open gulley drain in the middle of the road below ;) Just saying..
Keep it up! and thank you.
hey Rachel , Not sure about the stairs I just guess that ..maybe there were never stairs there before ??
A very interesting part of Valletta with some lovely, if rather run-down, architecture. A good choice for a video which, as always, was interesting and informative. I like the way you interact with your audience - it feels like we are there with you.
Yes I like to do this, I feel you are and I am sharing with you along the way
Another informative and interesting video Steve about a bit of Valletta I hadn`t heard of . Those steps looked a tad cramped to accommodate more than a couple of `beggars` at any one time , maybe they had a shift system where they could rotate their position . Hey Sir , take care next week as I read in the Times of Malta today that there`s going to be a heat wave starting Monday , the temprature is going to be in the high thirties to mid forties , factor 50 plus a hat .
Yes we are having it 36c today in the shade mid-day !!
Finally you have bought a Maltese cap! Cool, you look good, thanks for video!! You are lucky! Say please hello to Malta from Natalia, I'm missing it so much!
I have a few hundred you want buy one ? 🤣🤣 i sell them
@@EnglishmaninMalta oh, no, thanks, I'd like to buy myself in Malta, I hope, that boarders will be opened...but, I have doubted...already..
@@EnglishmaninMalta Are you living in Malta?
@@user-hu8zw9uf7h yes of course ? You dont watch mt videos?
@@EnglishmaninMalta not all your videos.....I have began with your last yesterday...I will do.. I promise..
Beautiful place my friend, how are you. Have a nice day
Thank you! You too!
Hello, How are you Steve? I sent you an email the other day, Did you manage to see it? Huge fan btw ! X
I will check it out, And answer soon
Hello steve another great vid mate how do you do it . Steve just thought you might be interested to know that a church in malta has got a church organ from a church up north of the uk and it went away for restoration at the cost of 4.3m and it is going to basilica of church the king in the town of poala
Yes i know about it and was talking to them but so hard to communicate i get told last min about its arrival. And hard to drop everything planned that day
Well, well, well. Forget about the locals "throwing the you know what into the sea", I suggest you need brushing a little bit of history, Know what? Valletta's sewage system is unique, in that it is constructed as an open sewage system. Besides, underneath, in each and every corner or cross roads road names still exists (of course in Italian) from the time the Sovereign Military Hospitalier Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta. Thank you.
I Was talking about the start of a modern sewage system, when the british came ? never to profess to be an historian, But I attended a lecturer, Architect Edward Said and said When the British came to Malta, they found that the drainage system installed by the Knights had degenerated and was a hazard health. and most locals just bypasted the drainage system and would thrown directly into the sea , Which was what the old system did anyway ? The Knights’ system used no water for flushing and human waste flowed down by means of gravity, coming out from holes in the bastions and flowing It was said that the stench was terrible all across Grand Harbour. Such a system may have been a contributing factor to the 1813 plague, which took at least 8,000 lives.down to the sea. This what I remember anyway !!
@@EnglishmaninMalta All I can state is that till this very day, the sewage system installed by the knights is still the one being used. The stench can still be witnessed when the wind is in between North East to South West emanating from the grills in the lower parts of Old Mint Street.
Another interesting historic area of Valletta Steve - nice walk🚶🛡 🎥.
I liked your good commentary. Funny you should touch/choose my 50yr old rusty padlock 👨♥👩🔒 😂 🤣 😂. (Have you reported that Fault Alarm Steve? 🤔 😂)
THANKS. Cheers 👍 🇲🇹 ♥ 🇪🇺 ©.
Thanks 👍
Could you please date your videos? Thanks.
All video are dated by RUclips ?? the date is near where the views are
So Steve I had to stop the film as it seems as of late you are pushing the be ashamed of things done a long time ago, at the time of wich you seakbegging and such poverty was worldwide London was a city of beggars ,malta was no differant for being under British protection ,protection they asked for to rid themselves of the French, the Maltese begged for the British to stay and yes as was the world over the used it as they will, as a huge dock for war ships controlling the med,this making present day people with much different values feel in some way responsible for there actions at that time is a tactic of the left and is a marxist thing,think blm saying I should feel guilty for my great grandad being a dick ,if he was ,no sorry that begging was not confined to malta and it still isn’t ,go to Paris or London my word there everywere ,sorry bit of a rant am sure the history will be explained you always do
Not pushing anything, why ashamed of things done!!, it's all part of maltese history ? It's also true history is interpreted in different ways, was only two videos, I guess you are talking about ? it's just how the videos drops ?? But Read the history of british colonialism malta, was not all strawberry and cream ? and most was the top ranks, money and greed like it always is ? , True many maltese merchants also cause poverty in Malta, However, Maltese patriots felt cheated because they wanted Malta to be ruled by a Maltese elected assembly and the role of the British would have been only that of protectors of the islands. but it did not work out like this ??
Sorry bud did not meen to rant but it was a bad time and we need to learn about it,but I feel we have learned a lot from them times and have changed for the better just lately certain folk seem to believe we,me ,you all of us must feel guilty for things we would not allow now, every nation has its bad history even the Maltese but that does not meen we should be held accountable,anyway it was a terrible time all round, and still is in some parts,still love malta always will
@@mickeycrilly1839 No worries !! I like hearing other views, I can only go on history out there, the french or the knights were not saint's lol 😂 ,