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Old Aug 13th 2016 | 1:36 pm
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54 years if my math is any good

landed on July 30, 1962
 
Old Aug 14th 2016 | 2:18 pm
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Do you like it?
 
Old Aug 14th 2016 | 2:33 pm
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most definitely

I did entertain the notion of returning permanently in 1998, I actually stayed about five months, but nothing came of it

just as well

this will be my final resting place when the time comes
 
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Out of pure curiosity, are there here that can say they have been in Canada 55 years plus?

50 years plus?
 
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Congratulations xavier

not 50, but we're getting close .................. we'll be 48 years on August 22
 
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50 years past in May.
 
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March 14, 1969. So 47 years +. I don't regret a day of it.
 
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Originally Posted by xavier1955
Out of pure curiosity, are there here that can say they have been in Canada 55 years plus?

50 years plus?
Congrats on 54 years.

26th May, 1963, 53 for me, no plans of moving anywhere.

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I do not expect you to ... we've been here about the same time
 
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Arrived on Aug. 1st. 1957, so 59 yrs.
 
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Originally Posted by Largo
Arrived on Aug. 1st. 1957, so 59 yrs.
that is quite something

how old were you?
 
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I was 23 years and 6 months.
 
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Originally Posted by Largo
I was 23 years and 6 months.
for myself I was barely 19
 
Old Oct 12th 2016 | 1:46 am
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I was born here, so not eligible, (and congratulations btw!!).
 
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Originally Posted by caretaker
I was born here, so not eligible, (and congratulations btw!!).
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My grandparents came in August 1964, right before Malta became independent. They still have their old British passports in the safe somewhere. They spend 28 years here, left in 1992 to go back home, returned in 1999 bought a condo to stay in part time, then left again for good in 2014. So another 15 odd years of 6 mos/6 mos.

My grandfather has always had a soft spot for Gozo and is happiest there. My grandmother would rather have stayed here near her family if she had the choice. She feels more independent here, but she's built up a life and friends there and gets on.

I know they regret leaving when they did because my uncle was only 14 at the time, and they essentially left my mum at 19 going to uni alone by herself here and took her brother with them.
 


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