The Maltese Dancemaster by Michael Mcmanus

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Like that very much Michael. Nice work.

Posted by Jim Morris on Sat 26 May 21:23:12

Thanks Jim.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sat 26 May 21:30:29

A splendid departure from your usual style.

Posted by Tony Auffret on Sat 26 May 23:09:36

Thanks Tony.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 27 May 04:21:03

High drama on the dancefloor...great stuff Michael.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Sun 27 May 05:09:59

Thanks Lewis.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 27 May 05:55:07

Brilliant, I'll have to find out if anyone here still remembers him!!! The heat in this is about right today!!!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Sun 27 May 06:52:03

Very nice, Michael. Would look great framed. The Gut?

Posted by Seth Dalton on Sun 27 May 06:54:10

Beautiful graceful dance pose. A great tribute Michael!

Posted by Carole Swingler on Sun 27 May 07:48:03

Love it Michael 👍🏻

Posted by Rachel Mansell on Sun 27 May 09:05:45

Thanks everyone. I used poetic licence a little Thalia, as usual, but he was a bit of a boy. Stan is not very well at the moment and I'm trying to brighten him up a little. The Gut was the name given to Straight Street in Valetta Seth. Just one long street full of bars and entertainment of one sort or another. All cleaned up nowadays.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 27 May 09:10:13

superb

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sun 27 May 09:30:13

I love this Michael, I'd have it on my wall anytime and I would definitely help it framed 😀

Posted by Linda Drury on Sun 27 May 09:38:14

That should read have it framed 😀😀

Posted by Linda Drury on Sun 27 May 09:39:42

Thanks Gudrun and Linda.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 27 May 09:41:21

Brilliant work, Michael.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Sun 27 May 11:28:49

Thanks Cesare.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 27 May 12:37:25

Ah ha, Valletta is so posh now!!! The Gut has changed a little!!!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Sun 27 May 13:51:26

Quite impressive!

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Sun 27 May 15:23:00

Excellent Michael! That looks really great.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Sun 27 May 15:26:20

Thanks Thalia, Maureen and Margaret. Some of my old shipmates who went back on holiday told me it had changed Thalia.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 27 May 18:05:16

Hang on Studio Wall

26/05/2018

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Watercolour. For ex Chief Petty Officer Airman Stan Smith. Mediterranean , 1960s. Naval Airman Stan Smith, as he then was, aka 'The Maltese Dancemaster', giving it what for down The Gut.

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Michael Mcmanus

I was born in 1946. In the 1960s and part of the 70s I was an airman in the Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm. I joined Durham Constabulary in 1971. In 1999 I retired from policing and began teaching sociology and criminology at Durham University with emphasis on policing and researching crime. I am drawn…

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