Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu - Revision history

http://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Fredu_Abela_Il-Bambo%C4%8B%C4%8Bu Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu - Revision history 2026-06-23T04:54:27Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.36.1 http://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?title=Fredu_Abela_Il-Bambo%C4%8B%C4%8Bu&diff=8325&oldid=prev Tonisant: redirect 2013-08-14T14:22:34Z

<p>redirect</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:22, 14 August 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#REDIRECT [[Fredu Abela l-Bamboċċu]]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Tonisant http://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?title=Fredu_Abela_Il-Bambo%C4%8B%C4%8Bu&diff=7886&oldid=prev SteveBorg: Blanked the page 2013-08-05T23:31:15Z

<p>Blanked the page</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:31, 5 August 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu''' [[File:Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu 1.JPG|310px|thumb|right|Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu.]] was born on the 19th of April 1944, at Żabbar. He was the eighth child of Manwel and Salvina Abela. Abela worked first as a bus conductor where a friend of his noticed his well built figure and started calling him ''Bamboċċu'', a nickname he is still mostly known for even nowadays. It wasn’t up till the age of fifteen that Abela started singing with his uncle, who was also a folk singer, [[Salvu Darmanin Ir-Ruġel]].</del></div></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Abela also worked for the navy and got to visit several places abroad. After that he worked as a builder and later on he also owned a shop where he used to cook; a hobby he was very fond of and good at. At 25 years of age he marred Annie. They had three children: twins, Frans and Silvio and Manwel.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">His interest in Maltese and the Maltese culture was manifested through his mastery of Maltese traditional folk singing, known as ''għana''. Il-Bamboċċu was known best for the improvised kind of għana known as ''spirtu pront'' and the comic sketch, known better as ''il-makjetta''. For the latter, and other genres he was not only known in Malta but also abroad where he was invited several times by the immigrants namely in Australia. </del></div></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Abela not only sang on his own but collaborated with a countless number of folk singers such as [[Ġorġ Azzopardi Il-Makk]], [[Michael Fenech Ir-Ringu]], his brother [[Renald Abela l-Bamboċċu ż-Żgħir]] and [[Joe Demicoli]]. </del></div></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">With the former he produced the song he is known best for, "Taxi Mary" from which he sold ten thousand copies in Malta and twenty thousand in Australia. He also took part in the programme ''Wipeout'' which was produced and presented by [[Joe Demicoli]]. Other known folk songs of his are ''World Cup'', ''It-Tliet Għażżenin'', ''Papa Bamboċċ'', ''Is-Sakranazzi'' and ''Il-Pariri tal-Bamboċċu''.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">He was also a household name on the Rediffusion, during traditional village feasts and the most awaited [[Għanafest]]. A place he frequently sang at was the Boċċi Club in Pietà and in fact that was the last place he sang at. Abela died on the 8th of February 2003, aged 59.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:A-Z of the Malta Music Scene]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:Singers from Malta]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:Għannejja]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> </table>

SteveBorg http://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?title=Fredu_Abela_Il-Bambo%C4%8B%C4%8Bu&diff=7883&oldid=prev Leanne Ellul at 23:28, 5 August 2013 2013-08-05T23:28:41Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:28, 5 August 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu''' [[File:Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu 1.JPG|310px|thumb|right|Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu.]] was born on the 19th of April 1944, at Żabbar. He was the eighth child of Manwel and Salvina Abela. Abela worked first as a bus conductor where a friend of his noticed his well built figure and started calling him ''Bamboċċu'', a nickname he still mostly known for even nowadays. It wasn’t up till the age of fifteen that Abela started singing with his uncle, who was also a folk singer, [[Salvu Darmanin Ir-Ruġel]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu''' [[File:Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu 1.JPG|310px|thumb|right|Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu.]] was born on the 19th of April 1944, at Żabbar. He was the eighth child of Manwel and Salvina Abela. Abela worked first as a bus conductor where a friend of his noticed his well built figure and started calling him ''Bamboċċu'', a nickname he <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is </ins>still mostly known for even nowadays. It wasn’t up till the age of fifteen that Abela started singing with his uncle, who was also a folk singer, [[Salvu Darmanin Ir-Ruġel]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Abela also worked for the navy and got to visit several places abroad. After that he worked as a builder and later on he also owned a shop where he used to cook; a hobby he was very fond of and good at. At 25 years of age he marred Annie. They had three children: twins, Frans and Silvio and Manwel.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Abela also worked for the navy and got to visit several places abroad. After that he worked as a builder and later on he also owned a shop where he used to cook; a hobby he was very fond of and good at. At 25 years of age he marred Annie. They had three children: twins, Frans and Silvio and Manwel.</div></td></tr> </table>

Leanne Ellul http://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?title=Fredu_Abela_Il-Bambo%C4%8B%C4%8Bu&diff=7882&oldid=prev Leanne Ellul at 23:27, 5 August 2013 2013-08-05T23:27:49Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:27, 5 August 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>With the former he produced the song he is known best for, "Taxi Mary" from which he sold ten thousand copies in Malta and twenty thousand in Australia. He also took part in the programme ''Wipeout'' which was produced and presented by [[Joe Demicoli]]. Other known folk songs of his are ''World Cup'', ''It-Tliet Għażżenin'', ''Papa Bamboċċ'', ''Is-Sakranazzi'' and ''Il-Pariri tal-Bamboċċu''.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>With the former he produced the song he is known best for, "Taxi Mary" from which he sold ten thousand copies in Malta and twenty thousand in Australia. He also took part in the programme ''Wipeout'' which was produced and presented by [[Joe Demicoli]]. Other known folk songs of his are ''World Cup'', ''It-Tliet Għażżenin'', ''Papa Bamboċċ'', ''Is-Sakranazzi'' and ''Il-Pariri tal-Bamboċċu''.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He was also a household name on the Rediffusion, during traditional village <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">feats </del>and the most awaited [[Għanafest]]. A place he frequently sang at was the Boċċi Club in Pietà and in fact that was the last place he sang at. Abela died on the 8th of February 2003, aged 59.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He was also a household name on the Rediffusion, during traditional village <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">feasts </ins>and the most awaited [[Għanafest]]. A place he frequently sang at was the Boċċi Club in Pietà and in fact that was the last place he sang at. Abela died on the 8th of February 2003, aged 59.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> </table>

Leanne Ellul http://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?title=Fredu_Abela_Il-Bambo%C4%8B%C4%8Bu&diff=7881&oldid=prev SteveBorg at 23:15, 5 August 2013 2013-08-05T23:15:28Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:15, 5 August 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu''' [[File:Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu 1.JPG|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">340px</del>|thumb|right|Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu.]] was born on the 19th of April 1944, at Żabbar. He was the eighth child of Manwel and Salvina Abela. Abela worked first as a bus conductor where a friend of his noticed his well built figure and started calling him ''Bamboċċu'', a nickname he still mostly known for even nowadays. It wasn’t up till the age of fifteen that Abela started singing with his uncle, who was also a folk singer, [[Salvu Darmanin Ir-Ruġel]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu''' [[File:Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu 1.JPG|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">310px</ins>|thumb|right|Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu.]] was born on the 19th of April 1944, at Żabbar. He was the eighth child of Manwel and Salvina Abela. Abela worked first as a bus conductor where a friend of his noticed his well built figure and started calling him ''Bamboċċu'', a nickname he still mostly known for even nowadays. It wasn’t up till the age of fifteen that Abela started singing with his uncle, who was also a folk singer, [[Salvu Darmanin Ir-Ruġel]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Abela also worked for the navy and got to visit several places abroad. After that he worked as a builder and later on he also owned a shop where he used to cook; a hobby he was very fond of and good at. At 25 years of age he marred Annie. They had three children: twins, Frans and Silvio and Manwel.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Abela also worked for the navy and got to visit several places abroad. After that he worked as a builder and later on he also owned a shop where he used to cook; a hobby he was very fond of and good at. At 25 years of age he marred Annie. They had three children: twins, Frans and Silvio and Manwel.</div></td></tr> </table>

SteveBorg http://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?title=Fredu_Abela_Il-Bambo%C4%8B%C4%8Bu&diff=7880&oldid=prev SteveBorg at 23:15, 5 August 2013 2013-08-05T23:15:09Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:15, 5 August 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu''' File:Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu 1.JPG was born on the 19th of April 1944, at Żabbar. He was the eighth child of Manwel and Salvina Abela. Abela worked first as a bus conductor where a friend of his noticed his well built figure and started calling him ''Bamboċċu'', a nickname he still mostly known for even nowadays. It wasn’t up till the age of fifteen that Abela started singing with his uncle, who was also a folk singer, [[Salvu Darmanin Ir-Ruġel]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu''' <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>File:Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu 1.JPG<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|340px|thumb|right|Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu.]] </ins>was born on the 19th of April 1944, at Żabbar. He was the eighth child of Manwel and Salvina Abela. Abela worked first as a bus conductor where a friend of his noticed his well built figure and started calling him ''Bamboċċu'', a nickname he still mostly known for even nowadays. It wasn’t up till the age of fifteen that Abela started singing with his uncle, who was also a folk singer, [[Salvu Darmanin Ir-Ruġel]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Abela also worked for the navy and got to visit several places abroad. After that he worked as a builder and later on he also owned a shop where he used to cook; a hobby he was very fond of and good at. At 25 years of age he marred Annie. They had three children: twins, Frans and Silvio and Manwel.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Abela also worked for the navy and got to visit several places abroad. After that he worked as a builder and later on he also owned a shop where he used to cook; a hobby he was very fond of and good at. At 25 years of age he marred Annie. They had three children: twins, Frans and Silvio and Manwel.</div></td></tr> </table>

SteveBorg http://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?title=Fredu_Abela_Il-Bambo%C4%8B%C4%8Bu&diff=7879&oldid=prev SteveBorg at 23:13, 5 August 2013 2013-08-05T23:13:56Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:13, 5 August 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu''' was born on the 19th of April 1944, at Żabbar. He was the eighth child of Manwel and Salvina Abela. Abela worked first as a bus conductor where a friend of his noticed his well built figure and started calling him ''Bamboċċu'', a nickname he still mostly known for even nowadays. It wasn’t up till the age of fifteen that Abela started singing with his uncle, who was also a folk singer, [[Salvu Darmanin Ir-Ruġel]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu''' <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">File:Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu 1.JPG </ins>was born on the 19th of April 1944, at Żabbar. He was the eighth child of Manwel and Salvina Abela. Abela worked first as a bus conductor where a friend of his noticed his well built figure and started calling him ''Bamboċċu'', a nickname he still mostly known for even nowadays. It wasn’t up till the age of fifteen that Abela started singing with his uncle, who was also a folk singer, [[Salvu Darmanin Ir-Ruġel]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Abela also worked for the navy and got to visit several places abroad. After that he worked as a builder and later on he also owned a shop where he used to cook; a hobby he was very fond of and good at. At 25 years of age he marred Annie. They had three children: twins, Frans and Silvio and Manwel.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Abela also worked for the navy and got to visit several places abroad. After that he worked as a builder and later on he also owned a shop where he used to cook; a hobby he was very fond of and good at. At 25 years of age he marred Annie. They had three children: twins, Frans and Silvio and Manwel.</div></td></tr> </table>

SteveBorg http://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?title=Fredu_Abela_Il-Bambo%C4%8B%C4%8Bu&diff=7877&oldid=prev SteveBorg at 23:04, 5 August 2013 2013-08-05T23:04:59Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:04, 5 August 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>His interest in Maltese and the Maltese culture was manifested through his mastery of Maltese traditional folk singing, known as ''għana''. Il-Bamboċċu was known best for the improvised kind of għana known as ''spirtu pront'' and the comic sketch, known better as ''il-makjetta''. For the latter, and other genres he was not only known in Malta but also abroad where he was invited several times by the immigrants namely in Australia. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>His interest in Maltese and the Maltese culture was manifested through his mastery of Maltese traditional folk singing, known as ''għana''. Il-Bamboċċu was known best for the improvised kind of għana known as ''spirtu pront'' and the comic sketch, known better as ''il-makjetta''. For the latter, and other genres he was not only known in Malta but also abroad where he was invited several times by the immigrants namely in Australia. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Abela not only sang on his own but collaborated with a countless number of folk singers such as [[Ġorġ Azzopardi Il-Makk]], [[Michael Fenech Ir-Ringu]], his brother [[Renald Abela <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Il</del>-Bamboċċu ż-Żgħir]] and [[Joe Demicoli]]. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Abela not only sang on his own but collaborated with a countless number of folk singers such as [[Ġorġ Azzopardi Il-Makk]], [[Michael Fenech Ir-Ringu]], his brother [[Renald Abela <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">l</ins>-Bamboċċu ż-Żgħir]] and [[Joe Demicoli]]. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>With the former he produced the song he is known best for, "Taxi Mary" from which he sold ten thousand copies in Malta and twenty thousand in Australia. He also took part in the programme ''Wipeout'' which was produced and presented by [[Joe Demicoli]]. Other known folk songs of his are ''World Cup'', ''It-Tliet Għażżenin'', ''Papa Bamboċċ'', ''Is-Sakranazzi'' and ''Il-Pariri tal-Bamboċċu''.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>With the former he produced the song he is known best for, "Taxi Mary" from which he sold ten thousand copies in Malta and twenty thousand in Australia. He also took part in the programme ''Wipeout'' which was produced and presented by [[Joe Demicoli]]. Other known folk songs of his are ''World Cup'', ''It-Tliet Għażżenin'', ''Papa Bamboċċ'', ''Is-Sakranazzi'' and ''Il-Pariri tal-Bamboċċu''.</div></td></tr> </table>

SteveBorg http://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?title=Fredu_Abela_Il-Bambo%C4%8B%C4%8Bu&diff=7876&oldid=prev SteveBorg at 23:03, 5 August 2013 2013-08-05T23:03:42Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:03, 5 August 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>His interest in Maltese and the Maltese culture was manifested through his mastery of Maltese traditional folk singing, known as ''għana''. Il-Bamboċċu was known best for the improvised kind of għana known as ''spirtu pront'' and the comic sketch, known better as ''il-makjetta''. For the latter, and other genres he was not only known in Malta but also abroad where he was invited several times by the immigrants namely in Australia. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>His interest in Maltese and the Maltese culture was manifested through his mastery of Maltese traditional folk singing, known as ''għana''. Il-Bamboċċu was known best for the improvised kind of għana known as ''spirtu pront'' and the comic sketch, known better as ''il-makjetta''. For the latter, and other genres he was not only known in Malta but also abroad where he was invited several times by the immigrants namely in Australia. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Abela not only sang on his own but collaborated with a countless number of folk singers such as [[Ġorġ Azzopardi Il-Makk]], [[Michael Fenech <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(ir</del>-Ringu<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">); </del>[[Renald<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, his brother, </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Joe Demicoli. With the former he produced the song he is known best for, "Taxi Mary" from which he sold 10,000 copies in Malta and 20,000 in Australia. He also took part in the programme “Wipeout” which was produced and presented by </del>[[Joe Demicoli<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Other known folk songs of his are “World Cup”, “It-Tliet Għażżenin”, “Papa Bamboċċ”, “Is-Sakranazzi” and “Il-Pariri tal-Bamboċċu”</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Abela not only sang on his own but collaborated with a countless number of folk singers such as [[Ġorġ Azzopardi Il-Makk]], [[Michael Fenech <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ir</ins>-Ringu<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]], his brother </ins>[[Renald <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Abela Il-Bamboċċu ż-Żgħir]] </ins>and [[Joe Demicoli<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He was also a household name on the Rediffusion, during traditional village feats and the most awaited [[Għanafest. A place he frequently sang at was the Boċċi Club in Pietà and in fact that was the last place he sang at. Abela died on the 8th of February 2003 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at the age of </del>59.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">With the former he produced the song he is known best for, "Taxi Mary" from which he sold ten thousand copies in Malta and twenty thousand in Australia. He also took part in the programme ''Wipeout'' which was produced and presented by [[Joe Demicoli]]. Other known folk songs of his are ''World Cup'', ''It-Tliet Għażżenin'', ''Papa Bamboċċ'', ''Is-Sakranazzi'' and ''Il-Pariri tal-Bamboċċu''.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He was also a household name on the Rediffusion, during traditional village feats and the most awaited [[Għanafest<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>. A place he frequently sang at was the Boċċi Club in Pietà and in fact that was the last place he sang at. Abela died on the 8th of February 2003<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, aged </ins>59.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> </table>

SteveBorg http://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?title=Fredu_Abela_Il-Bambo%C4%8B%C4%8Bu&diff=7875&oldid=prev SteveBorg at 23:00, 5 August 2013 2013-08-05T23:00:30Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:00, 5 August 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu''' was born on the 19th of April 1944, at Żabbar. He was the eighth child of Manwel and Salvina Abela. Abela worked first as a bus conductor where a friend of his noticed his well built figure and started calling him ''Bamboċċu'', a nickname he still mostly known for even nowadays. It wasn’t up till the age of fifteen that Abela started singing with his uncle, who was also a folk singer, [[Salvu Darmanin <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ir</del>-Ruġel]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu''' was born on the 19th of April 1944, at Żabbar. He was the eighth child of Manwel and Salvina Abela. Abela worked first as a bus conductor where a friend of his noticed his well built figure and started calling him ''Bamboċċu'', a nickname he still mostly known for even nowadays. It wasn’t up till the age of fifteen that Abela started singing with his uncle, who was also a folk singer, [[Salvu Darmanin <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ir</ins>-Ruġel]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Abela also worked for the navy and got to visit several places abroad. After that he worked as a builder and later on he also owned a shop where he used to cook; a hobby he was very fond of and good at. At 25 years of age he marred Annie. They had three children: twins, Frans and Silvio and Manwel.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Abela also worked for the navy and got to visit several places abroad. After that he worked as a builder and later on he also owned a shop where he used to cook; a hobby he was very fond of and good at. At 25 years of age he marred Annie. They had three children: twins, Frans and Silvio and Manwel.</div></td></tr> </table>

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