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Then & Now

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Royal Visit 1954

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Naval & Military

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Transport

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Before Our Time

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What became the Naval Families Clinic607 viewsGhar id Dud, Sliema.
Independent.2 commentsPrefect12/02/21 at 13:01SchatziD: Also me. Th Dentist in `67 was awful!

Aerial view taken 2000, photo courtesy Keith Poulton338 viewsInto my heart an air that kills
From yon far country blows:
What are those tin remembered roofs?
What bell, what kids are those?

That is the land of lost content,
I see it shining plain.
Hot dusty classrooms where I went
And cannot come again.

(With apologies to A.E.Housman)1 commentsadmin11/26/21 at 13:58admin: Actually you CAN still visit and see the hall, gym...

What became the Naval Families Clinic607 viewsGhar id Dud, Sliema.
Independent.2 commentsPrefect07/14/21 at 16:40Pbked: I don't know what happened to it, but I remem...

HMS Mediator824 viewsRescue Tug operated out of Malta with mainly Maltese Crew.
Bustler Class. Built 1944, sold 1964.1 commentsrobinwilliams07/14/21 at 12:15Pbked: This was my father's ship during our stay. He...

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Tigne Beach entry prices 202245 viewsStill jointly run by Marsa ad Union Clubs after lying derelict for years.

Zoom in to read.

Photo : Monica Mazure (now WardMcNally)

See also Tigne Beach GalleryadminJun 17, 2022

Their Royal Highnesses at the Dockyard Church 107 viewsPost-war venue. This closed when Baileys took over the yard in 1961.

See also DAVID SPEAR

Copyright © David Spear 2022adminMay 17, 2022

Dockyard Church Malta71 viewsThis is the pre-war venue (in a tunnel !)

Sketch by war artist Leslie Cole. Copyright © IWM Art.IWM ART LD 3243
Photo : unattributedadminMay 14, 2022

Tigne Point then and now164 viewsIn days of old when knights were bold,
Developers not invented;
The view serene, tower blocks unseen
And everyone contented.

Top photo : Edmund Ashman, ex-Tigne School 1950s
Bottom photo from internet search - unattributed

See also THIS ONE and comments beneath it.
adminMay 01, 2022

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Tal-Ħandaq Nostalgia

Memories of the Royal Naval School, Malta, 1947 - 1978.