Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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


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Empire Day 1949 at the Phoenicia426 viewsPrefect
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Mdina Ditch © 586 viewsBeing rehabilitated.Prefect
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St Paul's Island © 380 viewsPrefect
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Sheer Bastion 1980451 viewsAs MLP HQ.Prefect
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Malta Rivers732 viewsRead even more about them.Prefect
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Malta River457 viewsWied Hanzir courtesy of Ivan.
Read all about them.
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Tigne from St Elmo © 436 viewsPrefect
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St Elmo Foreshore © 415 viewsPrefect
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Domus praefecti at San Pawl tat Targa © 440 viewsPrefect
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Mgarr from the Coast Path448 viewsBy H. M. BATEMAN (1887-1970) - "The Man Who ..."Prefect
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Rdum il-Bies ©641 viewsNear St Paul's Island. THN Map.Prefect
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Villa Bonici836 viewsWhich used to be a prominent feature of Sliema Strand.
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Anobat Flats ©1022 viewsCorner of Sur Fons St & P.O.W .Road St Julians, Ours was top corner flat. Mid/late 80s Map.7 commentsdeco.rise
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Tigne Beach about late 80s ©553 viewsNo-one in sight! Blue sky/sea toodeco.rise
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"Stronger Cottonera Communities"448 viewsPrefect
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Something happening at No.1 Dock ©573 views85% financed by the EU Cohesion Fund.4 commentsPrefect
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Mellieha498 viewsNot that long ago.Prefect
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Navarino Flats 2005 ©526 viewsphillrose
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Filming The Malta Story 19521009 viewsHagar Qim or Mnajdra?
More about it here.
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Navarino Flats 1960s ©727 viewsStella Maris Street.4 commentsNigel
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View towards Anchor Bay ©515 viewsThe Mellieha By-Pass being rebuilt which caused chaos through the village this summer.
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Mellieha Bay 2012 ©457 viewsHotels on both sides forever expanding.Prefect
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The Cemetery of St Lawrence Parish Church ©466 viewsTHN Google Map

Resting place of Miss ("Jackie / Jacquee") Yule.
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Marfa Ridge ©431 viewsThe newly resurfaced road and not before time! Alas the branch roads down to Armier etc remain rough.Prefect
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East Street Valletta 1972498 views © Rex Cooper
In from the Victoria Gate.
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Buses, Valletta terminus 628 viewsJust found this! This, believe or not, was taken in the Summer of 60 or 61
Looks contemporary.
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The salt pans ©624 viewsI see that the salt pans are being restored. This was the way they looked in about 1959.4 commentsOldBat
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Riot time 1958 ©552 viewsGetting near Verdala beside those great bastion walls, and more rocks across the road.OldBat
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Riot time 1958 ©580 viewsThe school buses driving through Cospicua had to negotiate their way round rocks strewn across the roadOldBat
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Riot time 1958 ©807 viewsBarrier near Admiralty House, Valletta on the corner of South Street and Old Bakery StreetOldBat
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But somethings didn't last!469 viewsPrefect
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The Gimlet611 views"A real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's lime juice and nothing else" - Raymond Chandler.
It may have been named after British Royal Navy Surgeon General Sir Thomas D. Gimlette, KCB (served 1879 to 1913), who allegedly introduced this drink as a means of inducing his messmates to take lime juice as an anti-scurvy medication.
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