Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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


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Manoel Island Bridge641 viewsWhich used to be the gateway to roller skating, swimming, sailing etc2 commentsPrefect
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Manoel Island Cinema?774 viewsThe security man wouldnt let me go any closer.
Was this where the strains of "Good Old Fred" would be heard every time Mr Quimby's name rolled by in the credits?
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Mellieha 2008520 viewsCompare with the 1964 View.
In the foreground is the Ghadira, a marshy area turned into a nature reserve.
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Another sort of water wheel! - 1959547 viewsThis poor old blindfold donkey spent his dizzy days beside the road to St Paul's Bay.Old-Bat
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Anchor Bay520 viewsCarefully avoiding the tourist "attraction".
No sign of any anchors except one made of polystyrene.
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But if you must ...457 viewsPrefect
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The Red Tower, Marfa Ridge.431 viewsNow restored and open to the public but not on Wednesday afternoons.Prefect
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St Edward's College414 viewsFormerly the Zabbar (or Cottonera) Military Hospital.Prefect
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Zabbar Gate613 viewsOr Cottonera Gate, or Notre Dame Gate, or Bieb is Sultan.
His Nibs the newly restored Nicolao Cotoner presiding.
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Dockyard Creek542 viewsViewed from the roof of Verdala Barracks.Prefect
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Verdala Barracks523 viewsNow social housing.Prefect
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St. Clement Gate to Verdala Barracks514 views1 commentsPrefect
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Tigne Point 2007520 viewsHow it used to bePrefect
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Plevna Hotel, Then & Now.598 viewsHughes Hallett Street, Tigne.
Named after Colonel Henry or The Captain?
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RNH Mtarfa is now a school743 viewsJane Banks
Named after Sir Themistocles Zammit who was also involved with brucellosis.
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The David Bruce Hospital 2008584 viewsJane Banks
Who was David Bruce?
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Admiral of the Fleet477 viewsLord Lewin of Greenwich.
Served in HMS Ashanti during Op Pedestal.
Phill Rose
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HM dedicates the Siege Bell Memorial 1992520 viewsPhill Rose1 commentsPrefect
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Egmont Close 2008514 viewsJane Banks
The transformation continues.
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Egmont Close 2008470 viewsJane BanksPrefect
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Gharries 2008 near St Elmo449 viewsJane Banks
Just for the Tourists.
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Tigne Beach 2008702 viewsCranes on the skyline, the new national bird.

Jane Banks
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A post war view of Dockyard Creek from Lascaris.630 viewsAnd that has to be the Verdala Palm or I'll eat my hat.1 commentsPrefect
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Customs House, Lascaris & The Upper Barracca 1954573 viewsPrefect
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Anchors at Anchor Bay. Early 1950s.905 viewsPhill Rose
The question is - How did they get there?
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The New Neighbours551 viewsZona Industrjali ta'HandaqPrefect
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Kitty Kola492 viewsMartin PowellPrefect
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The Kiosk mid 1950s664 viewsMalcolm Hill
St Anne's Square aka Eros/The Umbrellas/ Bubblegum Square?
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Laundrette at Marsaxlokk510 viewsMartin PowellPrefect
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Traditional farming at Xaghra435 viewsMartin PowellPrefect
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Marsa429 viewsLesley ColePrefect
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Mounted Police at Marsa438 viewsLesley ColePrefect
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