Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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


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The Missing Doorknob ©372 viewsMr Gallagher's electrified handle (3AG 1959-60) has been filched.Prefect
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Verdala Staff relaxing at a Lido ©510 viewsPrefect
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Gecko ©535 viewsMediterranean gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus — residential and wild.
These we have loved.
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Its that tree again! ©519 viewsMartin Powell2 commentsPrefect
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Verdala Ditch 2009 ©598 viewsMartin Powell7 commentsPrefect
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Old Building Restored ©638 viewsVerdala 2009
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Verdala Entrance 2009 ©770 viewsMartin Powell11 commentsPrefect
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Are your initials on these desks? ©681 views25.9.09 Tal Handaq being gutted for demolition in Jan 2010.
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25.9.09 Tal Handaq. ©625 viewsTuck Shop Terror2 commentsPrefect
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School Gym, the only part of the school not totally wrecked.496 views © Tuck Shop Terror.
Sources say the Gym will survive the demolition.
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Head Masters office/admin building. ©481 viewsTuck Shop Terror
This will also survive.
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Cecilia Clarke566 viewsFrom the War Museum, St Elmo.2 commentsPrefect
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... So ...483 viewsPerhaps this is the last view of TH Botanical Gardens? ©Prefect
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The End is Nigh ....452 viewsand its too late to object.Prefect
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NO ENTRY .... © 438 viewsPrefect
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David Clark (1952 -1954) ©595 viewsRevisting Verdala in 1983Prefect
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Verdala School in 1921615 viewsSame name but then an army garrison school in the Cospicua chapel-school destroyed in WW11. The glass plate for this picture was rescued from a Scouts' jumble sale in Gosport in 2005!OldBat
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Old Bat Mystery Solved836 views6 commentsPrefect
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Where's 'Old Bat'?!! ©757 viewsHere's another picture of the 1960 Verdala Sports Day. Were you hiding with your camera behind the trunk on the right 'Old Bat'?!2 commentsJohn Kirby
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Verdala Sports 1960 ©752 views'One for John Kirby. Prizegiving at Verdala sports day 1960 from the opposite viewpoint. Have I caught your father in this picture?'
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No room at the inn ©492 viewsNativity Play at St Luke's Garrison Church, Tigne Barracks 1960John Kirby
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Winning a prize ©683 viewsVerdala Sports 1960
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Running a relay for Nelson ©632 viewsVerdala Sports 1960
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Voice of an Angel? ©449 viewsSt Luke's Garrison Church, Tigne Barracks 1960.
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Birthday Tea936 viewsBack L-R. Andrew West, ?, John Kirby,?, Ralph Rae.
Front L-R. ?, Francis Lloyd, Anne Kirby, Anne Lloyd, John Lloyd.
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A famous Palm Tree ©505 views2 commentsPrefect
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Verdala Reconstruction 2008 ©494 viewsPrefect
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No more NAAFI Dinners ©637 views2 commentsPrefect
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.. whilst the Bougainvillea takes over Block 1. ©553 views1 commentsPrefect
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..with plenty of parking for the Staff ... ©432 viewsPrefect
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A new name for the new school.... ©453 viewsPrefect
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Tal Handaq May 2008 ©462 viewsJane Banks
The old buildings still standing awaiting their fate.
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