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Other Service Schools and TH in Later Years
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 Verdala Staff relaxing at a Lido ©506 viewsPrefect
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 Gecko ©529 viewsMediterranean gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus — residential and wild.
These we have loved.
Martin Powell2 commentsPrefect
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 Verdala Drive 1967 ©567 viewsstarring Louis Powell aged 7 facing his Dad’s camera.
(revised edition)
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 Its that tree again! ©515 viewsMartin Powell2 commentsPrefect
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 Verdala Ditch 2009 ©594 viewsMartin Powell7 commentsPrefect
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 Old Building Restored ©634 viewsVerdala 2009
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 Verdala Entrance 2009 ©764 viewsMartin Powell11 commentsPrefect
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 Are your initials on these desks? ©676 views25.9.09 Tal Handaq being gutted for demolition in Jan 2010.
Tuck Shop Terror3 commentsPrefect
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 25.9.09 Tal Handaq. ©618 viewsTuck Shop Terror2 commentsPrefect
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 School Gym, the only part of the school not totally wrecked.492 views © Tuck Shop Terror.
Sources say the Gym will survive the demolition.Prefect
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 Head Masters office/admin building. ©477 viewsTuck Shop Terror
This will also survive.Prefect
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 Cecilia Clarke562 viewsFrom the War Museum, St Elmo.2 commentsPrefect
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 ... So ...479 viewsPerhaps this is the last view of TH Botanical Gardens? ©Prefect
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 The End is Nigh ....449 viewsand its too late to object.Prefect
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 NO ENTRY .... © 434 viewsPrefect
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 David Clark (1952 -1954) ©592 viewsRevisting Verdala in 1983Prefect
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 Verdala School in 1921611 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 Solved830 views6 commentsPrefect
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 Where's 'Old Bat'?!! ©751 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 ©746 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 ©486 viewsNativity Play at St Luke's Garrison Church, Tigne Barracks 1960John Kirby
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 Winning a prize ©677 viewsVerdala Sports 1960
2 commentsJohn Kirby
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 Running a relay for Nelson ©627 viewsVerdala Sports 1960
John Kirby
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 Voice of an Angel? ©444 viewsSt Luke's Garrison Church, Tigne Barracks 1960.
John Kirby
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 Birthday Tea931 viewsBack L-R. Andrew West, ?, John Kirby,?, Ralph Rae.
Front L-R. ?, Francis Lloyd, Anne Kirby, Anne Lloyd, John Lloyd.John Kirby
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 A famous Palm Tree ©501 views2 commentsPrefect
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 Verdala Reconstruction 2008 ©490 viewsPrefect
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 No more NAAFI Dinners ©633 views2 commentsPrefect
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 .. whilst the Bougainvillea takes over Block 1. ©550 views1 commentsPrefect
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 ..with plenty of parking for the Staff ... ©428 viewsPrefect
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 A new name for the new school.... ©448 viewsPrefect
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 Tal Handaq May 2008 ©458 viewsJane Banks
The old buildings still standing awaiting their fate.Prefect
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