Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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


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"The Umbrellas"772 views7 commentsPrefect06/28/14 at 13:55phillrose: As ever going by the cars, what would it be mid 60...
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"The Umbrellas"772 views7 commentsPrefect06/27/14 at 14:05Adrian Christopher: Bonello Kiosk in St. Anne's square with the M...
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Model of new City Gate540 viewsShowing some planned use for the railway tunnel.4 commentsPrefect05/31/14 at 12:15Prefect: Concur about the non-gate Ivan, but ditch is a cor...
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Model of new City Gate540 viewsShowing some planned use for the railway tunnel.4 commentsPrefect05/31/14 at 11:55Ivan: That’s not a gate; it’s an open thoroughfare....
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Model of new City Gate540 viewsShowing some planned use for the railway tunnel.4 commentsPrefect05/29/14 at 13:31Nick Woodley: What a surprise !!! Something in Malta not going t...
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Model of new City Gate540 viewsShowing some planned use for the railway tunnel.4 commentsPrefect05/29/14 at 09:09Prefect: Not going according to plan - Times of Malta.
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Bus Terminus, early 60's.609 viewsGreat colour pic showing Phoenicia Hotel. c19614 commentsdeco.rise05/26/14 at 11:11Prefect: No marks for IT! Wink I suspect this may be where...
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Bus Terminus, early 60's.609 viewsGreat colour pic showing Phoenicia Hotel. c19614 commentsdeco.rise05/26/14 at 07:19Ivan: BBCode? Good Heavens, I am confused by all the squ...
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Bus Terminus, early 60's.609 viewsGreat colour pic showing Phoenicia Hotel. c19614 commentsdeco.rise05/25/14 at 17:40Prefect: Your link hasn't worked Ivan. You need to use...
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Bus Terminus, early 60's.609 viewsGreat colour pic showing Phoenicia Hotel. c19614 commentsdeco.rise05/25/14 at 17:23Ivan: Very nice indeed. Just as I remember it during my ...
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PM & HRH 1951524 views2 commentsPrefect04/24/14 at 10:49Prefect: And here it is.
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PM & HRH 1951524 views2 commentsPrefect04/23/14 at 14:40Chris Willmann: A very young George Borg-Oliver. A statue of him s...
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The Robinson flat, Tigne Barracks, Malta, Fri 4th Aug 19891204 viewsI think it was called D Block2 commentsDavid Robinson04/16/14 at 12:18Kev_tumilty: Does anyone remember the play park at the end of t...
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Our Favourite Barracks915 viewsPhoto Ewart White7 commentsPrefect03/04/14 at 00:08Prefect: Before the whole area was redeveloped the quarters...
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Ta'Xbiex 1960s780 viewsFrom a 1965 Calendar.5 commentsMartin Powell03/03/14 at 14:29David Robinson: It is a Fairmile B motor launch; altogether approx...
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Our Favourite Barracks915 viewsPhoto Ewart White7 commentsPrefect03/03/14 at 13:40David Robinson: I wonder why the flats could not have been convert...
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Empire Stadium Gzira4655 viewsLater known as The Stadium. Used mostly for football matches (and greyhound racing) and hosted the home matches of the Maltese national football team and also hosted the final of the Maltese Cup. The stadium was able to hold 30,000 spectators and originally opened in 1922. It was notorious for its sandy pitch. It hosted its final game in 1981, being replaced by the modern Ta' Qali Stadium.2 commentsPrefect01/26/14 at 08:48bass player: I played in this stadium with a skiffle group in 1...
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Tigne Lido © 708 viewsPete Shepheard2 commentsPrefect01/26/14 at 08:37bass player: I couldn't tell you how many times I was thro...
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A Merry Christmas to all our Viewers © 550 views2 commentsPrefect12/30/13 at 05:37Prefect: Correct - previously named here.
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A Merry Christmas to all our Viewers © 550 views2 commentsPrefect12/30/13 at 05:31robinwilliams: HMS/M Tapir and possiblly Tally Ho??
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Somewhere in Valletta, early 1950s © 666 viewsFrom my parents' album, please identify ..... (Kingsway).3 commentsdfss11/30/13 at 02:16OldBat: Must have been taken from the top of the lovely ol...
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View from the British Hotel 1961 © Liz Mardel553 views1 commentsOldBat11/29/13 at 08:22OldBat: This is very similar to the view from the webcam n...
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Tigne Lido © 708 viewsPete Shepheard2 commentsPrefect11/26/13 at 12:08deco.rise: Great pic - spent many many afternoons here after ...
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Empire Stadium Gzira4655 viewsLater known as The Stadium. Used mostly for football matches (and greyhound racing) and hosted the home matches of the Maltese national football team and also hosted the final of the Maltese Cup. The stadium was able to hold 30,000 spectators and originally opened in 1922. It was notorious for its sandy pitch. It hosted its final game in 1981, being replaced by the modern Ta' Qali Stadium.2 commentsPrefect11/02/13 at 13:36deco.rise: Nostalgia. Saw Manchester Utd beat Malta 2-0. 1959...
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Sheer Bastion c1959 © 529 viewsTugs Faithful & Director.
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1 commentsPrefect10/28/13 at 03:49phillrose: Thanks Pete, nice picture of my fathers office, ma...
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Birżebbuġa or Birzebbugia in the 1960s792 views7 commentsPrefect10/08/13 at 16:01David Robinson: Not a crunchie; the bar I recall was much chunkier...
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Paradise Hotel at Golden Bay -1966 © 581 views1 commentsDugmore09/29/13 at 00:11Prefect: Golden Sands Hotel overlooking the Cote d'Or ...
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Bighi mid-1960s514 viewsNice shot of St Angelo, Kalkara Creek & Bighi. Interesting to compare this with a Google view. Spent good afternoons at Nigel Vaughan's house (his father was a Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander at Bighi). Wonderful garden with many fruits. Not there now - a marina instead! Google Map.2 commentsIvan09/09/13 at 07:21Ivan: Kalkara Creek - thanks for the correction, Prefect...
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Bighi mid-1960s514 viewsNice shot of St Angelo, Kalkara Creek & Bighi. Interesting to compare this with a Google view. Spent good afternoons at Nigel Vaughan's house (his father was a Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander at Bighi). Wonderful garden with many fruits. Not there now - a marina instead! Google Map.2 commentsIvan09/09/13 at 05:19Prefect: Yes, the hospital closed in 1970. "In 1977 th...
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Somewhere in Valletta, early 1950s © 666 viewsFrom my parents' album, please identify ..... (Kingsway).3 commentsdfss09/07/13 at 12:20dfss: Thanks Ivan, I'll make a note of it. I haven&...
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Ken and Bunty Stubbs at Spinola Road, 1953 © 530 viewsOn the back it says "Exeter House, Spinola Road "1 commentsdfss09/07/13 at 11:05Prefect: Can't be far from "Aida" which my p...
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Somewhere in Valletta, early 1950s © 666 viewsFrom my parents' album, please identify ..... (Kingsway).3 commentsdfss09/07/13 at 10:04Ivan: Just inside the city gate looking along Kingsway (...
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