Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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


Last comments - Then & Now
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The Gimlet609 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.
2 commentsPrefect08/30/12 at 10:48phillrose: If their lime juice was anything like the BoT (Boa...
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A well known politician 1976594 views2 commentsPrefect08/22/12 at 10:33phillrose: Slightly kinder obit. in the ToM to the one in the...
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A well known politician 1976594 views2 commentsPrefect08/20/12 at 13:36Prefect: Times of Malta Obituary Daily Telegraph Obituary...
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The price of fags in 1963606 viewsTaken from this programme.2 commentsPrefect08/08/12 at 10:47Prefect: When duty free meant what it said, not the extorti...
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The price of fags in 1963606 viewsTaken from this programme.2 commentsPrefect08/08/12 at 09:56Nick Woodley: 1970. My first ship. 200 bensons 10/4d. Duty free....
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Twistees385 viewsAvailable in UK - here.2 commentsPrefect08/04/12 at 00:21Prefect: Available in UK - here.
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Ouch!534 viewsThe Tritons Fountain was damaged in 1978 by staging erected for a political event.
Not repaired until 1987.
1 commentsPrefect07/16/12 at 05:54Nick Woodley: Well, you can't rush these things.
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New Barrakka Lift ©784 viewsDue to open next year.4 commentsPrefect07/09/12 at 09:08Nick Woodley: Used the old lift many times, mainly up. Think it ...
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New Barrakka Lift ©784 viewsDue to open next year.4 commentsPrefect07/09/12 at 06:46phillrose: Think we went up in it once and after that my moth...
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New Barrakka Lift ©784 viewsDue to open next year.4 commentsPrefect07/09/12 at 00:32Prefect: An unforgettable experience. Wink
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New Barrakka Lift ©784 viewsDue to open next year.4 commentsPrefect07/08/12 at 17:58cfaux: i remember going down in the old barrakka lift.
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Australia Hall 2011644 viewsA Grade 2 Listed Building.
© John Clark
2 commentsPrefect05/11/12 at 23:53Prefect: St Andrew's Barracks, Pembroke. Used for TH P...
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Australia Hall 2011644 viewsA Grade 2 Listed Building.
© John Clark
2 commentsPrefect05/11/12 at 15:19OldBat: Where is/was Australia Hall?
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A Quiet Day at the Beach605 viewsBut which one?2 commentsPrefect05/08/12 at 07:56Prefect: Could be though its perhaps too well equipped for ...
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A Quiet Day at the Beach605 viewsBut which one?2 commentsPrefect05/08/12 at 07:46David Woolfenden: I think this might be the beach at Gnejna Bay ? A...
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Birżebbuġa or Birzebbugia in the 1960s792 views7 commentsPrefect04/26/12 at 18:00cfaux: to the left of the pic is st paul flat and if u wa...
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Birżebbuġa or Birzebbugia in the 1960s792 views7 commentsPrefect04/25/12 at 10:59Prefect: No its miles away in in the far south.
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Birżebbuġa or Birzebbugia in the 1960s792 views7 commentsPrefect04/25/12 at 10:50Nick Robinson: Was this just outside Tigne Barracks:which would h...
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St Luke's 1953563 views1 commentsPrefect04/24/12 at 06:14robinwilliams: I lived in the first house, which was a Flat (Anno...
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Birżebbuġa or Birzebbugia in the 1960s792 views7 commentsPrefect04/19/12 at 18:15cfaux: i lived in the flats in that - 70s.
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Postcard St Paul's Bay545 viewsMy favourite bit of Malta1 commentsPrefect04/19/12 at 13:11kionasgrandma: know this scene so well...lived in st pauls bay fr...
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Chadwick Lakes642 viewsFrom a 1966 Calendar.
Osbert Chadwick CMG
2 commentsPrefect03/31/12 at 00:10Prefect: His biography doesnt say but he then went to Hayli...
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Chadwick Lakes642 viewsFrom a 1966 Calendar.
Osbert Chadwick CMG
2 commentsPrefect03/30/12 at 12:24OldBat: That's interesting - I always wondered who Ch...
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Independence 21 September 1964517 viewsSee the video.2 commentsPrefect03/23/12 at 12:30Prefect: But he was the good guy. Borg Olivier.
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Independence 21 September 1964517 viewsSee the video.2 commentsPrefect03/23/12 at 12:23Bazzer: It was all his fault Crying or Very sad
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Egmont Close 1960677 viewsWe lived at No. 47.
2 commentsJohn Kirby03/23/12 at 12:19Prefect: And who could forget Marlene!
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Egmont Close 1960677 viewsWe lived at No. 47.
2 commentsJohn Kirby03/23/12 at 12:16Bazzer: That's how I remember it in 62/64. Jim Cooper...
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Upper Strait Street ©747 viewsThe reputed home of the School Club2 commentsPrefect03/12/12 at 12:07phillrose: Of course some of us were of an age to know nothin...
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Upper Strait Street ©747 viewsThe reputed home of the School Club2 commentsPrefect03/06/12 at 07:32OldBat: Just round the corner from my flat. Luckily we we...
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Tigne Swimming Pool612 viewsAuto filling system1 commentsPrefect03/05/12 at 02:06fivestar: I remember one young lady in 1967 at the Union Clu...
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Ta'Xbiex 1960s780 viewsFrom a 1965 Calendar.5 commentsMartin Powell02/06/12 at 00:53Prefect: Fairmile B, I reckon.
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Military Bay 1958693 views2 commentsPrefect02/05/12 at 16:03Martin Powell: That sounds more like Mellieha - I seem to remembe...
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