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 NAAFI price list 1940 (2)225 viewsThis must have been before rationing!

Copyright â’¸ Derrick Calver 2022derrick calverAug 28, 2022
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 NAAFI price list 1940158 viewsCopyright â’¸ Derrick Calver 2022derrick calverAug 28, 2022
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 HMS Serapis bringing Edward, Prince of Wales to Malta 1876243 viewsSerapis was one of five Euphrates class, originally built as troopers.

HMS Hercules behind (just ahead).

Read about the partying Prince in the TIMES OF MALTAadminFeb 24, 2021
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 Army childhood344 viewsARMY CHILDHOOD: BRITISH ARMY CHILDREN’S LIVES AND TIMES. Beautifully produced with many full colour prints.

Book by The Army Children Archive’s founder, Clare Gibson. (Shire Publications Ltd, 2012). Slim but highly recommended.

Read parts online HERE

More on TACA including Malta (but lacks a search facility).2 commentsMartin PowellMay 10, 2020
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 Could Malta have become a US possession?394 viewsJudge for yourself HERE

Watercolour USS Constitution in GH 1804, Edwin Galea
adminJul 25, 2019
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 Spinola 18701186 viewsThe statue of St Julian is still there.PrefectDec 05, 2015
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 What became the Naval Families Clinic696 viewsGhar id Dud, Sliema.
Independent.2 commentsPrefectNov 15, 2015
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 Dockyard College / SNSO, Clock & Senglea Gate930 viewsNear Sheer Bastion, war damage not yet repaired.

Note the sunshades erected above the SNSO store buildings (later becoming College classrooms).2 commentsPrefectJun 01, 2015
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 St Elmo Breakwater545 viewsUnder construction.PrefectApr 28, 2015
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 St Elmo Breakwater592 viewsOpen to the public.
Postcard 1930sPrefectApr 26, 2015
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 Customs House Steps703 views2 commentsPrefectApr 24, 2015
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 Church of St Paul's Bonfire587 viewsSt Paul's Bay.
Bombed 1943.PrefectApr 23, 2015
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 Grand Harbour 1930537 viewsPrefectMar 23, 2015
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 Floriana 1857507 viewsPrefectMar 18, 2015
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 Gozo Military Hospital 1882516 viewsPrefectMar 18, 2015
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 Bighi Naval Hospital501 viewsR.Ellis
Prior to 1903. (No Cot Lift.)PrefectMar 10, 2015
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 HMS Nile c1890-93491 viewsPrefectMar 10, 2015
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 The Ill Fated HMS Victoria480 viewsWiki.PrefectMar 03, 2015
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 Australia Hall515 viewsIn good order.PrefectMar 03, 2015
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 Tigne Barracks 1915529 viewsPrefectFeb 25, 2015
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 HMS Royal Sovereign525 views1 commentsPrefectFeb 25, 2015
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 Fort St Angelo491 viewsPrefectFeb 20, 2015
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 World Leaders Up the Creek512 viewsWSC & FDR confer, 2 Feb 1945 prior to Yalta.
"No more let us falter! From Malta to Yalta. Let nobody alter!" PrefectFeb 20, 2015
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 P&O Arcadia442 viewsBuilt 1888.
Details.PrefectFeb 17, 2015
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 HMS Euphrates446 viewsIndian Trooper built 1866.PrefectFeb 17, 2015
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 Racecourse Street, Saqqajja Hill, Rabat.495 viewsPrefectFeb 12, 2015
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 Racing at Marsa472 viewsRacing Club History.PrefectFeb 12, 2015
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 Musta455 viewsPrefectFeb 08, 2015
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 Musta Church437 viewsPrefectFeb 08, 2015
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 Mosta Church476 viewsPrefectFeb 06, 2015
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 The Manderaggio518 viewsA hole dug in Valletta by the Order, intended as a dock but not completed, became a notorious slum until cleared in 1948 and replaced with Government housing.PrefectFeb 06, 2015
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 HMS Tamar c1882452 viewsTroopship built 1863. Later hulked at Hong Kong where she was scuttled in 1941, her name transferring to the Naval Base.
Hibernia beyond.PrefectFeb 04, 2015
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