 Last additions - derrick calver
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Malta Bus 94 viewsInterior of Zabbar bus 1971.
Does anyone remember singing on the school bus "Oh you'll never get to heaven in a Maltese bus 'cause a Maltese bus makes too much fuss!"derrick calverMar 10, 2024
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Bernards of Harwich (advert from school magazine)59 viewsBefore they closed Bernards supplied Naval uniforms in most of the R N ports home and abroad. They also supplied our school uniforms. But did you know that on their top floor of their Sliema branch they stocked Hornby Train Sets!derrick calverDec 04, 2023
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On this day 2003 - singer Robert Allen Palmer b.19 January 1949 – d.26 September 200387 viewsRobert mainly lived in Malta from 1950 to 1961 (age 1-12). His father was RN (Dingli) and Robert went to Verdala and/or Tal-Handaq (exact dates are unkown).
He mentions his time in Malta briefly HERE (wind forward 15 mins) and in other youtube interviews.derrick calverSep 26, 2023
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Not a lot of people know that!88 viewsMichael Caine in Mdina while filming Pulp 1971/72
View film free HEREderrick calverJun 12, 2023
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Verdala 1960s118 viewsAn unusual aerial photo showing the whole of St Clement's Retrenchmentderrick calverMay 28, 2023
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Vittoriosa from Verdala 94 viewsVittoriosa taken from Verdala rooftop, 1920sderrick calverMay 28, 2023
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Marshall Court 119 viewsThe building of Marshall Court for Navy families (early 1950s?)derrick calverMay 19, 2023
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Mosta Iron Bridge (to Fort Mosta)76 viewsScene of rock-climbing days with Mr Tomlinson. Started 1844 the bridge took 27 years to complete. Crossing it in the 1950s was a little more nerve racking than the new bridge built in the 1980s. derrick calverMay 19, 2023
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Royal Naval Supply & Transport Service106 viewsRNSTS (formerly SNSO) at Pinto Wharf 1971. The original facade was later rebuilt and now forms part of Valletta Waterfront.derrick calverApr 27, 2023
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SNSO Naval Stores / Dockyard Technical College140 viewsThe metal buildings were used by SNSO after WW2, and later as classrooms by the Dockyard College.
See also this onederrick calverApr 27, 2023
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SNSO Naval Stores Office 1942130 viewsSNSO Malta after bombing April 1942
Photo : Imperial War Museumderrick calverApr 27, 2023
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St Clement's prisoner of war camp Verdala WW1 (3)90 viewsGerman prisoners marching for the Kaiser's birthday 1917derrick calverApr 01, 2023
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St Clement's prisoner of war camp Verdala WW1 (2)77 viewsThe building at the back where RNS Verdala had the school library and classroomsderrick calverApr 01, 2023
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St Clement's prisoner of war camp Verdala WW169 viewsOne of a number of photographs taken during the first World War by Daniel Hiesinger.
Note the guards sitting on deck chairs on the battlements!derrick calverApr 01, 2023
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Fire !91 viewsGuns of St Angelo Sept 1971 (2)derrick calverFeb 26, 2023
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The guns of St Angelo 11365 viewsPhoto taken Sept 1971. At that time these were the only static Royal Navy guns on the island.derrick calverFeb 26, 2023
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Ferro Bay 2101 viewsFerro bay at sunrise November 1976. The ship on the horizon is HMS Fearless which had taken part in the filming of The Spy Who Loved Me off Malta the previous month.derrick calverFeb 08, 2023
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Ferro bay Sliema110 viewsFerro bay home of the Tower Road Swimming Team. The bay is below Sliema Point Battery known as Il-Fortizza.derrick calverFeb 08, 2023
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Coca Cola83 viewsHow many of you remember removing the cork in the cap looking for the coloured bottle underneath?
Picture from school magazinederrick calverJan 14, 2023
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Christmas card 194473 viewsMalta Command Signalsderrick calverDec 24, 2022
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Christmas card 1940s 76 viewsThe unsinkable aircraft carrierderrick calverDec 24, 2022
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Christmas card 194989 viewsRFA Fort Duquesnederrick calverDec 20, 2022
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Christmas card 1940/50s66 views108th Minesweeping Squadronderrick calverDec 20, 2022
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Robinson Crusoe 2121 viewsPhoto of the cast (with the Verdala monkeys) - names please !derrick calverDec 04, 2022
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Robinson Crusoe 1958107 viewsPantomime put on by the Senior Dockyard Officers Club. Most of the tribe of monkeys referred to came from Verdala ( does anyone have the photo of the monkeys with Widow Crusoe?)derrick calverDec 04, 2022
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Marshall Court, Manoel Island & Empire Stadium Gzira119 viewsPostcard from the 1950s. Marshall Court (the block of flats on the left in the middle of the photo) was accommodation for Naval families up until the late 1960s. The Empire stadium is on the right of the photo and is that HMS Ranpura in Gzira creek? Mothballed reserve fleet also at Ta'Xbiex.derrick calverNov 26, 2022
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Royal Opera House262 viewsThose of us who went to school in Malta will remember the ruins of the Opera House hit by a land mine in WW2. However, as you can see from this postcard a great deal of the building remained until he early 1950s. It appears in the Malta Story filmed in 1952 and I believe the main demolition was done in 1954 but I cannot confirm this,derrick calverNov 23, 2022
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