Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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


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Portomaso902 viewsThe new Hilton complete with Marina, Tower & Luxury Apartments.
Photo from The Alexandra Hotel.
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The Alhambra892 viewsAnyone remember the film?
The Alhambra Cinema was a large and imposing cinema on the seafront at Sliema. The cinema occupied the lower two floors of a large apartment block (surviving), but the foyer and auditorium were gutted and now form the Zara Boutique - a large clothes store.
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Neptune Water Polo Club,Balluta Bay, early 1950s892 viewsThis is now a Lido and Dive Center.jane banks
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Villa Portelli, Kalkara. ©889 viewsResidence of the CinC Med from 1961 (after Admiralty House closed) and FO/CBF Malta from 1968 to 1979.
Now the Maritime Institute.
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Roman Baths at Ghajn Tuffieha880 viewsClosed, overgrown and no sign of any conservation, so was unable to do a comparison with this.4 commentsPrefect
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The Tunnara Museum878 viewsCourtesy of The Sunday Circle.Prefect
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Charlie The Policeman No 580 , Balluta Bay 1952. ©868 viewsI was caught in posession of a skipping rope !
Jane Banks
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Anchor Bay with anchors865 viewsPhill Rose
And we now know how they got there. See It-Tunnara.
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"Black Monday" 15 October 1979865 viewsTimes of MaltaPrefect
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1980 in front of the drop below Tigne Fort864 viewsWe used to call this the 'old swimming pool' - it was on the sea front just below a big drop from the area around the old fort if I remember rightly....3 commentsNick Robinson
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Valletta863 views© Malcolm ShyklesPrefect
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Tigne Barracks - in later years.859 views7 commentsPrefect
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The Future Mrs Prefect 1963857 viewsOn the roof of Villa Guardamangia. © 1 commentsPrefect
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Tigne Beach856 views6 commentsPrefect
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A Tigne Cave848 viewsToo wet for me to proceed further.16 commentsPrefect
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RAF Dingli Homer Station847 views2 commentsPrefect
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Future Barrakka Lift840 viewsThe lift that connected Lascaris Wharf and Upper Barrakka in Valletta more than four decades ago will be rebuilt and completed before March 2011. (Times of Malta)9 commentsPrefect
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Swimming Raft off Manoel Is836 views© Malcolm ShyklesPrefect
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Testaferrata Street Gzira833 views1960s judging by the Minis, Anglias & Bus.1 commentsPrefect
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Villa Bonici831 viewsWhich used to be a prominent feature of Sliema Strand.
Read the sad story. ... Another view.
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Old Royal Navy Canteen Gzira830 viewsDuring my service time serving in Malta it was the Britannia Bar. About three or four years ago it was renamed the Jubilee Café. Although on initial entry it looks dark and gloomy, well worth a visit. Bursting with bric-a-brac, it even has things hanging off the ceiling upside down such as a table and chairs fully laid out for service – the food is good too!
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See it as it was.
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Lynn 1965830 viewsEmbarking on Callboy for Comino.3 commentsDavid Robinson
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Fort Pembroke830 viewsBuilt 1878. Now housing a school which pinched a name.1 commentsPrefect
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Gharry at Casa Leone ca. 1960816 viewsEverything (well, nearly everything!) was carried in karrozzin in those days. Is it just tourists now?! I'd written on the slide that this was at 'Fleur de Lis' - but I can't remember where that is, can anyone tell me?4 commentsOldBat
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Anglo Maltese League813 viewsIn Merchants Street. Now a restaurant, formerly a club.2 commentsPrefect
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Outside our flat, Tigne 1965808 viewsDavid, Dad, Nick & Leslie Armstrong.David Robinson
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Skating Pals, Tower Road, 57-58.806 viewsJane Stubbs and Friends. We all lived in and near Egmont Close, Depiro Street, Sliema.
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Riot time 1958 ©806 viewsBarrier near Admiralty House, Valletta on the corner of South Street and Old Bakery StreetOldBat
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Valletta 1988805 views© Malcolm ShyklesPrefect
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Cinemas no more ©804 viewsCorrection. For Majestic read Gaiety. I think.
Malta Cinemas
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The Comino Pig Farm804 viewsBuilt 1979 to raise stock to replace those lost to African Swine Fever.Prefect
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Hotel Riviera/Martinique, Ghajn Tuffieha.802 viewsWas it ever that swish?2 commentsPrefect
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