Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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


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Wembley Ice Cream621 viewsFactory at Gzira opened 1937.Prefect
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Empire Stadium Gzira4659 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 commentsPrefect
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Rediffusion494 viewsStarted in 1935 and was nationalised under you know who in 1975.Prefect
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Salina Bay Hotel594 viewsOpened 1968, rebuilt and renamed Coastline in 1994, extended 2002, despite the smell from the saltpans!1 commentsPrefect
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Salina Bay Hotel458 viewsPhoto Ewart WhitePrefect
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Manoel Island455 viewsPhoto Ewart WhitePrefect
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Our Favourite Barracks917 viewsPhoto Ewart White7 commentsPrefect
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A nice bit of Xemxija433 viewsPrefect
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The North West Coast415 viewsFrom Rdum tal-MadonnaPrefect
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Dragonara & St George's525 viewsPrefect
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Sliema Wanderers Training Pitch634 viewsOn top of The Point. Taken a couple of years ago, that bit is finished now.1 commentsPrefect
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The Point, Tigne Street Entrance.606 viewsIs this where the Guardroom was?1 commentsPrefect
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Pwales Valley565 viewsThe block in the distance is the Radisson Blu Resort & Spa at what I still call Military Bay.Prefect
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Qui Si Sana Children's Playground658 views5 commentsPrefect
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St Thomas Tower built 1614 (Wignacourt)422 viewsNow totally cut off from the sea by the derelict Jerma Palace Hotel.Prefect
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The Coast Near Hal Far402 viewsHasan's Cave is somewhere round here but someone has removed the signposts so I couldn't find it.Prefect
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The Palace Gets a Facelift537 viewsBehind some clever tarpaulins.4 commentsPrefect
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Cable Sign - Hay Wharf458 viewsView from Ta'Xbiex 2009.1 commentsMartin Powell
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Band of the Armed Forces Malta440 viewsPrefect
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Royal Malta Yacht Club, Ta'Xbiex.443 viewsAnd the "Black Pearl" Restaurant, which probably has no connection with Errol Flynn, though it did have a role in Popeye. Prefect
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"A Distant View Of Mdina, Malta"435 viewsEdward Lear 1866. Oil on Canvas.
Mosta Dome on the left - Wied il-Ghasel.
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Off the beaten track383 viewsView from Mtahleb. Who says Malta isnt green in summer?Prefect
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Mtahleb Chapel450 viewsOnce painted by Edward Lear, but it needs doing again!Prefect
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New Statues at Marsaxlokk452 viewsProbably ceramic like the ones in Bisazza Street.Prefect
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New Road to Paradise402 viewsPrefect
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The White Tower 2011454 viewsAnd Squattersville.Prefect
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Tigne Parade Ground 2011484 viewsPrefect
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Tigne on the Chart555 viewsPublished 1976, corrected to 1991.
(Admiralty Charts went politically correct in the early seventies, doing away with fathoms at the same time.)
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Grand Harbour Boom Defence486 viewsPrefect
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No sign of the new lift yet.473 viewsCustoms House seems to be getting a refurb.Prefect
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Fort Pembroke831 viewsBuilt 1878. Now housing a school which pinched a name.1 commentsPrefect
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"Valletta Waterfront" - Pinto Wharf719 viewsThe storehouses of Manuel Pinto da Fonseca, later the empire of the SNSO, now hold a dozen restaurants.
Floriana Council are not happy with the name.
(At each store depot at home and abroad there is a Superintending Naval Store or Victualling Store, or Armament Supply Officer (S.N.S.O., S.V.S.O. or S.A.S.O.) Supplies for the Fleet. Page 12/127.
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