Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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

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Then & Now
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 Wembley Weather 3218 viewsFrom 1971?derrick calver
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 Wembley Weather 2143 viewsThe prices have changed since 1957 so this must be 1958/9 ?derrick calver
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 Wembley Weather 1209 viewsA price list from 1957.
Oh those eskimo pies and the prices!derrick calver
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 Meadowbank Hotel 2282 viewsLook how Surfside has changed since the 1950s.derrick calver
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 Meadowbank Hotel312 viewsHotel before 1960s makeover. We and many other families stayed here on arrival in Malta.2 commentsderrick calver
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 Egmont Close 3365 viewsTaken Sept 1971 along St Ignatius Junction2 commentsderrick calver
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 Egmont Close / Galaxy 2217 viewsOriginal entrance to garages at Egmont Close.derrick calver
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 Egmont Close 1186 viewsLong gone, now the Galaxy.derrick calver
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 Tigne Beach entry prices 2022222 viewsStill jointly run by Marsa ad Union Clubs after lying derelict for years.

Zoom in to read.

Photo : Monica Mazure (now WardMcNally)

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 Tigne Point then and now286 viewsIn days of old when knights were bold,
Developers not invented;
The view serene, tower blocks unseen
And everyone contented.

Top photo : Edmund Ashman, ex-Tigne School 1950s
Bottom photo from internet search - unattributed

See also THIS ONE and comments beneath it.
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 Christmas Greetings from Gozo 2021252 viewsChristmas tree in Fontana made from 8,800 recycled plastic bottles.admin
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 Banyan Style637 views"The sand was so beautiful on Ramla beach that it was golden shading into red. There was no habitation there. You walked down a farm track through groves of bamboo to the beach. On the beach there is a statue of the Madonna on a pedestal. It carried a light or lantern on the top. There were few if any visitors. On some days the only person to visit the beach was the lamplighter who faithfully lit the Madonna’s light. As the evening light faded bats would swoop low over our campground. The trip was a success except that our pet tortoise, whom we had taken with us, marched off into the bamboo groves and may even be living there now after an interval of sixty-something years."

Wallow in more nostalgia
HERE by Andrew McLeod.admin
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 1960s & 70s from David Woolfenden, ex-Verdala505 viewsClick HERE to see all 17admin
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 1960s photo from Leslie Platt, ex-Verdala417 viewsadmin
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 Memories of Xlendi, Gozo - part three384 viewsFrom Joe Zammit Ciantar in a recent Times of Malta - part 3 (click the blue link)admin
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 Memories of Xlendi, Gozo - part two305 viewsFrom Joe Zammit Ciantar in a recent Times of Malta - part 2 (click the blue link)

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 Memories of Xlendi, Gozo - part one235 viewsFrom Joe Zammit Ciantar in a recent Times of Malta - part 1 (click the blue link)admin
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 Air Malta277 viewsAd no.6 from 1974
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 Air Malta210 viewsAd no.5 from 1974
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 Air Malta195 viewsAd no.4 from 1974admin
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 Air Malta152 viewsAd no.3 from 1974admin
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 Air Malta187 viewsAd no.2 from 1974admin
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 Air Malta134 viewsAd no.1 from 1974admin
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 Anyone we know?232 viewsDriving licence from 1957.
Offers on deciphering Phylliis' surname gratefully received.admin
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 BEA advertising poster 1960s283 viewsArtist's impression or painted from a real photo? If a photo, who?

Looks like an Albacore (apart from the red sails, artistic licence).admin
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 Aerial view taken 2000, photo courtesy Keith Poulton453 viewsInto my heart an air that kills
From yon far country blows:
What are those tin remembered roofs?
What bell, what kids are those?

That is the land of lost content,
I see it shining plain.
Hot dusty classrooms where I went
And cannot come again.

(With apologies to A.E.Housman)1 commentsadmin
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 Farewell Sir336 viewsHRH Prince Philip 1921-2021

Times of Malta article on new Malta stamps to be issued on 10 June 2021 which would have been HRH's 100th birthday (but omits to mention his command of HMS Magpie in Malta!) see HEREadmin
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 Notta lotta people know this ............................... The Investigator330 viewsThriller puppet show by Gerry Anderson of Thunderbirds fame, filmed in Malta in 1973 . This particular pilot never took off.

Watch clips HERE

Read about it HEREadmin
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 A film for April Fools255 viewsBlack Eagle - possibly the lamest film made in Malta (or anywhere), despite Van Damme's and Kosugi's best (or worst) efforts. Not made as a comedy but laughable in every way, redeemed only by the scenery (but of course no extras available from TH to save the day), 1988.

Film HERE

More stills HERE

What the REVIEWS SAID (scroll down).
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 Vendetta for the Saint294 viewsMalta posing as Sicily & Capri. Watch for the Kinnie advert during the fight (Naxxar church), and of course the 'Palermo' bus (M'xlokk, Mdina). Good classic episode (1969).

More shots HERE

Full film HERE
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 Inside the Pit 2005422 viewsRemove all the furniture and it looks just the same. I especially remember the opening at the end with bars in it. That was the only ventilation we had!1 commentsmikew
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 The Pit entrance tunnel 2005350 viewsThe tunnel fitted with all mod cons, handrail, steps, adequate lighting. Still damp though! but presumably not with the sweat of a lot of dancing teenagers.1 commentsmikew
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