Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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


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Ghajn Tuffieha Protected Area336 viewsPrefect
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Ghajn Tuffieha 2010454 viewsNow with facilities2 commentsPrefect
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The Kiosk is thriving.526 views4 commentsPrefect
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Fond Ghadir 2010553 viewsSurfside has grown a bit.Prefect
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Tigne North450 viewsThe Garden Battery will be preserved but there is still 3 years of building work to go on here.Prefect
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Tigne & Sliema Creek994 viewsPostcard. After the Army & Navy had gone.5 commentsPrefect
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Paradise Bay479 viewsIn the days of beach tents.2 commentsPrefect
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Connaught Home for Sailors & Soldiers400 viewsNow an Old Folks Home.Prefect
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Methodist Church Floriana354 viewsSeems to be closed.Prefect
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The Point476 viewsNew shopping mall at Tigne.
At least some attempt has been made to preserve its military origins!
The car park underneath is the only place you can hope to find a space these days, at a price.
"Also complete is the football ground on top of The Point, which is due to be handed over, after all the legal certification and paperwork is finished, to Sliema Wanderers, as was promised in the Midi contract with the government."
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Tigne Point397 viewsPrefect
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Walkway around Tigne Point543 viewsLeads to the Fort but that is still fenced off.3 commentsPrefect
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Armier Bay 2010419 views1 commentsPrefect
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A Tigne Cave849 viewsToo wet for me to proceed further.16 commentsPrefect
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Gut wrenching entertainment!461 views4 commentsPrefect
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Works in Progress402 viewsQui Si Sana
Apart from the garden - " A 250 metre tunnel is currently being built from Qui-Si-Sana to Hotel Fortina. From the tunnel, cars enter into a public car park which can hold over 1000 cars under Pjazza Tigné."
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Dockyard Creek from Customs House326 viewsPrefect
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Harbour View347 viewsTaken from Barriera Wharf in approx same postion as Caronia 1950.
No sign of Verdala. OK OB?
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All Quiet in the Dockyard344 viewsClosed since March, but about to re-open following privatization.
"The Neapolitan firm Palumbo SpA signed a 30-year emphytheusis agreement with the Maltese government for the take-over of the shiprepair section of Malta Shipyards. The transfer includes docks 4, 5, 6 and 7. The Cospicua shipyard was sold for €90.6 million. Palumbo will be paying €18 million upfront followed by €72.6 million in rent over 30 years."
(Docks 2 & 3 for yacht repair are still up for sale.)
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Paradise Bay544 views9 commentsPrefect
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Paradise Bay391 viewsOn a Sunday afternoon.Prefect
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The Main Guard 2010447 viewsCars gone, paved over and another of them fountains.Prefect
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The Famous Inscription350 views"The Love of the Maltese and the Voice of Europe confirm these Islands to Great and Invincible Britain, A.D. 1814."
But, it seems there was a typo when it was re-cut in 1851. The last word should be CONFIRMANT (plural).
http://www.timesofmalta.com.mt/articles/view/20100622/letters/the-latin-inscription-on-main-guard-1
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Anglo Maltese League c1951429 viewsA well known face.
Phill Rose
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Anglo Maltese League c1951415 viewsAnother well known face.
Phill Rose
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Marfa381 viewsPostcard. Solemar Hotel and Imperial Eagle.Prefect
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View from Constitution Bridge Mosta492 viewsWith the urban sprawl which now spreads all the way through Naxxar to Gharghur.Prefect
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Valletta Ferry Landing533 viewsPostcard, probably 1950s.
The roof has lost its canopy and is no longer advertising Portsmouth United which was a beer.
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Rocky Vale 1959510 viewsGary and Jean ?3 commentsrobinwilliams
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Boat Drill484 viewsJane & Mum, Empire Halladale July 1955.
Jane Banks.
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Jane & Mum342 viewsOn the way to Malta aboard Empire Halladale July 1955.
Jane Banks
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Floriana 1952441 viewsPhill RosePrefect
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