Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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

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Charmaine off Comino ©454 viewsMore from Peter below....1 commentsMartin Powell
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Peter and Charmaine ©1021 viewsWhile doing the midday sun thing last year at Mgarr, we (Grahame Cain & I) came across what looked like a fully rigged luzzu. Being nosy I climbed aboard uninvited for a closer look. Peter emerged from the shade beneath and we spent an hour grilling him (no hat either). When he was fully baked we let him get back to his painting. He writes….(see comments below)….1 commentsMartin Powell
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New Luqa Terminal445 viewsOpened March 30 1958. Viscount service started in June.Prefect
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Warwickshire351 viewsBibby Line.
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Leonid Sobinov 1976349 viewsEx Cunarder Saxonia/Carmania.Prefect
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Fords in Kingsway ©402 viewsPrefect
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Another one of Aunty Lou's truck ©361 viewsPrefect
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An early Motorhome ©398 viewsIn which this lady, known as Aunty Lou, travelled the world spending some time camped at Ghajn Tuffieha in the mid 1960s.Prefect
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Barquentine c1960 ©329 viewsPrefect
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Empress of Scotland349 viewsTrooping in 1948.Prefect
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Viscount at Naples 1963 ©333 viewsHaving landed from Malta with an engine fire.Prefect
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Viscount at Naples 1961329 viewsEnroute Malta with the Miller family.Prefect
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Città di Tunisi 1961 ©400 viewsFrom the Star of MaltaPrefect
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Star of Malta 1961 ©488 viewsA cool looking Prefect with Brownie, and Mum4 commentsPrefect
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Dunera388 viewsSchool Cruise 1962 & 1967Prefect
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Lancastria 1936361 viewsThe Lancastria was a Cunard liner sunk on 17 June 1940 with the loss of an estimated 4,000 plus lives. It is the worst single loss of life in British maritime history. Prefect
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7Up Float491 views3 commentsPrefect
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Working on the Railroad414 viewsVillambrosa, Msida 1882Prefect
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Working on the Railroad385 viewsAttardPrefect
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Working on the Railroad372 viewsSan AntonPrefect
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Notabile Station 1904375 viewsAnd now.Prefect
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PWD 1903369 viewsPrefect
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Steamroller 1903371 viewsR. Ellis. Public Works Department.Prefect
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The Star again444 viewsIllustrated London News
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Oh Dear!489 viewsMore Here.Prefect
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Royal Lady at Mgarr378 viewsPrefect
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Hillman Minx403 viewsVisiting Gozo around 1950.Prefect
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Sant'Antonio 1930409 viewsColeiro Brothers' barquentine stranded at Catania.
The company pioneered the wine and tomato paste industries.
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Uganda383 viewsArthur Dixon PostcardPrefect
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Police Motorcycle Division 1930s346 viewsPrefect
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Royal Lady424 viewsGozo Ferry from 1937 on the new quay at Marfa. The former Scarborough pleasure steamer was bombed and sunk at Mgarr in 1942.Prefect
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Knight of Malta383 viewsIn service from 1930 with passengers and mail to Syracuse and Tunis. Sunk 1941.Prefect
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