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Sports Day542 viewsBut what School, where & when?
From Bruce Williams.Prefect

Another of Luqa 2 Site (June 2012)533 viewsAfter 10 minutes of cajoling the AFM guard at the entrance opposite the station church he decided he couldn't let me in, so this was taken from outside the perimeter. Our flat was the one in the middle, although it didn't have a glazed-in veranda in 1965/66. McDonalds - who'd have thought it...?Ivan

A Surviving Romney Hut494 viewsGlimpsed though the barricades.Prefect

More planned development at TH, 2014.451 viewsBut not sure what as the banner kept falling down.Prefect

Verdala School Visit to BEA at Luqa Â© 510 viewsPhoto Graham King, Â© Camera Moose.Prefect

Same railings but only one door. Â© 470 viewsPrefect

St Andrews School Cricket Team (1955)577 viewsTaken when we visited RAF Luqa . I think all must have gone to Tal Handaq in either '55 or 56' (I went in '56).
Back Row: Bernard Derrick (captain), F Green, Q Bloxham, D Hutchins, T Pickering, L Davie, Mr Thomas (Sports & Form Master)
Front Row: A Mustoe, R Orchard, O Casteletti, C Head, T Crisp, N Wright, R Wilson

Photo : Bernard DerrickPrefect

RAF Luqa Primary 714 viewsPrefect

At St. George's Bay 1961532 viewsDon and Martin Stubbs, St. Andrew's pupils in those wonderful free afternoons !dfss

RAF Luqa School Badge504 viewsWhich belonged to the late Andy Joyner.Prefect

Luqa School Class in 19652442 viewsWith Mr George Cannon, Andy Joyner, Mike Castle, Linda Sweeney, Susan Paton & Vicky Edwards.Prefect

RAF Luqa School Relay Team 1957627 viewsLaraine PalmerPrefect

Laraine Palmer & Friends559 viewsRAF Luqa 1957-8Prefect

Jose Harris & Laraine Palmer527 viewsRAF Luqa 1957Prefect

Luqa Primary School 1966. 668 viewsTaken from the verandah of our flat.Ivan

The Hall566 viewsseems to be used for storage.
Photo - Hugh Ritchie September 2012.Prefect

TH 2013599 viewsAfter 63 years the Hall is still standing ...1 commentsPrefect

TH 2013513 views... and the Gym after about 53 years. (But not the Changing Rooms).Prefect

TH 2013501 viewsGames courts now cover everything south of the drive.1 commentsPrefect

"Attention", St Andrew's school undress uniform 1961495 viewsFather and son at Villa St Austen, almost next door to the Villa Rosa.dfss

RAF Luqa Primary894 viewsCountry dancing, sometime between 1964 and 1967.Chris Howells

Verdala 1958 Â© 1533 viewsIn the Ditch (Verdala Barracks).OldBat

Verdala School Gate Â© 563 viewsLeft - Our gate looking very sad. Taken by Adrian Baker in 1994
Right - Re-made for the Maltese school and taken in 2007 by Steve Mathews.
A good subject for one of those 'Spot the Difference' competitions?!OldBat

Verdala Gate 2012 Â© 450 viewsThe anchors remain but the Fleurs de Lis spikes have gone. Now bypassed by a new entrance.Prefect

Miss Kernahan's photo of Verdala staff 1959 Â© 753 viewsInstructor Commander L. G. Brooks, M.B.E., R.N.
4A1 Mr. P. Ross 4A2 Miss A. Rowe 4B1 Mrs. D. Steele 4B2 Miss L. Candey 4C Mr. J. Ousbey 3A Mr, D, Jenkins 3B Miss S. Horton 3C1 Miss D. Butter 3C2 Miss E. McMeeking 3D Mrs. W. Preston 2A Mrs. L. Farrugia 2B Miss G. Stinston 2C Mr. R. Carrell 2D1 Miss D. Hodgson 2D2 Miss N. Roberts 1A Miss J. Watson 1B Miss B. Kernahan 1C Mrs. P. Allen ID Miss J. Billard 1E Mr. M. Birch
Rec. Mr. W. Willsher Mrs. R. Richards
I1 Miss A Batty I2 Mrs M Davies I3 Miss P Lee I4 Mrs I Keane I5 Miss W Townend I6 Miss K Burke I7 Miss P. Holwood I8 Miss G. M. Stideford I9 Mrs. P. Beech I10 Mr. A. Gee I11 Mrs. N. Farr I12 Mrs. E. Roberts. Secretary â€” Mrs. S. E. Boyce
OldBat

Fun Day at St Andrew's574 viewsPrefect

St Andrew's School584 viewsOn July 14 1978, the 3 remaining schools closed.
Tal Handaq (pop 225), St Andrew's (280) & Luqa (260).Prefect

Verdala's palm tree in 2010 Â©591 viewsJane Banks (formerly Stubbs) put this on the Verdala site after the reunion of 2010. She was the life and soul of the party but very sadly died four months later. Her husband Charlie took this and I know she would have been happy for it to be on the THN site.2 commentsOldBat

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Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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

Other Service Schools and TH in Later Years