Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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


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Green Buses post 1977422 viewsSee the full story on the old buses here.2 commentsPrefect04/24/10 at 03:32Chris Howells: Where have all those Dodge buses gone? The rock ha...
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HMT Cheshire381 viewsOn leaving Malta in 1954 we, as a family, travelled back to UK in Cheshire docking in Liverpool. The ship not only carried families but also a lot of troops returning from a tour in Egypt.1 commentsrobinwilliams04/17/10 at 12:07Prefect: One often sees commercially owned and civilian man...
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Ambassadorial Limo 2008 ©504 viewsPrivileged to drive down Kingsway.5 commentsPrefect04/02/10 at 06:06Prefect: Ah so.
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Ambassadorial Limo 2008 ©504 viewsPrivileged to drive down Kingsway.5 commentsPrefect04/02/10 at 05:52Martin Powell: No. The rear door here opens the "wrong"...
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Ambassadorial Limo 2008 ©504 viewsPrivileged to drive down Kingsway.5 commentsPrefect03/31/10 at 11:27prefect2: Is this the same car HRH used in 1951? (Navy Page ...
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Oh Dear!824 viewsThe Star of Malta being salvaged from the reef off Dragonara Point. July 1955.
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6 commentsPrefect03/08/10 at 14:22bass player: I sailed on her on a few times including once when...
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Oh Dear!824 viewsThe Star of Malta being salvaged from the reef off Dragonara Point. July 1955.
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6 commentsPrefect11/03/09 at 14:03Martin Powell: Well just before that then - i mean while i was th...
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Oh Dear!824 viewsThe Star of Malta being salvaged from the reef off Dragonara Point. July 1955.
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6 commentsPrefect11/03/09 at 06:41Prefect: Not surprising as she was laid up by 1965.
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Oh Dear!824 viewsThe Star of Malta being salvaged from the reef off Dragonara Point. July 1955.
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6 commentsPrefect11/03/09 at 06:20Martin Powell: Presumably from Times of Malta which doesn't ...
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Oh Dear!824 viewsThe Star of Malta being salvaged from the reef off Dragonara Point. July 1955.
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6 commentsPrefect10/25/09 at 12:35MilkMonitor: On September 19 assessors from the maritime inquir...
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Fading Star492 viewsLaid up at Marsa 1965
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1 commentsPrefect10/25/09 at 06:07Prefect: She was sold in March 1966 to Cantieri Navali dell...
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Fallen Star1025 views29 July 1955.
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1 commentsPrefect10/25/09 at 06:06Prefect: On July 29, 1955 at about 8 a.m., while returning ...
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"Jibbooms & Bobstays!" said Nancy372 views2 commentsPrefect10/24/09 at 01:05Prefect: And I dont remember any seagulls?
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"Jibbooms & Bobstays!" said Nancy372 views2 commentsPrefect10/23/09 at 17:30OldBat: Was Grand Harbour ever that narrow - or its water ...
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Police Escort ©385 viewsFor another Ambassador leaving the Palace in the same Austin Princess.2 commentsPrefect08/27/09 at 15:46Martin Powell: Let's hope the nags don't present their cr...
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Ambassadorial Limo 2008 ©504 viewsPrivileged to drive down Kingsway.5 commentsPrefect08/27/09 at 15:14Prefect: Sri Lankan Ambassador/ High Commissioner, probably...
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Ambassadorial Limo 2008 ©504 viewsPrivileged to drive down Kingsway.5 commentsPrefect08/27/09 at 15:07Martin Powell: Austin Princess. There's some Top Brass on the...
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BMC Riley or Wolseley? ©458 views20072 commentsPrefect08/27/09 at 15:05Martin Powell: Wolseley - from the wings on the bonnet decoratio...
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Ford Something ©369 viewsBugibba 2009. A little over restored perhaps.
Miss Yule had one similar.
1 commentsPrefect08/27/09 at 13:05Martin Powell: Either a Popular, Prefect or Anglia (depending on ...
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The Railway417 viewsMuseum Station. The end of the line.
(Not Attard as previously labelled.)
1 commentsPrefect07/29/09 at 08:28Prefect: I'm having doubts as to whether this really i...
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Tilley (Bedford Utilicon)627 viewsMac
Reminiscent of the School Transport driven by Benny Cassar who is on the left in THIS PHOTO
1 commentsPrefect07/11/09 at 04:57MilkMonitor: Reminds me of a song - "Our Chief Wren said f...
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"Its not for me, its for my diso ...."556 views4 commentsPrefect05/11/09 at 17:59MilkMonitor: Not to mention "Kalafrana Here I Come" a...
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Constellation at Luqa476 viewsThis plane was apparently caught in Luqa with drugs on board and remained at the airport for a number of years. I understand it ws latterly used as a restaurant where it was situated on the old Safi road1 commentsglub03/02/09 at 17:17Martin Powell: Rumour had it she was impounded for gun-running as...
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1971 Luqa Airport Viscount (I think)445 viewsDuring my first year and a half in Malta (1970-72) I took various pictures of planes at the airport. This was a Viscount I believe and taken looking from the old terminal building towards Luqa 2 site.2 commentsglub03/02/09 at 13:50Prefect: I thinks its a Vanguard. Looks a bit too long for ...
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"Its not for me, its for my diso ...."556 views4 commentsPrefect02/25/09 at 02:54Martin Powell: See also Sammy's Bar by Cyril Tawney who was ...
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Magirus-Deutz672 viewsWhen did the green rooflights disappear?

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4 commentsPrefect02/24/09 at 15:20Martin Powell: No doubt we'll be subsidising the new ones. Th...
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Magirus-Deutz672 viewsWhen did the green rooflights disappear?

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4 commentsPrefect02/19/09 at 14:14MilkMonitor: The word is that the EU has decreed that all the o...
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Oh Dear!824 viewsThe Star of Malta being salvaged from the reef off Dragonara Point. July 1955.
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6 commentsPrefect02/16/09 at 04:48Prefect: admin. 2007-04-14. I think this was when she mist...
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Dilwara ©560 viewsTroopship 19601 commentsPrefect02/16/09 at 01:58Prefect: 2007-02-07 07:23:42 Question for ship spotters - i...
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"Its not for me, its for my diso ...."556 views4 commentsPrefect02/15/09 at 10:47Prefect: ... Why are you so b****y piso? Anyone know the re...
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Kingsgate Terminus922 viewsAfter Kingsgate had been desecrated into Citygate.
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2 commentsPrefect02/15/09 at 00:52Prefect: No wonder they went bust!
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Kingsgate Terminus922 viewsAfter Kingsgate had been desecrated into Citygate.
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2 commentsPrefect02/14/09 at 18:46OldBat: I think it was built for Mussolini by MFI! Ugh!
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