Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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

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Tigne Visit 1980 ©650 viewsA very helpful member of the Maltese Army showed me round Tigne on a visit - my first since leaving as a child in 1966. I am confused whether this was part of the school or the checkpoint office by the entry barrier to Tigne barracks7 commentsNick Robinson05/19/11 at 00:33Prefect: It doesn't look like the guardroom which beca...
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2109 viewsTal Handak Class 1DG 1958 - 1959

Lt. Cdr. Law
12 commentsBillPutman05/19/11 at 00:25Prefect: His left or viewer's left?
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Tigne point 2010. still room for more buildings.1331 viewsTwo boats .. who has right of way ?10 commentsjane banks05/16/11 at 00:04Prefect: The steps were part of the original fort. Must ha...
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Tigne Barracks 1956933 viewsBuild up for Suez.3 commentsPrefect05/15/11 at 23:58Prefect: Probably 36 according to this site. Several Tigne ...
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Amahl & the Night Visitors + Trial By Jury 1969556 viewsCast2 commentsPrefect05/12/11 at 11:19Prefect: Council??? Where was Miss Yule?
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Now with complete streaming D'Oyly Carte Mikado.
1 commentsPrefect05/11/11 at 02:10Prefect: Now with complete streaming D'Oyly Carte Mika...
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HMS Decoy 1957699 viewsDaring class destroyer.4 commentsPrefect05/10/11 at 00:41Prefect: Comparison Here
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School v Staff 19631103 views Let Battle Commence!3 commentsTex Brown 05/07/11 at 00:59Prefect: He is also mentioned leading a group called The Re...
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Beach Party Ghajn Tuffieha 62-63 ?1064 viewsAre you Carole ??2 commentsPrefect05/06/11 at 08:35Prefect: Certainly does. Cross check HERE.
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Comino Trip 1952555 viewsPhill Rose7 commentsPrefect05/01/11 at 11:44Prefect: No, with a C number, this is almost certainly a Do...
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Comino Trip 1952555 viewsPhill Rose7 commentsPrefect05/01/11 at 06:35Prefect: Thanks. Interesting film about the RASC HERE inclu...
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A Tigne Cave847 viewsToo wet for me to proceed further.16 commentsPrefect04/27/11 at 13:04Prefect: If only the parents had known what was going on un...
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Comino Trip 1952555 viewsPhill Rose7 commentsPrefect04/27/11 at 00:27Prefect: RASC/RCT Launches, usually moored in Pieta Creek....
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Tigne Beach Bar1244 views2 commentsbernardhoctor 04/11/11 at 01:12Prefect: Its not dated but most of Bernard's pics are ...
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Tigne Beach1893 views14 commentsbernardhoctor 04/11/11 at 01:10Prefect: Its not dated but most of Bernard's pics are ...
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Tigne Beach1893 views14 commentsbernardhoctor 04/06/11 at 14:03Prefect: Its for "the preservation of good order and m...
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"Its not for me, its for my diso ...."556 views4 commentsPrefect04/04/11 at 02:31Prefect: "Getting ashore in Malta was never a problem....
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VJ Day at Verdala, 1945718 viewsLes Hutton/ Martin Powell
In the war years, Verdala was a POW Camp, Detention Centre, Transit Camp, Demob Depot.
4 commentsPrefect03/19/11 at 08:51Prefect: Like these two.
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Zabbar Military Hospital - (Not)754 views It is clearly a different building from This One.
Its the Naval Canteen at Corradino. I shall never trust postcard captions again!
2 commentsPrefect03/19/11 at 08:47Prefect: No it was demolished in the 1970s when No.6 (China...
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Rudolph Street Sliema 1880821 viewsR.Ellis2 commentsPrefect03/16/11 at 15:58Prefect: Its the Villa Alhambra and its still there.
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2109 viewsTal Handak Class 1DG 1958 - 1959

Lt. Cdr. Law
12 commentsBillPutman02/28/11 at 13:35Prefect: Well I'll leave you two to argue it out! Smile...
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HMS Cumberland568 viewsReturning to Benghazi today.
Photo courtesy Times of Malta.
2 commentsPrefect02/26/11 at 13:24Prefect: But she is still slated for disposal when she gets...
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Prince of Wales Road661 views7 commentsPrefect02/25/11 at 12:07Prefect: 2 for a penny? Paradise!
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Marfa 1954 © 469 viewsPhoto James Donald Bamber.
Name that Ferry. (No prizes.)
5 commentsPrefect02/23/11 at 08:01Prefect: But Eric Idle makes a better Koko.
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The Sliema terminal of the Ferry 1915783 viewsJane Banks3 commentsPrefect02/22/11 at 08:05Prefect: Is it not Tigne Officers' Mess?
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Marfa 1954 © 469 viewsPhoto James Donald Bamber.
Name that Ferry. (No prizes.)
5 commentsPrefect02/22/11 at 07:12Prefect: Good job I found mine then. She is Gazan's BA...
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Dockyard Terrace 1954 © 1036 viewsfrom the Victualling Yard gate.
Photo James Donald Bamber.
5 commentsPrefect02/20/11 at 00:51Prefect: Prefect would have straightened it but the overpri...
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Prefect at Ħaġar Qim 1960504 viewsNote spelling with a K on the bar.5 commentsPrefect02/17/11 at 12:45Prefect: OK. Sorry if I was teaching Miss to suck eggs but ...
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Hagar Qim in Sept. 2010, now with a protective 'hat'!452 views4 commentsOldBat02/16/11 at 11:39Prefect: Apart from the "voluntary" tip to the ca...
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Prefect & Mum 1959647 viewsContinuing the archaeological thread, this is at some ancient site, probably the Roman Baths, Ghajn Tuffieha.
Don't I look fascinated?
4 commentsPrefect02/16/11 at 11:19Prefect: I'm sure its just a trick of the light!
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Prefect at Ħaġar Qim 1960504 viewsNote spelling with a K on the bar.5 commentsPrefect02/15/11 at 06:44Prefect: More likely to make it easier for foreigners to pr...
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A view of Mnajdra near Hagar Qim about 1960450 views2 commentsOldBat02/15/11 at 00:44Prefect: Is that not Mnajdra?
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