Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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

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Tigne 19651800 viewsRod Deas, John (Flash) Moore, Brian (Beatle) Jackson?, Paul (Quanger) Jenner, Mick Gillam, Richard (Tiny) Knapman.
Photo by Lynne Gregory.
4 commentsLantern01/29/14 at 10:08Prefect: Here it is. You have to use BB Code to insert link...
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Norman Pletts 1958601 views2 commentsRubia01/26/14 at 11:15Prefect: No trace of Norman I'm afraid ... as yet.
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Grand Harbour - Postcard about late 50s?437 views2 commentsdeco.rise01/26/14 at 07:50Prefect: Don't think so. She always had a black hull, ...
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'Twas on the Isle of Capri that ...713 viewsItaly Trip 19583 commentsPrefect01/26/14 at 07:18Prefect: If you can find it, do send in a scan.
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Tigne 19641982 viewsCathy Johnstone, ?, Rod Deas, Chris Pullen, John (Flash) Moore, ?.
3 commentsLantern01/23/14 at 10:35Prefect: Don't think so. He is named as John Moore by ...
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Tigne 19651793 viewsBack: Diane (Spartacus) Prater, Brian (Beatle) Jackson?
Middle: Mick Gillam, ?, Pat? Elliot, John (Flash) Moore, Mary Bishop, Paul (Quanger) Jenner, ?, Cathy Johnstone, Jack Ferret.
Front: Jane Baxter, Rod Deas.
Reclining: Richard (Tiny) Knapman.
Photo by Lynne Gregory.
3 commentsLantern01/22/14 at 12:41Prefect: Although the photos were taken by Lynne (probably)...
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RAF Luqa 1948698 views2 commentsPrefect01/09/14 at 07:05Prefect: Dunno. It does look odd. Its roughly where the 195...
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Ron Leeman - Shot Putt - 1965? 1296 views1 commentsronthecoolone01/03/14 at 09:17Prefect: ATHLETIC SPORTS 1965: 4th Year: Shot: 1st Leeman (...
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A Merry Christmas to all our Viewers © 550 views2 commentsPrefect12/30/13 at 05:37Prefect: Correct - previously named here.
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RFA Eddyfirth450 viewsParlatorio Wharf.2 commentsPrefect12/01/13 at 11:09Prefect: Yes - good old windscoops.
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Crane Lighter No.4 c1932522 viewsFrom Fr Michael & Ms Frankey Cole.2 commentsPrefect11/22/13 at 01:15Prefect: No, this one, which replaced the Macina in 1927, w...
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Tal Handaq or ORFC 01 (can't remember which).909 views1 commentsronthecoolone11/06/13 at 04:02Prefect: The Club is still going - Here on Facebook.
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Eve Priestly, John Guast, Hilary Paynter1180 viewsOutside Cellblock 4AG 1958.
Behind the bars, Sandra Carter.
From David Harvey
4 commentsPrefect11/05/13 at 10:54Prefect: Hilary is now exhibiting in Hereford.
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Tony Stackpoole & Ron Leeman in Schoold Field - circa 1966/673150 views3 commentsronthecoolone11/04/13 at 23:58Prefect: Someone must like it. Confused
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The Shepheard Family 1958 - 19611053 views3 commentsPrefect11/02/13 at 13:51Prefect: Yep, though may be Vivien or Vivienne, the magazin...
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The Pentagon994 viewsKeith Lucas (Lead Guitar) later of Kilburn & the High Roads (Ian Dury) and still gigging with 999 + singer Fred Tagliaferro who actually lives just up the road from me but I very rarely see him.5 commentsronthecoolone10/23/13 at 10:55Prefect: Mick Jagger in the Animals Question
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Tiny Knapman and Sue Old 65-661414 viewsScrubbed up for some RAF Officers do in Valetta 3 commentsRichard Knapman10/21/13 at 11:41Prefect: A likely story!
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Tiny Knapman and Sue Old 65-661414 viewsScrubbed up for some RAF Officers do in Valetta 3 commentsRichard Knapman10/19/13 at 00:16Prefect: And no smoking restrictions - heaven. Laughing
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Sue Kitson1498 views2 commentsronthecoolone10/17/13 at 00:11Prefect: Oi! No cropping of my photos.
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... Mr Cleaver, Cliff Foreman, Paul Gurney.636 viewsAt Pompei 1958.
Italy Trip 1958
2 commentsPrefect10/09/13 at 07:22Prefect: You're doing fine Spike.
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1956 -58790 viewsJackie, Alan Harris, Brenda, Sheila, David Harvey, Pat, Carol,
Marilyn Williams, Robina Wellard, Pat Mortimore, - Francis? in background
2 commentsPrefect10/03/13 at 06:00Prefect: Not according to what was written on the back.
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A Twist of Sand724 viewsWho else from Tal Handaq, apart from Aiden Monpalao di Piro and myself (Brian Gunns), were extras in this film filmed at Rinella Film Studios in 1966/67(??)?
(See yourselves on YouTube.)
2 commentsBrian Gunns10/01/13 at 23:44Prefect: Via Facebook - Ewart William Frederick Shaw: I did...
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Paradise Hotel at Golden Bay -1966 © 581 views1 commentsDugmore09/29/13 at 00:11Prefect: Golden Sands Hotel overlooking the Cote d'Or ...
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Girls Netball Team 19661485 viewsBack row, from left to right - Anne Elliot, Jo Mogridge, Gillian Witherspoon, Robina Hopkinson, Pat Elliot.
Front row, from left to right - Sally Rathmell, Gaynor Hamley, J. Saddler
2 commentsDugmore09/28/13 at 12:14Prefect: Perm 8 from 9. - GS J. Saddler GA P. Elliot, R. ...
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Rugby Team 1965-66990 viewsThe only person I recognise in the picture is Colin Rule, who is standing furthest right on second row.

Prefect says - Barry Clissold, Ken Laurence, Reg Woodcock, Jack Ferrett, Brian Jackson, Nigel Vaughan, David Jeffries, Ronald Squires, Malcolm Smith, David Pittaway, Alfred Tagliaferro, Jon Field, John Moore, Michael Robinson, Steve Bolster, Colin Rule, Richard Knapman, Alistair Wilde
3 commentsDugmore09/28/13 at 12:01Prefect: Barry Clissold, Ken Laurence, Reg Woodcock, Jack F...
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Girls Netball Team 1965-661206 viewsFront Line L to R:- Jp Mogridge. Ganor Hamley and Sally Rathmell. Middle top : Robina Hopkinson. Any ideas on who the others are?2 commentsDugmore09/28/13 at 11:59Prefect: Gillian Witherspoon, Gaynor Hamley (Captain), Sall...
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HMS St Angelo1132 viewsFort St Angelo18 commentsPrefect09/21/13 at 06:18Prefect: A plan of HMS St Angelo on page 182 of The Malta G...
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Bighi mid-1960s514 viewsNice shot of St Angelo, Kalkara Creek & Bighi. Interesting to compare this with a Google view. Spent good afternoons at Nigel Vaughan's house (his father was a Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander at Bighi). Wonderful garden with many fruits. Not there now - a marina instead! Google Map.2 commentsIvan09/09/13 at 05:19Prefect: Yes, the hospital closed in 1970. "In 1977 th...
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Ken and Bunty Stubbs at Spinola Road, 1953 © 530 viewsOn the back it says "Exeter House, Spinola Road "1 commentsdfss09/07/13 at 11:05Prefect: Can't be far from "Aida" which my p...
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The Gut 1967574 views© CC Licence - BHS - Flickr.2 commentsPrefect09/05/13 at 06:26Prefect: I expect the beer tinted spectacles helped.
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Mayflower on Ghajn Thuffieha beach, 1952540 viewsAt least that is what it says on the back of the photo !2 commentsdfss08/27/13 at 05:39Prefect: Hmmm. Not a Triumph Mayflower. Morris Ten perhaps?...
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Ghajn Tuffieha Bay 2012557 viewsSee Prefect's earlier pic of Ghajn Tuffieha and his remark about the steps. Not content with that, last time there we hiked to the small cave to the left just below the summit of the plateau, then on to Gnejna Bay. Believe me, those steps were a killer on the way back!1 commentsIvan08/22/13 at 11:44Prefect: An earlier view from about the same spot.
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