Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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

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Verdala Ditch 2009 ©591 viewsMartin Powell7 commentsPrefect11/28/09 at 18:40OldBat: Ah OK Martin, got it - ditch bottom right of pictu...
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Its that tree again! ©512 viewsMartin Powell2 commentsPrefect11/27/09 at 15:27OldBat: It's had to grow that tall to be seen across G...
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Verdala Ditch 2009 ©591 viewsMartin Powell7 commentsPrefect11/27/09 at 15:24OldBat: Where was this taken from Martin? Amazing that we...
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Verdala Entrance 2009 ©760 viewsMartin Powell11 commentsPrefect11/26/09 at 15:38OldBat: Ah yes, the one on the Home Page? But the layout ...
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Old Building Restored ©631 viewsVerdala 2009
Martin Powell
6 commentsPrefect11/26/09 at 15:29OldBat: Does anyone know what caused the fire that damaged...
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Verdala Entrance 2009 ©760 viewsMartin Powell11 commentsPrefect11/25/09 at 15:30OldBat: Looking pretty sad and neglected now that there...
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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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Frank Brace, Tom Conway, Kevin Malloy.1018 viewshttp://www.sailinganarchy.com/review/outoftheblue.htm4 commentsNelle Grace (Lucas)10/17/09 at 14:52OldBat: Talking of sailing, the Middle Sea Race started to...
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47 Egmont Close640 viewsThis is where No 47 Egmont Close used to be! It had a long balcony from which I used to launch waterbombs on unsuspecting pedestrians on the street below!3 commentsJohn Kirby08/04/09 at 16:35OldBat: Years of practise!
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47 Egmont Close640 viewsThis is where No 47 Egmont Close used to be! It had a long balcony from which I used to launch waterbombs on unsuspecting pedestrians on the street below!3 commentsJohn Kirby08/04/09 at 06:24OldBat: What a horrible little boy!! Perhaps that secon...
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Mater Dei548 viewsThe new state of the art hospital.
Jane Banks
3 commentsPrefect05/06/09 at 18:56OldBat: Good heavens, whereabouts is this? Looks as if th...
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Corner of Depiro Street503 viewsThe post box has been relocated.
Retro balconies on the new Egmont Close.
Jane Banks
1 commentsPrefect05/05/09 at 12:32OldBat: Retro balconies OK - but surely that's not the...
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Future Barrakka Lift840 viewsThe lift that connected Lascaris Wharf and Upper Barrakka in Valletta more than four decades ago will be rebuilt and completed before March 2011. (Times of Malta)9 commentsPrefect04/16/09 at 18:34OldBat: Oh yes, I'd be happy to answer to Ma'am - ...
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Future Barrakka Lift840 viewsThe lift that connected Lascaris Wharf and Upper Barrakka in Valletta more than four decades ago will be rebuilt and completed before March 2011. (Times of Malta)9 commentsPrefect04/15/09 at 18:29OldBat: No Phill, still no joy with the glass lift at the ...
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Kingsgate Terminus922 viewsAfter Kingsgate had been desecrated into Citygate.
Martin Powell
2 commentsPrefect02/14/09 at 18:46OldBat: I think it was built for Mussolini by MFI! Ugh!
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Old Bat Mystery Solved827 views6 commentsPrefect11/07/08 at 16:31OldBat: Broken? Surely not, Martin - just a bit cracked m...
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Old Bat Mystery Solved827 views6 commentsPrefect11/02/08 at 07:28OldBat: HHMMmm - looks as if it's slipped a bit!
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Old Bat Mystery Solved827 views6 commentsPrefect11/01/08 at 16:37OldBat: Is that meant to be a halo?!
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Verdala Sports 1960 ©743 views'One for John Kirby. Prizegiving at Verdala sports day 1960 from the opposite viewpoint. Have I caught your father in this picture?'
2 commentsOldBat10/31/08 at 14:13OldBat: Oh good! I wondered if that was him - looks a kee...
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Where's 'Old Bat'?!! ©749 viewsHere's another picture of the 1960 Verdala Sports Day. Were you hiding with your camera behind the trunk on the right 'Old Bat'?!2 commentsJohn Kirby10/31/08 at 13:57OldBat: No, even the magnifiying glass couldn't find t...
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Winning a prize ©673 viewsVerdala Sports 1960
2 commentsJohn Kirby10/31/08 at 06:05OldBat: I'd like to say yes but no! I was never that ...
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Tigne Beach Club 1960921 views4 commentsJohn Kirby10/27/08 at 13:52OldBat: Goodness yes! I remember one VERY scary episode, ...
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Uganda458 viewsBI Liner converted for School Cruises 1968.
TH Cruise over Xmas 1968.
Hospital Ship in Falklands 1982
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2 commentsPrefect10/24/08 at 16:54OldBat: (Mr) Bill Willsher, teacher at Verdala in the late...
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Sheer Bastion512 viewsOnce fitted with a ginormous set of shearlegs to lift things off ships.3 commentsPrefect10/22/08 at 12:54OldBat: Oh yes, I'd forgotten Angela! I think Joe rac...
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Sheer Bastion512 viewsOnce fitted with a ginormous set of shearlegs to lift things off ships.3 commentsPrefect10/19/08 at 08:05OldBat: Were the sheerlegs there in our time or have I jus...
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Rolex Middle Sea Race448 viewsThe Start 18 October. LINK1 commentsPrefect10/19/08 at 08:00OldBat: Wow, splendid picture! Several friends of No 2 da...
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19581449 viewsBehind the bars Roger Tregunno and Henry Cavill. Two girls back to the wall are Olivia Fry and Francis Smith Front row sitting: Jackie Williams,?,Christine Barns,?, Hilary Paynter. I wonder if any of the visitors to your site would be able to name the two?
I'd love to know.
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3 commentsPrefect09/29/08 at 11:16OldBat: Well, well! Second from left looks suspiciously l...
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Pirates 1957 - with autographs542 viewsViv Paynter3 commentsPrefect09/10/08 at 14:49OldBat: Thanks Prefect! Have sent him a 1957 photo of his...
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Pirates 1957 - with autographs542 viewsViv Paynter3 commentsPrefect09/05/08 at 11:32OldBat: I'll let Joyce Rippin know that this is on the...
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Ta'Braxia Cemetery, Pieta`.971 views4 commentsPrefect07/08/08 at 16:01OldBat: Yes, that's terribly sad, isn't it - poo...
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HM dedicates the Siege Bell Memorial 1992520 viewsPhill Rose1 commentsPrefect05/30/08 at 17:01OldBat: Were you there, Phill? I didn't see you! A n...
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A plan of Grand Harbour.741 viewsShowing the Cottonera Lines. Circled is the St Clement's Bastion and Parade Ground which may be of interest to our Verdala viewers.3 commentsPrefect05/19/08 at 17:01OldBat: That's right Martin, you tell 'em!

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