Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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

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A post war view of Dockyard Creek from Lascaris.630 viewsAnd that has to be the Verdala Palm or I'll eat my hat.1 commentsPrefect05/19/08 at 16:47OldBat: I'd resolved to shut up about the VPT but sinc...
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Anchors at Anchor Bay. Early 1950s.904 viewsPhill Rose
The question is - How did they get there?
6 commentsPrefect05/18/08 at 16:51OldBat: One question is "How did they get there?&quo...
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Notes on Malta. Martin Powell2423 viewsVIEW
8 commentsPrefect05/15/08 at 16:50OldBat: Just before O levels? Rubbish - it was just befor...
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Dockyard Creek. Late 1800s754 viewsMartin Powell
Can anyone see the Verdala Palm Tree?
5 commentsPrefect05/07/08 at 17:56OldBat: It looks suspiciously like the school hall and the...
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The TH Palm Tree has been rediscovered! ©623 viewsPhoto courtesy of Bruce Williams at WEBSITE
Marc Spiteri - English Master Liceo MA Vassalli and former TH pupil Kathy Moir.
3 commentsPrefect04/02/08 at 14:03OldBat: SUCCESS! But yours has a long way to go until it ...
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French Visitors599 views©Lesley Cole
Chateaurenalt & Guichen. Built as very fast Italian Light Cruisers but reclassified by the French as Destroyers.
Probably 1954
2 commentsPrefect03/18/08 at 18:14OldBat: Another smashing group of pictures, Lesley. Very ...
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Swimming Sports 21343 viewsLesley Cole7 commentsPrefect03/18/08 at 04:53OldBat: Smashing pictures of Ricasoli swimming sports - bu...
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RFA Bacchus664 viewsStores Carrier
The tug is probably Airedale.
4 commentsPrefect03/17/08 at 06:23OldBat: Please sir - what's an h l d? (I don't ca...
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Wartime Valleta1059 views6 commentsPrefect03/11/08 at 16:16OldBat: Linda Tilbury (whose wartime story is mentioned be...
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Barracca Lift photographed in 1963 in full colour !964 viewsThis lift was completed in 1905. It ceased to operate in 1973 and was dismantled in 1983.
© Jane Banks
8 commentsPrefect03/07/08 at 12:54OldBat: OK admin, that was POTENTIALLY a very splendid pal...
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Barracca Lift photographed in 1963 in full colour !964 viewsThis lift was completed in 1905. It ceased to operate in 1973 and was dismantled in 1983.
© Jane Banks
8 commentsPrefect03/06/08 at 11:31OldBat: OK, OK! - just because Tal Handaq didn't have ...
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Barracca Lift photographed in 1963 in full colour !964 viewsThis lift was completed in 1905. It ceased to operate in 1973 and was dismantled in 1983.
© Jane Banks
8 commentsPrefect03/06/08 at 10:57OldBat: Note Verdala School on the skyline! The school ha...
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The 100 Ton Gun ©698 viewsFort Rinella
Jane Banks
1 commentsPrefect02/04/08 at 04:36OldBat: This reminds me of the Pink Tank, left by the Russ...
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Wartime Valleta1059 views6 commentsPrefect02/04/08 at 04:09OldBat: That's true Martin. I'm amazed at the amo...
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Verdala841 viewsIan Benton
The site of the pre-war Dockyard School reopened in 1949 with an Infants and Junior department of the Naval Children's School, serving those living in the south. The rest remained at Tal Handaq.
4 commentsPrefect02/04/08 at 03:52OldBat: Funny the truths that are coming out 50 / 60 years...
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Xlendi748 views3 commentsPrefect02/04/08 at 03:44OldBat: Thanks! For 'St George's Hotel' above...
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A Wartime Family789 viewsWW2 People's War


More stories at Wartime Memories in the Archive album.
2 commentsPrefect02/03/08 at 16:54OldBat: What about the Copyright on this one?! What is it...
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Xlendi748 views3 commentsPrefect02/03/08 at 16:49OldBat: Which year would this be? By about 1960 there was...
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Verdala841 viewsIan Benton
The site of the pre-war Dockyard School reopened in 1949 with an Infants and Junior department of the Naval Children's School, serving those living in the south. The rest remained at Tal Handaq.
4 commentsPrefect02/01/08 at 18:50OldBat: Bass player - that's mind-blowing! So much fo...
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Red Arrows over Floriana486 viewsWW2 60th Anniversary Veterans Parade September 2005.This photo is credited to Liz Mardel.

1 commentsPrefect02/01/08 at 15:17OldBat: This is the 'drunken' version of the Red A...
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Whats Cooking?948 viewsSee the Full Story
Alan Walker
4 commentsPrefect01/27/08 at 05:38OldBat: Mmm - what a pity! So you were all meant to fill...
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Whats Cooking?948 viewsSee the Full Story
Alan Walker
4 commentsPrefect01/26/08 at 17:07OldBat: What a splendid account of what must have been a m...
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Gharry at Casa Leone ca. 1960816 viewsEverything (well, nearly everything!) was carried in karrozzin in those days. Is it just tourists now?! I'd written on the slide that this was at 'Fleur de Lis' - but I can't remember where that is, can anyone tell me?4 commentsOldBat01/24/08 at 15:33OldBat: Thanks Martin, yes I did. But it's had a bit ...
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The Freedom Monument511 viewsFrom the front the figures of this monument outside St Lawrence's Church in Vittoriosa sadly disappear among the foliage!2 commentsOldBat01/08/08 at 17:15OldBat: I agree, it doesn't really seem a very appropr...
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The Freedom Monument from the back.542 viewsSilhouetted against the sky over Dockyard Creek, the monument depicts the farewell to the last British sailor to leave when the island gained its independence. (Date please someone!)2 commentsOldBat01/08/08 at 11:45OldBat: Thanks - I thought it was '79 but wasn't c...
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Me and my bike883 viewsIan Benton1 commentsPrefect01/03/08 at 16:41OldBat: Ian, great pictures! When you were an infant/juni...
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Jane at Dingli726 viewsSearching for the location of the old "Dingli Wireless".
© Jane Banks
3 commentsPrefect12/09/07 at 09:48OldBat: Ah yes, of course it must have been you, Jane. who...
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RAF Dingli Homer Station847 views2 commentsPrefect12/06/07 at 16:46OldBat: Someone said that all traces of the listening post...
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Fleur de Lis Roundabout 2007568 views2 commentsPrefect11/24/07 at 11:37OldBat: Wow! Thanks for these two pictures of the roundab...
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Gharry at Casa Leone ca. 1960816 viewsEverything (well, nearly everything!) was carried in karrozzin in those days. Is it just tourists now?! I'd written on the slide that this was at 'Fleur de Lis' - but I can't remember where that is, can anyone tell me?4 commentsOldBat11/23/07 at 14:00OldBat: Thanks David, I'll dig out my old Ordnance Sur...
   
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