Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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

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Ghajn Tuffieha Bay 1967600 views© CC Licence - BHS - Flickr.5 commentsPrefect08/22/13 at 07:30phillrose: Is that the same line as the original steps? I tho...
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Somerset Wharf 1905625 views4 commentsPrefect07/19/13 at 07:17phillrose: Don't remember going over Floriana side, huh!...
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Somerset Wharf 1905625 views4 commentsPrefect07/19/13 at 06:17phillrose: Where was Gunwharf, recall the name and we used to...
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Tigne Point ©510 viewsSome attempt at preserving the Garden Battery?1 commentsPrefect07/07/13 at 05:35phillrose: Interesting comments on the Garden Battery, the gu...
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Troll c1960658 viewsWith Sea Giant.
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2 commentsPrefect02/02/13 at 05:22phillrose: Nice picture, and a paddle tug in the background.
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HM Dockyard Schools Syllabus 1930518 views...and exam paper 1938.

Could you cope? Have a look here - HM Dockyard Schools Syllabus 1930
1 commentsPrefect01/25/13 at 06:30phillrose: Suspect if you put this in front of the little dea...
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Tigne Beach1898 views14 commentsbernardhoctor 01/11/13 at 07:29phillrose: Abadan/PG or Malta, difficult choice had you been ...
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Tigne Beach1898 views14 commentsbernardhoctor 01/11/13 at 06:56phillrose: Clearly my OM had more pull than the ACD Laughing . S...
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Ooops!701 viewsSliema Creek c19552 commentsPrefect01/11/13 at 06:52phillrose: I can recall one going over the edge there in Slie...
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Tigne Beach1898 views14 commentsbernardhoctor 12/31/12 at 05:58phillrose: The segregation was not something I noticed, possi...
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5th Destroyer Squadron Malta 1960-1962681 views1 commentsscrumpyrat12/12/12 at 08:12phillrose: A fine picture, well posted.
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Matelots at the Ferry 1950s775 views©Lesley Cole3 commentsPrefect10/10/12 at 07:25phillrose: Mon postillion a été frappé par la foudre. :cry...
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Caption Competition619 views19744 commentsPrefect10/07/12 at 07:28phillrose: Oh that is a relief, mine is still there, thought ...
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Costa Magica ©455 viewsSomehow they are still in business.
Costa Concordia Preliminary Investigation Report
5 commentsPrefect10/04/12 at 07:59phillrose: Would it be safe to say that it is berthed in it&#...
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Costa Magica ©455 viewsSomehow they are still in business.
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5 commentsPrefect10/04/12 at 07:03phillrose: Did you see the C4 Dispatches programme the other ...
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Lascaris Comcen ©772 viewsMemoirs of an Inmate.
7 commentsPrefect10/04/12 at 06:51phillrose: Thought the main purpose of watchkeepers was to ca...
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Lascaris Comcen ©772 viewsMemoirs of an Inmate.
7 commentsPrefect10/03/12 at 05:54phillrose: Nice to se that the old anchor is still above the ...
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Something happening at No.1 Dock ©571 views85% financed by the EU Cohesion Fund.4 commentsPrefect09/23/12 at 07:56phillrose: Is that through gritted teeth? do hope so....
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Something happening at No.1 Dock ©571 views85% financed by the EU Cohesion Fund.4 commentsPrefect09/23/12 at 07:39phillrose: "85% financed by the EU cohesion fund" a...
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Navarino Flats 1960s ©724 viewsStella Maris Street.4 commentsNigel09/16/12 at 07:50phillrose: Thanks, guessed as much from the cars, see they ha...
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Navarino Flats 1960s ©724 viewsStella Maris Street.4 commentsNigel09/16/12 at 07:03phillrose: Do we know when this was taken, lived there in 58-...
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Marsaxlokk Goes Digital ©460 viewsiPlace4 commentsPrefect09/14/12 at 06:47phillrose: Quite likely, have heard stories about you RFA cha...
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Marsaxlokk Goes Digital ©460 viewsiPlace4 commentsPrefect09/13/12 at 07:06phillrose: Nice motor, other than the colour of course. Wink
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The salt pans ©623 viewsI see that the salt pans are being restored. This was the way they looked in about 1959.4 commentsOldBat09/06/12 at 06:16phillrose: A little small? from what I recall they were quite...
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The Gimlet609 views"A real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's lime juice and nothing else" - Raymond Chandler.
It may have been named after British Royal Navy Surgeon General Sir Thomas D. Gimlette, KCB (served 1879 to 1913), who allegedly introduced this drink as a means of inducing his messmates to take lime juice as an anti-scurvy medication.
2 commentsPrefect08/30/12 at 10:48phillrose: If their lime juice was anything like the BoT (Boa...
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Guarding the George Cross552 viewsOn the 1st anniversary of its award. 15 April 1943.
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2 commentsPrefect08/25/12 at 11:17phillrose: Nothing more than I would have expected.
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A well known politician 1976594 views2 commentsPrefect08/22/12 at 10:33phillrose: Slightly kinder obit. in the ToM to the one in the...
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The palm tree in 1958 ©803 viewsand the VERY BIG playground as most former pupils remember them. 5 commentsOldBat07/19/12 at 07:19phillrose: Great picture, I should be in there somewhere.
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Verdala looks like a prison again ©704 views3 commentsPrefect07/09/12 at 08:26phillrose: As do most schools in this country these days.
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New Barrakka Lift ©784 viewsDue to open next year.4 commentsPrefect07/09/12 at 06:46phillrose: Think we went up in it once and after that my moth...
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The Tunnels ©567 viewsDescribed by Frank Grant in
Cimbing with Angels & Ghosts.
1 commentsPrefect07/07/12 at 08:00phillrose: What a good laugh I had reading the Frank Grant st...
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3 May 1954717 viewsHM & HRH are greeted by Sir Gerald & Lady Creasy at the start of the visit.
4 commentsPrefect06/11/12 at 06:37phillrose: As you say Martin best not get started, our friend...
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