 Last comments - phillrose
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Our Favourite Barracks916 viewsPhoto Ewart WhitePrefect08/24/11 at 01:45phillrose: Nice one, lived in the flats in the far left of th...
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The Palace Gets a Facelift536 viewsBehind some clever tarpaulins.Prefect08/07/11 at 08:45phillrose: Very clever, perhaps if we asked nicely they could...
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The Dockyard School633 viewsIn Prisons Street Senglea. Catering for both schoolchildren and apprentices, in 1928 under Lieut. GH Rickers there were 172 Brits, 56 Maltese and 44 of mixed parentage. They all moved to Verdala in 1929 though after WW2 the apprentices returned to the old prison.Prefect07/31/11 at 09:24phillrose: Prison appears to be a common home for dockyard ap...
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Quinquireme of Nineveh? ©563 viewsPrefect07/19/11 at 11:41phillrose: Sad to say that this is the best that MOD(N) can p...
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Fort Ricasoli Brennan Torpedo Station627 viewsLanching slipway for the Brennan Torpedo taken in 1994.David07/11/11 at 03:17phillrose: Do not recall anything like that Tigne side, anyon...
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Winch Room1006 viewsRail tracks misaligned with doorway confirming suggestion of earlier use? Brennan Torpedo?Prefect07/09/11 at 09:19phillrose: Interesting about the 18" railway, as I can r...
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Winch Room1006 viewsRail tracks misaligned with doorway confirming suggestion of earlier use? Brennan Torpedo?Prefect07/04/11 at 11:47phillrose: The Brennan Torpedo was based in eight locations i...
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Winch Room1006 viewsRail tracks misaligned with doorway confirming suggestion of earlier use? Brennan Torpedo?Prefect07/03/11 at 09:10phillrose: There was a device called the Brennan Torpedo whic...
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Winch engine - ripe for restoration.741 viewsBut diesel not steam, sorry folks.Martin Powell07/01/11 at 01:40phillrose: So, looks like an IC engine to me, no boiler requi...
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Winch for boom defence688 viewsA tad rusty, but it has had 70 years exposed to the salt (although the doors were locked in our time). But Prefect took his wire brush this year and polished it all up.Martin Powell06/30/11 at 02:53phillrose: Unlikely, feed tank would be closer to boiler, wou...
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Winch for boom defence688 viewsA tad rusty, but it has had 70 years exposed to the salt (although the doors were locked in our time). But Prefect took his wire brush this year and polished it all up.Martin Powell06/30/11 at 02:07phillrose: Yes, up and up went the level of steam, down and d...
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HMS Victorious 1967617 viewsMartin Powell06/10/11 at 11:38phillrose: I could not possibly comment on that one(snigger)
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End of Patrol. 1950s.726 viewsPhill RosePrefect06/09/11 at 11:37phillrose: Better than today thats for sure.
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HMS Victorious 1967617 viewsMartin Powell06/02/11 at 02:18phillrose: Beat me to it, agree fully on both comments, but l...
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End of Patrol. 1950s.726 viewsPhill RosePrefect05/14/11 at 11:14phillrose: Image was taken from a hand tinted postcard of unc...
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HMS Decoy 1957700 viewsDaring class destroyer.Prefect05/10/11 at 11:35phillrose: Could not agree more David, have always considered...
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Comino Trip 1952555 viewsPhill RosePrefect05/01/11 at 10:01phillrose: Are you saying that this is an RASC/RCT launch? su...
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A Tigne Cave849 viewsToo wet for me to proceed further.Prefect04/27/11 at 12:51phillrose: Another one who has been in the caves under Tigne,...
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HMS Cumberland568 viewsReturning to Benghazi today.
Photo courtesy Times of Malta.Prefect02/27/11 at 09:00phillrose: Not wishing to go political, but we can only live ...
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Prince of Wales Road661 viewsPrefect02/26/11 at 12:12phillrose: Of course not being as old as you lot I was too yo...
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Kalkara Creek 1954 © 486 viewsPhoto James Donald Bamber. Prefect02/12/11 at 08:14phillrose: Nice to see it the way it was, without all the flo...
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Prince of Wales Road661 viewsPrefect02/07/11 at 02:02phillrose: And on a corner just down on the left was a small ...
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Manoel Island under attack950 viewsPrefect12/14/10 at 02:22phillrose: Surely stating that GCs are civilian is incorrect,...
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Senglea688 viewsPrefect12/04/10 at 11:56phillrose: Looks like the old legs are still in position on S...
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Tigne Barracks 1956935 viewsBuild up for Suez.Prefect11/29/10 at 02:27phillrose: We were living overlooking Sleima Creek at the tim...
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Marsamxett Ferry1073 viewsBeyond are the Tigne Married Quarters above the famous caves.Prefect11/18/10 at 02:37phillrose: Tigne scouts in my time had a room in the moat wh...
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Military Bay587 viewsEarly 50s
© Phill RosePrefect11/07/10 at 11:10phillrose: Hi Tony, amazing really that the main reason I pos...
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Rog says a few words613 viewsPrefect10/29/10 at 11:13phillrose: I would have liked a last look at the barracks bef...
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Then...Ferry 1949517 viewsCarlton Cinema (now Marks & Sparks), Standard Vanguard & Tony's Bar.
The bus is a Ford V8 with a Wayne-Gasan body.
RIP HEREPrefect10/18/10 at 01:18phillrose: Remember being in one of the bars with dad picking...
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The Point476 viewsNew shopping mall at Tigne.
At least some attempt has been made to preserve its military origins!
The car park underneath is the only place you can hope to find a space these days, at a price.
"Also complete is the football ground on top of The Point, which is due to be handed over, after all the legal certification and paperwork is finished, to Sliema Wanderers, as was promised in the Midi contract with the government."
Prefect10/18/10 at 01:15phillrose: Well said Sheila. I would have liked to have got b...
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Whoops!497 viewsAnother one for the caption competitionOldBat10/16/10 at 11:00phillrose: This place never changes, park up for 5 minutes, c...
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Combined Ops721 viewsLanding in Mellieha Bay . Steam Pinnaces galore.Prefect09/22/10 at 01:55phillrose: Promotion at last.
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