Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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

Last comments - Martin Powell
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Peter and Charmaine ©1031 viewsWhile doing the midday sun thing last year at Mgarr, we (Grahame Cain & I) came across what looked like a fully rigged luzzu. Being nosy I climbed aboard uninvited for a closer look. Peter emerged from the shade beneath and we spent an hour grilling him (no hat either). When he was fully baked we let him get back to his painting. He writes….(see comments below)….1 commentsMartin Powell12/05/11 at 16:44Martin Powell: "....I had forgotten that I only had the fore...
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Star of Malta 1961 ©493 viewsA cool looking Prefect with Brownie, and Mum4 commentsPrefect11/11/11 at 04:32Martin Powell: Not sure about that. You both have very pretty leg...
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HMS Vanguard641 viewsHopefully going astern.7 commentsPrefect11/11/11 at 04:29Martin Powell: Exercises are good for you.
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TH c2006570 viewsWith Tennis/Netball Courts flattened for new building.
See alternative numbering system and another site layout plan here., courtesy Bruce Williams.
6 commentsMalcolm Booth 11/10/11 at 16:41Martin Powell: And also parked along the lane outside.
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HMS Barham 1938-9613 viewsIn glorious technicolour.
Spanish Civil War neutrality markings.
3 commentsPrefect11/10/11 at 16:28Martin Powell: Brennan torpedo hut below Ricasoli (near the corne...
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HMS Vanguard641 viewsHopefully going astern.7 commentsPrefect11/10/11 at 16:22Martin Powell: Hoping for what? No-one to notice presumably.
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Star of Malta 1961 ©493 viewsA cool looking Prefect with Brownie, and Mum4 commentsPrefect11/10/11 at 16:18Martin Powell: Which one is the old boy admiring??
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HMS Blake 1972 ©676 viewsAt the time of the "withdrawal".4 commentsPrefect10/23/11 at 14:16Martin Powell: Which particular fort were they taking?
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Pasteurized Milk660 views....was introduced in 1938, some thirty years after the link between Brucellosis (undulant fever aka Malta fever) and goats' milk was discovered.3 commentsPrefect10/23/11 at 14:14Martin Powell: Barefoot no doubt - the boys, not your Mum. I have...
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Lower St Elmo548 viewsMidnight Express2 commentsPrefect10/12/11 at 12:49Martin Powell: It don't get much lower than that.
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Unpacking the School1216 viewsJuly 1972. Cdr Law assisted by a team of volunteers with 400 boxes. Full account now in the 1973 Magazine.4 commentsPrefect10/12/11 at 12:46Martin Powell: To OiC Schools Malta & Naples, thence to DNES. (Di...
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HMS St Angelo1134 viewsFort St Angelo18 commentsPrefect10/12/11 at 12:42Martin Powell: Indeed - it was a Nato deal. The UK Social Securit...
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104 Minesweeping Squadron 1957641 viewsEssington, Kildaston, Rodington, Lullington, Shavington, Carhampton, Liverton, Fenton.4 commentsPrefect10/12/11 at 12:35Martin Powell: Well spotted. So removed between 1954 & 57. Lucky ...
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Unpacking the School1216 viewsJuly 1972. Cdr Law assisted by a team of volunteers with 400 boxes. Full account now in the 1973 Magazine.4 commentsPrefect10/12/11 at 07:27Martin Powell: Terrible upheaval, did MFL get any official praise...
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HMS St Angelo1134 viewsFort St Angelo18 commentsPrefect10/12/11 at 07:20Martin Powell: He backed down then and we went back. In 73 the UK...
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HMS St Angelo1134 viewsFort St Angelo18 commentsPrefect10/12/11 at 07:01Martin Powell: Maybe it was a sweetener for the Malta Govt when w...
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HMS St Angelo1134 viewsFort St Angelo18 commentsPrefect10/12/11 at 06:47Martin Powell: That's got to be a misprint - we left in 1979...
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Qui Si Sana Children's Playground657 views5 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 13:27Martin Powell: Dontmakemelaff, he. I give it 2 years tops. The Gh...
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The Point, Tigne Street Entrance.604 viewsIs this where the Guardroom was?1 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 12:17Martin Powell: Maybe not quite that far, the guardroom (around 19...
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Sliema Wanderers Training Pitch633 viewsOn top of The Point. Taken a couple of years ago, that bit is finished now.1 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 12:08Martin Powell: Tigne parade ground in a former life.
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Jylland Marfa 1973 ©443 viewsPhoto Ewart White1 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 12:06Martin Powell: As mentioned in Nicholas Monsarrat's Kappilla...
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HMS Victorious594 views2 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 11:59Martin Powell: What year? The second bridge span has gone.
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Qui Si Sana Children's Playground657 views5 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 11:48Martin Powell: Have they planted real grass? Surely not. Must be ...
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Grand Harbour 1909703 viewsLighthouse on Ricasoli?2 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 11:47Martin Powell: Yes, in the Bonnici & Cassar book on Grand Harbour...
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RFA Bacchus 1938510 views7 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 11:40Martin Powell: How did you control the wind?
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HMS St Angelo1134 viewsFort St Angelo18 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 06:47Martin Powell: Hazy but it's there all right.
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HMS St Angelo1134 viewsFort St Angelo18 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 05:54Martin Powell: Last year I tried to find the way onto the remaini...
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New Breakwater Bridge660 viewsNow in place. Times of Malta.
Not the same! Compare.
1 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 05:37Martin Powell: See links to more pics in comments below this one,...
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HMS St Angelo1134 viewsFort St Angelo18 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 04:51Martin Powell: In 1970 the shoreside buildings at St A landing st...
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HMS St Angelo1134 viewsFort St Angelo18 commentsPrefect10/08/11 at 09:18Martin Powell: Hmm - that cruise ship looks very modern, the odd ...
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Man with pipe688 viewsMiner's lamp an improvement on candles. No canary though.3 commentsMartin Powell10/08/11 at 09:08Martin Powell: And we all thought they were Second World War vint...
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DofE Exped Cyprus 19681108 viewsMartin Powell & Robert Ross3 commentsPrefect10/08/11 at 09:03Martin Powell: And it got there from me. Still have the original....
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